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Published for all employees of TheInternational Nickel Company of

Canada, Limited.Don M . Dunbar , Editor.

Editorial Office Copper Cliff, Ont.

Inco ReachedNew RecordsIn Past Year

The International Nickel Com-pany in 1956 achieved new recordsin earnings and ore production,and launched a major project inManitoba for the development ofwhat is expected to become theworld's second largest nickel min-ing operation, according to theannual report mailed to share-holders on March 11.

Disclosing that capital expendi-tures in 1957 may reach $50,000,-000, the report stated that workhas already begun on the Manitoba

Levack Figure Skaters Score in Auuual Carnival

Joy Barnard of the Sudbury Figure Skating Club and Nelson Bellmore of Falconbridge . Northern Ontario

champion , were among the featured performers at Levack Figure Skating Club's highly successful third

annual carnival , held March 9. Smart costumes , backgrounds and lighting effects, coupled with some very

fine skating performances , made first class productions of the various club numbers, in which over 80 took

part . Deserving of special mention Is the excellent work done by the club professionals , Alflo Grottoli ofSudbury and Mrs. E. Mallette of Levack. Picture shows the finale.

platinum metals and, for the firsttime, pellets from the new iron orerecovery plant near Copper Cliff.Net sales were $444,740,000, com-pared with $416,323,000 in 1955.

The report noted estimated freeworld nickel production of 450,000,-000 pounds from all producers, an

nickel mining project. During thecurrent year, the schedule calls forcompletion of a 30-mile branchline of the Canadian NationalRailways, commencement of a 22-mile Company-owned rail line,sinking of production and develop-ment shafts at the sites of the twonew mines , Thompson and MoakLake, and work on roads andfoundations for permanent struc-tures. The project together withthe continued progress at Sud-bury will give International Nickelan annual nickel production ca-pacity by 1961 of 385 ,000,000pounds. This is some 100,000,000pounds more than the Company'stotal 1956 nickel deliveries.

International Nickel's facilitiesfor producing primary metals wereoperated in 1956 to the limit ofcapacity for the seventh successiveyear. Total ore mined amountedto 15,511,000 tons, compared with14,248,000 tons in 1955 . For thefirst time the ore mined from un-derground exceeded 13,000,000tons.

The 1956 increase in under-ground production was againlargely the result of greater out-put from the Frood-Stobie mine,with smaller increases from otheroperations. The major proportionof underground ore mined was byblock-caving and blasthole meth-ods.

Major development continued inthe five operating mines, Frood-Stobie, Creighton, Murray, Car-son and Levack. At Creighton,work was advanced preparatoryto mining below the 68 level,which is 5,425 feet below surface.At Crean Hill further progress wasmade toward bringing this newmine to production status. By theend of 1956 underground develop-ment in the operating mines wasbrought to a cumulative total of2,163.754 feet, or 410 miles.

Deliveries of Metals

Cuneo's

increase of 23,000,000 poundsover the previous high attainedin 1955. During the year theUnited States government in-creased by some 47,000,000 poundsover 1955 its diversions of nickelwhich it had originally contractedto purchase for the national stock-

Portrait of Familiar Scene at Inco

Deliveries of nickel in all forms This view in the collarhouse at Creighton No. 5 shaft , showing miners

in 1956 amounted to 286,000,000 leaving the cage on arriving back at surface at the conclusion of a

pounds. Copper deliveries were shift, is one of the dramatic portraits of Inco operations painted by

271.000,000 pounds. Other deliver- Terence Cuneo . A color reproduction of it accompanied the 1956

ies included 371,000 ounces of annual report of the Company , recently issued.

pile. "However, expanded de-fence demand in the UnitedStates absorbed substantial quan-tities of the increased nickelavailable," according to the re-port. "With the continuance ofhigh levels of defence productionin the United States and of in-dustrial activity in North Americaand Europe, a gap still existed be-tween total demand and totalsupply of nickel."

Manitoba ProjectBefore the spring break-up,

tractor trains will have transport-ed 30,000 tons of materials andequipment over the frozen water-ways and snow of northernManitoba, from Thicket Portageon the Canadian National Rail-ways' Hudson Bay line, to theplant sites at Thompson andMoak Lake. Plans for 1957 call forputting the maximum number ofmen and machines to work on theManitoba properties as quickly aspossible, so that in 1960 the newThompson and Moak Lake minesand the surface plants will be inproduction. Within 12 monthsthereafter - or 15 years afterthe Company began explorationin Manitoba - they are expectedto operate at planned capacity.With increases at Sudbury, theCompany will then have an annualnicked production capacity of385.000,000 pounds.

The Manitoba project, presentlyestimated as a $175.000,000 under-taking, will represent the largestsingle investment in the entireprovince and "signalizes the open-ing of a new economic frontier

that should bring great benefitsboth to Manitoba and to Canada".International Nickel's initial capi-

tal investment, exclusive of ex-penses already incurred for ex-ploration and pre-productionitems, will approximate $115,000,-000. This will include the cost of

opening and developing the two

new mines, constructing a con-centrator, smelter, refinery andtransportation facilities, as well asproviding certain community in-

stallations in the town of Thomp-

son, which is to be built to aecom-

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At Port Colborne here is Joe Apolcer of the nickel refinery with his Mr . and Mrs . Oakley Shellswell , Sudbury, with Lynda , 5, Charles, 18wife and Joanne , 4, Deborah , 3, Robert , 1S{i, and Brenda , 4 months. months, and Wendy, 3. Oakley is a No. 3 shaft Frood - Stobie miner.

Mr. and Mrs . Roger Joliat of Azilda with Lorraine , 7, Estelle , 4 months, Creighton mine's Jerry Tovey with his wife , Judy-Ann , 5, Michael, 7,and Colette , 4. Roger works at Murray . and Louise , 3. Their home is in Lively.

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nto this pleasant family group at Copper Cliff are Mr . and Mrs. Clarence At Coniston the Triangle camera snapped Mr . and Mrs. Fiori ('avarson

Hobden with Gerry, 17, Sandra , It, and Tracy . 13. with Leno , Lorinda ( Mrs. Beauchemin ) and Gino.

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Wolves Shoo Soo But Trappers Are Nag of Different Hue

Taken on one of their good nights, this picture shows the Sudbury Wolves beating the Soo Greyhounds In the fight for the right to meet NorthBay Trappers in the NOHA playoffs . Lennie Speck and Norm Guimond hasten to the assistance of Johnny Albani as Morison and Chalmersthreaten to score. The Wolves took the measure of the Greyhounds well enough , but knocking off the Trappers for the league championship isturning out to be something else again , and as the Triangle goes to press it looks very much as if Peanuts O'Flaherty and his boys may haveto settle for second place this year. Well, whatever happens they've given the fans a pretty good go, losing some tough ones and winning somethrillers, coming up with a weak effort one night but rising to the heights the next , so that in all It's been fun to follow them.

Fashion Show IsTrue Symbol ofSpirit of Spring

What surer sign is there of thevernal equinox - what bettersymbol of the perennial newnessand freshness, and eternal mysterythat accompany it - than afashion show.

Our front cover's six lovely mes-sengers of Spring, daughters ofInco nickel refinery men, wereamong the delightful young modelsappearing in the fashion showsponsored by the Girls' AthleticAssociation of Port Colborne HighSchool.

With the assistance of localmerchants, who loaned an arrayof finery that drew many a covetousoh-h-h and ah-h-h from the largeaudience in the school auditorium.the association made a realtriumph of their first effort alongthis line. Lucille Pierce as com-mentator and Lucille Black as,pianist added greatly to the successof the undertaking.

The three girls posed on theramp in the picture, left to right,and some of Miss Pierce's descrip-tive remarks about the creationsthey are modelling, follow:

Barbara Sebastiany : This outfitwith the `Ivy League" look is afashion in two parts. The dusteris a picture of striking stripes inbeige, dark brown, and white.Underneath the coat is a cocoa-brown sleeveless sheath emphasiz-ing a square neckline.

Lucille Saumure : This classycasual looking outfit consists of apermanently pleated all-wool re-versible plaid skirt in pearl graywith como blue and white pre-dominating, and matching comoblue sweater.

Gail Tuck : She is really the maidof honor in this lovely, lovely gownstyled on colonial lines and coloredin ice and cornflower blue. Thedress features a strapless bodicewith a tulle shoulder stole and askirt with yards of tiny nylon laceruffles set off by a cummerbund atthe waist. Her headpiece consistsof sprightly spring flowers mount-ed on a velvet clip with a fine laceveil. Carried in a small goldenbasket is her bouquet of featheredpink carnations and spring flowers.

And standing below these threeare, left to right:

Stasla Krukowski : This smartsuit is fashioned in an importedEnglish nobby tweed called Cam-bria. The jacket features the

I Blouson look and the skirt has twoboxed pleats at the back.

Gilliam Grieg : No wonder she isqueen of the prom in this lovely

{ gown! This creation consists ofyards and yards of drifting mistpink nylon chiffon featuring adraped bodice and a stylish back

f interest of frosty pink flowingpanels. She is carrying a smallnosegay of spring flowers set offby tulle.

Betty Ann Cupp : This nylon-cotton charmer is featured in blue,black, white and gray stripes. Thewaistline is torso length flowingout into a full box pleated skirt.The square neckline is accented bya pussy-cat black organza bow.

"You'd Never KnowThe Old Farm Now 99

Recalling that the house inwhich he now lives on Gutcheravenue in the Gatchell was partof the farm he first worked onwhen he came to Sudbury, ArchieYeomans added that the farmalso included what is now Demor-est street as well as a fringe ofthe present slag dump. That wasback in 1922.

Archie left the land in 1924 andafter a 10-year association withthe CPR finally landed a job withInco in 1934. Starting in thenickel reverbs he transferred tothe slag dump in 1935 and remain-ed there for the duration of hisservice with the Company. WhenJoe Tierney retired last yearArchie replaced him as slag dumpboss, On the advice of his doctorArchie is also retired now, but

the glow from the slag nearbyforms a steady link with a pleas-ant past and a job he readily ad-mits he enjoyed.

Born on a farm near Kingstonin 1894, Archie worked in lumbercamps, a cheese factory, an ab-batoir and a sawmill before ven-turing up to Sudbury.

In 1924 Archie married AdaConvery and - of all places -right in Niagara Falls, reducinghoneymoon travelling expenses toa minimum. The Yeomans havefour children, Leverne and Claudein Toronto and Ronald and Davidin Sudbury. The latter works inthe engineering office at Frood.There are eight grandchildren whoreceive a full measure of grand-parental devotion.

Always proud of his health,Archie rarely if ever missed workon account of illness until recentlyhe developed a nerve condition.While not able to do a full day'swork now, nevertheless he is stillplenty active, and is looking for-ward to tending his neat littlegarden within a few blocks of hisold stamping ground, the slagdump,

MARCH, 1957

Ice Stopes atStobie DoingEfficient Job

If there was any doubt aboutthe efficiency of the unique heat-ing system in use at Stobie mine,In which cold air is warmed bymaking ice, it was dispelled whenInco mines ventilation engineerJim Rutherford put together sta-tistics on the system's second win-ter performance.

The temperature on surface dur-ing the 115-day period in whichthe system was operated hit anaverage of 14 degrees, with aminimium of 28 degrees below, butthe temperature of the 400,000cubic feet per minute of fresh airdelivered to the mining levelsranged from 28 to 31 degrees above.

The stream of cold air fromsurface at Stobie is blown firstthrough a continuous spray ofwater and then on down into themine. The spray, cooled by thecold stream of air, turns to iceand is deposited in huge under-ground rooms. The air goingdown into the mine is warmedwith the heat given up by thewater as it becomes ice.

The heat from the Ice forma-tion, along with the heat absorbedby the air from the large area ofwall rock exposed in the ice-making stopes, is estimated tohave been the equivalent of burn-ing 220,000 gallons of fuel oil or1,800 tons of coal.

The volume of water supplied tothe sprays, running up to 325gallons per minute, is automati-cally controlled. Spraying startswhen the surface temperaturedrops below 25 degrees, and allsprays are operating when thetemperature reaches zero.

Compressed air is introduced in-to the water supply at the spraysto produce finer particles of spray,which are dispersed across thestopes by a blast of high-velocityair.

The amount of ice formed dur-ing the winter's operation justconcluded is estimated at 75,000tons, deposited in huge mounds inthe stopes. During the summerthe hot air from surface will becooled as it passes over the ice onits way down to the working levelsof the mine . Last summer the40,000 tons of ice formed duringthe previous winter was not allmelted until early September. Itmay be necessary to operate thewater sprays for a period thissummer to carry the heat of thefresh air down to the ice in orderto increase the melting efficiencyand clear the stopes of ice beforenext winter.

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Shown above are the tops of two of the huge ice mounds formed during the past winter in heatingfresh air by Stable mine's highly unusual but also highly efficient ventilation system . The mounds are150 feet high and contain an estimated 75,000 tons of Ice which will be melted next summer In cooling thehot air passing down to the working levels of the mine from surface . The gal? Well, a ventilation engineercan dream, can't he?

fortable service pension after morethan 39 active years with Inco,Mike recalls working for somethree years on construction of thatrailway. Recent announcement ofInco's great mining project in thearea was naturally of keen interestto him.

Arriving in Canada from Russia

Mike Draka Was,Veteran Hoistncan

Some 45 years ago, when thesteel was being pushed from LePas to Port Nelson in NorthernManitoba, Moak Lake was knownas Mud Lake according to MikeDraka Now enjoying a coin-

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in 1912 Mike for some reason hecan't now explain bought a trainticket to Sudbury. Failing to finda job there he moved on to Le Pasto work on the Hudson Bay Rail-way. Returning to Sudbury latein 1915 he soon was employed atCreighton No. 3 shaft. The hoist-room was just being constructedand the shaft was only down to6 level, he remembers.

Before taking over as hoistman,a job he held for many years upuntil his retirement, Mike workedon deck, as a cagetender and atoplander at No.'s 1, 2, and 3shafts. Charlie Lively started himon his hoisting career when heassigned him to 20 winze on 12level. Then followed No. 4 shaftunderground. No. 2 shaft, No, a.,haft and No 3 shaft hoist,,, at

Creighton, and finally, via Froodand Stobie hoists, he arrived atthe controls of the cage hoist atMurray, where he spent his final10 years. "I've always liked hoist-ing", said Mike, "and the bosses Ihave worked for have been thebest".

In 1924 Mike married SophiaChikalo and, while they have nochildren of their own they havebeen "second parents" to manynieces and nephews. For the fu-ture he expects that the upkeep ofhis large house on Drinkwaterstreet p.us his gardening will keephim pleasantly occupied for a goodportion of his time. Visiting andtravel will take up the rest.

He will always remember theline farewell party given in hishonor by the boys at the mine.

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Sudbury High School Band Heads-Up Musical Organization

In trhn blue and white uniforms the band makes an impressive sight as it poses for a picture on the stage of the high school auditorium.

The saxophone section is featured in the first of the above pictures ; left to right these busy musicians are Pat Pandke , Andy Thomson, JohnMartin, Sandra Prior , and Penny Smith . On the right , playing French horns, are Dale McLeod , John Stanyon , Ken Sheppard, and Diane Jarrett.

frombone players shown are Carol Pandke , Linda Heino , Linda Lougheed and David Roe. And in the picture of the clarinet section are, frontrow. Gloria Lougheed, Tony Varpio, David Young , Lorie Waisberg; second row, Joan Siitonen , Gwen Graham, Gail Ferguson; third row,Kathleen Ritzel, Kathleen Early , Edith Thornton.

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This completely equipped trailer for carrying instruments, uniforms and other equipment , has brought Sudbury some good publicity on the band'sout-of -town trips . David Mantle and Lyn Evoy are seen loading an instrument box. On the right Earl Simard , the leader, discusses aseating arrangement with the manager of the band , J. G. Thomson.

"Have TrailerWill Travel"

A headline-making 89, the high-est mark obtained by any of the39 bands competing in the KiwanisMusic Festival in Eaton audi-torium at Toronto last month, wasawarded to the Sudbury HighSchool band.

Conducted by Earl Simard, the50-piece Sudbury concert bandplayed "Elsa's Procession to theCathedral" from Wagner's Lohen-grin as their test piece, settingthemselves a difficult task whichaccording to the adjudicators theycarried out brilliantly.

And while they were winningfriends and admirers by the hund-reds with their musicianship, theirbrightly decorated trailer wassitting out on the Eaton parkinglot, proclaiming the name of Sud-bury to thousands passing by.

Have trailer - will travel"could be the slogan of this heads-up youth group who since lastSeptember have had a total of 19engagements outside their school.Besides playing for local serviceclubs and at Copper Cliff they haveperformed in Sturgeon Falls, NorthBay, Timmins, and Toronto. AtTimmins they made their livetelevision debut. Everywhere theyhave been acclaimed as a credit to

Business affairs of the band are handled at executive meetings like the one shown here ; left to right areMargaret Wallgren (treasurer), Dale McLeod , Carol Pandke (secretary ), John McNeill ( president), SandraPrior , Frank Musico, and Lone Waisberg.

their conductor and their school.Because it would have interfered

with studying for the Easterexams they declined an invitationto return to Toronto to play atMassey Hall on a program offestival highlights. They arehoping for better luck on a bid toperform at either Cleveland orChicago next fall.

But these days the young mu-sicians are concentrating on a veryimportant engagement right athome - their annual spring con-cert which takes place April 12and 13 . Music from My Fair Ladyand Oklahoma will be among theirselections , for which they will haveas guest clarinet player RonChandler of the Royal Conserva-tory of Music at Toronto. Otherguest artists on the program willbe Les Compagnons du Sacre.-Coeur and a 12-piece jazz bandfrom Timmins with a girls' vocaltrio. It promises to be quite anevening.

"The most unusual thing aboutour band?" Earl Simard had aprompt answer. "We insist thatthe students keep up their schoolwork. If they fall below an aver-age of GO'; they are immediatelydropped from the band. For thatreason we went to Toronto with-out five of our very good musit hits

Music files are the responsibility of So we prove that a bind is asthe hand's librarians , Linda Heinotabove ) and her sister Eilene.

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The band 's uniforms are carefully stored in the wardrobe room , which isunder the supervision of Gloria Lougheed, Joan Siitonen , Diane Jarrett,and David Roe. There is also a room equipped for instrument storageand minor repairs.

Although music counts as a full "above Lind beyond the call of-object at the high school, 90': of duty" Actually they seem to getthe band members take it as Lin hose enjovmeut out of the variousex`ra. indicating their interest is (Continued on Page 14)

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Rates with First Robin As Sure Sign of Spring

Appearance of the Inco SpringWindow in the Sudbury and Dis-trict Chamber of Commerce officesin the Loblaw building rates withthe first robin, the first skippingrope, the first game of dibs, andeven the gentle turning of a youngman's fancy, as an official sign that

Inco's Bill RipleyLegend Material

Making the original workingdrawings of the big all-brick stackat Copper Cliff back in 1928 wasone of Bill Ripley's first contribu-tions to Inco's march of progress.From then until his recent retire-ment he never stopped giving un-reservedly of his time and talentsto Company and community alike.And now he has plunged whole-heartedly into a brand new career!As sure as day follows night he'llbecome a legend around CopperCliff.

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Mr. and Mrs. Ripley

Bill's career with Inco paralleledthe construction and maintenancehistory of the present huge smelt-ing operation at Copper Cliff.After helping draw the plans forsome of its buildings he moved tothe mechanical department in 1929,becoming assistant master mech-anic and upon Jack Garrow's re-tirement in 1946, master mech-anic. All work done in the shops,and the care and maintenance ofthe buildings and much of theirmachinery and equipment grewinto a Texas-sized responsibility

Spring has sprung.

Certainly its warm bright colorsand sparkling artistry are a delightto behold on a drab between-seasons day.

A feature of this year's display isshown above; the centres of the

that Bill thoroughly enjoyed.When he entered the departmentit had about 300 men; when heleft, it had 1700.

Before joining Into most of Bill'slife was spent in the Maritimes.Born at Nappan, Nova Scotia, in1891 he attended Amherst Academyand Mount Allison university priorto graduating in 1914 from McGillas a civil engineer.

Working as a transitman for theCNR out of New Glasgow was hisfirst permanent job. Curve ease-ment was in full swing then herecalled, with the change from cir-cular to parabolic curves being

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big sunflowers are colored trans-parencies of scenes from last Sep-tember's Triangle, the Orendorffgarden at Coniston, Nickel Park atCopper Cliff, Mrs. Lauri Puro'sgarden on Mabel Street, Sudbury,and the lovely grounds of the BertSquirell home at Lively.

made to accommodate the faster =trains. After three years of thatBill teamed up with the Kopperscompany of Pittsburg helping buildcoke ovens at Sydney. Then fol-lowed a year at general engineering

is a real pioneer," Bill continued,"always willing to try somethingnew, to improvise and experiment,We often extended the capacity ofequipment far beyond that origin-ally designed or dreamed of bythe manufacturer. That's onereason I enjoyed working there."Bill's farewell party was eloquenttestimony that this admiration wasmutual, when Company officialsand men alike paid tribute to hisingenuity and devotion to work,

A firm believer in the charactermoulding benefits of the Boy Scoutmovement, Bill has been associatedwith it for more than a quarter ofa century. While primarily activein the Copper Cliff group he wasalso in a large measure responsiblefor the fine permanent districtscout camp at Windy Lake, wherehe personally did a great deal ofthe work.

His other interests range fromhunting and fishing and the Cop-per Cliff Rod and Gun Club toplaying an active role in the En-gineering Institute of Canada. Acharter member of the Sudburybranch which originated in 1949,Bill was its chairman during the1953-54 term.

In 1916 he married Hilda Green-wood at New Glasgow. They haveone daughter and three sons. Maryis Mrs. George Walker of Sudbury,Norman is assistant master mech-anic at the copper refinery, Donworks on fire prevention at CopperCliff and Wilfred, until recentlywith the mines mechanical depart-ment at Copper Cliff, Is now withthe engineering department of thecity of Sudbury. They have 13grandchildren.Quite obviously it is going to take

more than a mere 65 years or anInco pension to get Bill Ripley to"retire". Instead he has associated

design work for Dominion Iron and with Pineland Timber as consult-Steel, after which he served for ant on the construction of theirseveral years with Dominion Coal new mill at Foleyet.at Glace Bay in a similar capacity. With work still to be done on

Bill's next move came "because the grounds of his new home inthere were too many old men at Sudbury, plus many offers for hisDominion Coal-no chance for a services elsewhere, he can see noyoung buck-I left." That was in possibility of time dragging or1928 and at Inco Bill found plenty things getting dull. And that's justof opportunity for a young buck the way Bill Ripley likes it - thelike himself. "This Company (Into) more to do the happier he is.

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As soon as it had progressed far enough to accommodate Grades 9 and 10 Lively's handsome new highschool went into service . Classes commenced on February 1. Other grades will be accommodated as moreclassrooms and other facilities such as shops , labs, auditorium , etc.. are completed . W. B. Book is principalof the fine new school , shown above in a late winter picture.

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Creighton, Levack ! O'Hara's Angels Hockey League ChampsShow Strength

The Nickel Belt badminton asso-ciation's intermediate champion-ships were highlighted this year bythe presence of a strong squad ofLevack players. While not walkingoff with too much of the tablewarethey made a good showing withplenty of future promise. PaulThompson and Bob Schwab gave aconvincing performance in the firstflight of the men's doubles to copthat event, and Paul also took thesecond flight in the men's singles.

Frank Rosetar of Creighton ( facingcamera ) is seen winning his firstflight match against Ken Landryof Inco Club.

Although several clubs were re-presented, including the Inco Cluband the YMCA, Creighton entriesswamped the opposition in mostevents except the championshipflight men's singles, which RayCholette of Inco Club won handily.

Irene Cimmerman of Creightonmade a particularly fine showing,winning the ladies' singles andthen teaming with Pete Olexiukof Creighton to take the mixeddoubles.

Rinaldo Pierini Has 40Fine Grandchildren

In the 50 years since RinaldoPierini first landed in Canada asan Italian farm imigrant he hasestablished the beginnings of afirst rate dynasty. Of his 12children living, 10 are married

and betweenthem have givenhim 40 grand-children who inturn have added

rPp"a -Oc- five great-grandchildren.Anyone whothinks that Rin-aldo isn't but-ton - bustingproud of thisgrand family is

strictly for the birds.Rinaldo's father had worked for

the Canadian Copper Companyseveral years before bringing his15-year-old son over to Canada,and had a job with the Companyas a track labourer waiting for

Smiling Jack O 'Hara's high -flying Concentrator Mechanics lifted the Copper Cliff Athletic Association 's shifthockey league championship in two straight games at Stanley Stadium , 12-6 and 6-3 over the Byers shiftteam from the reverb furnaces coached by Frank Mansfield . Above are the champs : back row, JackO'Hara, Leo Jacques , Ray Smythe , Earl Standberg , Paul Normandeau , Bill Dinsmore, Harold Dewar, RayFrattini, George Morrison ; front row, Charlie Tuttle, Mike Osiak , George Joyce , Red McDonald , JohnnyProulx, Ray Campbell (captain), and Chuck O'Hara (stick boy).

The runners - up for 1957 Copper Cliff shift hockey league laurels are seen here : back row, Gord Prentiss, ErnieMaynard , Jim Keeley, Frank Mansfield (coach and captain), Jack Gladstone ; front row, Don Marynluk,Marcel Rochette , Don Burden , John Jaworski. Not shown, Ronnie Maynard and Bob Graham . In the shoton the right Herk Flynn presents the Canadian Legion trophy for the individual scoring championship toGeorge Joyce of the concentrator crew . There were three other teams in the well-contested league , Electrical,McNeice 's Shift, and Duffy 's Shift.

him. From there Rinaldo wentto Crean Hill and then to theNo. 2 mine at Copper Cliff for afew years. He spent two years atCobalt, then h e l p e d deepenCreighton No. 3 shaft in 1919. la1929 he finally settled per-manently at Creighton and untilhis recent retirement worked atall three shafts there. He droveraises, drifts and stopes and, inhis latter years, worked on thelevel as chute blaster.

He was married in 1912 atCrean Hill; his wife died severalyears ago. Of his 12 children,Margaret is Mrs. Bittiol and Roseis Mrs. Ullhorn, both of Quebec:Rita is Mrs. Mullens of Edmonton,Gino is in Victoria, B.C.. Frankis at Copper Cliff smelter,Josephine's husband Leo Beau-soliel works at Creighton No. 5shaft, Lawrence is at Copper Cliff,Jean's (Mrs. Borton) husband iswith Smith & Travers, Joe is atCreighton No. 3 shaft, John is

employed at the iron ore plant,and Marie-Louise and Don workin Creighton.

Rinaldo lives with his daughterJean in Creighton but may starta touring visit of his kin whichwould take him some time tocomplete. Living each day as itcomes is his philosophy and itshould produce a lot of content-ment for Rinaldo.

QUICK QUIZ1. What Canadian lake yields

North America's largest annualcatch of trout and whitefish?

2. In total population Canadaranks about 30th in the world.Where does Canada rank in theimportant primary industry ofsteel production?

3. What is the distance by railacross Canada?

4. Of the more than 500 differ-

ent species of birds found inCanada, naturalists consider whichbird the smartest?

5. Name the most easterly andmost westerly points of land inCanada.

ANSWERS: 3. From Halifax toVancouver by rail is 4,280 miles.5. Cape Spear, Newfoundland;Mount St. Elias, Yukon Territory.1. Great Slave Lake, in the North-west Territories. 4. The commoncrow; despite the year-round openseason for hunting, he is one birdthat has been able to keep on theincrease. 2. Canada ranks 7th inthe world in steel production.

tMaterial prepared by the editorsof Quick Canadian Facts.)

UNSUSPECTED STRENGTHNever underestimate the danger

of the atom. It continues to giveadditional proof that it is farmore powerful than it was origin-ally cracked up to be.

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Eddie Barrett ofFrood a One-ManConstruction Co.

Unique among home-builders inthe Sudbury district - or any-where else, for that matter -- isEddie Barrett. A rigger at Froodmine with no particular qualifica-tions as a carpenter. Ed has de-fied the modern financial law ofgravity by building himself a finehome without going into debt ortaking out a mortgage.

During the past six years andmore, bit by bit as they saved upthe cash for it, the Barretts havebeen turning their dream intoreality. It's still not finished, butthe goal is in sight. It's a wonder-ful monument to hard work, faithin the future, and unswerving ue-termination to go it alone, finan-cially and otherwise.

In 1950 Ed purchased two hilltoplots on St. Dents street in Neelon-Garson Township for $550. Theycommand a beautiful view of thelower end of Lake Ramsay. Todayone lot is valued at close to threetimes the original figure but Edis not in the market to sell. Onthat site in the summer of 1950,alone and unassisted, he excavateda basement by hand, laid theblocks, put up the walls, roof andpartitions, and made a dwellingsufficiently comfortable for hisfamily to move into by November.He did all this with little or noprevious experience in the buildingtrades, doing all the work in theevenings and on week ends, andwith no help. His wife recallsthat there were times that yearwhen she wondered if he werecoming home at all at night,especially when there was still no

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self books from Popular MechanicsMagazine, and a floor plan his

The Barretts' house -building project frequently had to mark time to allow for the purchase of a stove, arefrigerator , a television set, etc., but nevertheless It has come a long way since 1950 . Here 's Mrs. Barrettin the attractive, beautifully equipped kitchen.

sign of him by 3:00 in the morn- friend at the mine helped with theing. Ed grins about it now but plastering, but otherwise the placeadmits that it was tough going to- was entirely his own effort.ward the end. A contractor did Starting with independence,the plumbing and wiring, and a $1,000 in cash, a set of do-it-your-

: had worked out Ed today has,R s a home which, when completed,

will be worth in the neighbour-hood of $14,000. To date, asnearly as they can calculate, abouthalf that amount has gone intothe house. There is a bedroom yetto complete, tile to go on the bath-room, and stucco on the outside,but all these will come graduallyas earned money is available. Oc-casionally Ed takes on an outsidejob such as building a chimney,or removing large trees, etc., topick up a few extra dollars to putinto the house.

Although the work of an ama-teur the interior of his homewould do credit to any profession-al. It is a real eye-opener fromlovely brick, central fireplace tocedar-panelled kitchen. The fire-place Ed says he built in threeweeks after deciding the $285 ask-ed by a mason was too steep forhim. The fact that he had neverbuilt a fireplace or chimney be-fore only spurred his urge to doit himself. The result was asmart-looking efficient fireplacewith heatalater, enhanced bybuilt-in television set and bookshelves.

This 5-room bungalow stylehome runs 43 feet along the frontwith a depth of 29 feet, Half the

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are finished in Sylvaply panelling.Bedrooms have plaster walls andSlyvaply cupboards, walk-in style,with plenty of shelf space.

The kitchen, a model of utilityand attractiveness, is panelledwith a very distinctive grainedcedar. All woodwork is finishedwith marine varnish which re-quires sanding between each of itsthree coats; it resists even thetoughest soaps and abrasives.Floors throughout are of vinyl tilewhich looks smart and is easy toclean. Installing 4 x 8 sheets ofmaterial on ceilings is no cinch asmany a home-builder knows, butas Ed points out, like everythingelse there is an easy way to do it.You build a "helper", a prop inthe form of a T that supports oneend of the sheet while you go towork on the other. Several such

basement is on rock. Walls are of The Barretts of St. Denis Street:This may he the one and only fireplace Eddie Barrett has ever built, cinder block, rockwool and ten- father, mother, Michael, 2, Denise,

but it 's a good one. He 's seen with three of his four children . test. Living room walls and ceiling 6. Guy, 9. and Adrienne, 11.

MARCH, 19 5 7 INCO TRIANGLE Page I1

Two "cat trains" are seen plying the route of the "Snowball Express"between Thicket Portage, on the Canadian National Railways ' HudsonBay line, and International Nickel 's new mining site in the Thompson-Moak Lake area 400 miles north of Winnipeg.

24 Cat Trains Race Spring ThawWith Supplies for Inco-Manitoba

Winnipeg - Its primeval sum- the site of International Nickel'smer beauty cloaked in the spot- giant new mining project in theless mantle of winter, the Mani- Mystery-Moak Lakes area sometoba northland echoes to the 30 miles away.ceaseless chugging of powerful in a race against time and the"cat trains" plying the route of elements, 24-diesel-powered sledthe "Snowball Express" between trains have been operating 24the tiny settlement of Thicket Por- hours a day to complete the her-tage on the Canadian National culean task of transporting fromRailways' Hudson Bay line and Thicket Portage to the mining

seemingly difficult jobs were solv- special domain but Ed spends aed by his ingenuity, and he claims good deal of time there too. Inthere are really very few things aman can't do if he sets his mindto it.

Looking back he realizes thatpower tools would have saved alot of elbow grease , and one day

addition to the usual vegetables,potatoes and strawberries aretheir specialty, a full year's supplyof each being grown. This yearthey plan to try the barrel methodof growing strawberries to save

he intends to own some. The only space. Ed says his spuds last yearpower equipment he used, how- were of an almost unbelievableever, was the vacuum cleaner size; 12 of them filled a shoppingmotor to run his sander and buffer. bag and weighed over 19 pounds.

Another year, Ed figures, will In winter when Ed wants abreather from his "housework" he

just about see things finished atthe house, including a glassed-inliving verandah at the back and arecreation room in the basement.To the Triangle's query whetherthey ever felt like borrowingmoney and getting the place fin-ished all at once, his wife admit-ted that sometimes it was a greattemptation, but Ed just grinnedand said he never worried, he al-ways knew he'd get it done. "Be-sides". he added, "I don't likepaying interest".

In addition to building thehouse, Mrs. Barrett pointed out, anew refrigerator, stove, washer,chesterfield, television and pianohave made their appearance inthe past few years. Paying forthese, she admitted, quite fre-quently slowed the house-buildingprogram down to a crawl.

When the house is finished acar is next on the agenda and theodds are about 10 to 1 that allrepairs and maintenance on thatvehicle will be done by one EdBarrett, Mr. Fixit himself

In addition to the house pro-ject a fine garden graces theirsecond lot. This is Mrs. Barrett',,;

ducks down to the basement andtakes something apart . Havingjust finished a complete overhaulof an English 3-speed bike hebought for his son he is now in-stalling new rings and pistons inhis outboard motor . This is an-other first for him but as he pointsout if you watch carefully whenyou take things out you canusually get them back in the sameplace again.

In his spare time he has built atable around his wife's sewingmachine, complete with specialdrawers, and also built the kids alawn swing out back . His fourchildren, Adrienne, Guy, Deniseand Michael figure their daddy isjust about the most - and withrather good cause too.

Ed just laughed when asked howhe had the temerity to tackle andaccomplish some of these jobs."It's not so hard", he said, "just.make up your mind that you aregoing to do it, maybe read a littleabout it. and then go ahead andget it done !"

Well, that sounds simple enoughif your name happens to be

Eddie Barrett

area 30,000 tons of heavy equip-ment and supplies required topush construction forward in thespring of the two mines and re-lated surface plants. Climaxingweeks of planning and prepara-tion, the job of the tractor trainsmust be done before the thaw setsin because, pending constructionof adequate transportation facili-ties, this is the only method ofmoving in such material.

The route of the "Snowball Ex-press" extends for 35 miles, wind-ing along broad trails lined withspruce, poplar and birch and overfrozen lakes and rivers and mus-keg.

The trains on the winter freightrun into Mystery-Moak, 400 milesnorth of Winnipeg, are operatingon a continuous, non-stop sche-dule. Each is manned by twocrews, one relieving while theother eats or sleeps. Fourteenhours are required for the 70-mile round trip on the shuttle be-tween the two points. A total of1,000 trips will be needed to movethe mountain of material involv-ed in what is undoubtedly thebiggest single freight lift in thehistory of northern Manitoba.About 150 men are engaged in theproject.

The "cat trains" make thequickest of turnabouts. At thenorthern end of the run, the trac-tor is detached from its loadedtrain and attached to a string ofempty sleds for the return journeythat starts immediately. At thesouthern terminus, the procedureis reversed.

The material being moved intothe mining area includes buildingsupplies and other equipmentneeded to provide housing and toput the maximum number of menand machines to work as quicklyas possible at the sites of themines and plants.

In addition to the material re-quired for the mining area some4,000 tons of rails, ties and othersupplies are being moved in bytractor train for the 30-mileCanadian National spur that willeventually link the projected townof Thompson and Thompson minewith the CNR Hudson Bay line.

Inco ReachedNew RecordsIn Past Year

(Continued from Page 2)modate an initial population of3.000.

The mining properties in Mani-toba cover an area 80 miles longand up to 10 miles wide. Whilean exploration shaft was complet-ed at Moak Lake in 1955, the re-port discloses that in 1956 a de-posit of improved grade was dis-covered some 20 miles south atthe location since named Thomp-son. The average nickel contentof the Moak Lake and Thomp-son ores thus far discovered. thereport stated. compares favorablywith the average of 'he Co'npan''sSudbury ores. though the coppercontent is so small as to be almosta metallurgical disadvantaege.

Ore ReservesThe Company's proven ore re-

serves, exclusive of Manitoba,stood at 264,224,000 short tons atthe year end, compared with262,369.000 at the end of 1955.There was also an increase in thenickel-copper content of these re-serves. In 70 consecutive years ofmining in the Sudbury District bythe Company and its predecessors,the report pointed out, some 250,-000.000 tons of ore have been pro-duced. Yet, at December 31, 1956.proven ore reserves at Sudbury,and their nickel-copper content,stood at the highest levels in thehistory of the Company,

ExplorationExploration expenditures in 1956

amounted to $8,247,000. a recordlevel, compared with $5,182,000 in1955 and with an average of $3,-800,000 per year over the pastdecade. In addition to Manitoba,major exploration operations werecontinued in the Sudbury District,while programs were also con-ducted in the Northwest Terri-tories, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Aus-tralia and elsewhere.

Outlook"For a long while," John F.

Thompson, chairman, and HenryS. Wingate, president, said in thereport, "we have been greatly con-cerned over the inability of nickelconsumers to obtain all the nickelthey required for their operations.... We have made every effort toremedy this situation, both throughproducing all the nickel we couldand through an intensive programof exploration. . We are vigor-ously developing these new (Mani-toba) properties in order to aug-ment our present supply with anew source of nickel. Productionfrom this source is planned to ex-ceed that of any other production,either in operation or announced,outside of our own in the SudburyDistrict.... What the supply anddemand situation in the nickelmarket will be at the time thesemines come into production can-not be forecast at the present time.

"All we can do is to confirm ourintention to put these new facili-ties into operation as promptly aspossible and to carry forward atthe same time our extensiveexploration program, so as to doour full share in eliminating anyshortage. Simultaneously, we shallpursue our research and develop-ment work on products and uses,and continue as we have for manyyears to supply the nickel-con-suming market with assistance toassure that nickel is used effi-ciently and economically, and thatit will continue to hold its properplace in the expanding peace-timeindustrial markets of the world."

STRINGENT PENALTIES

The midwesterner was taking histirst taxi ride in New York and wasbeing given the full treatment.Wheeling in and out of traffic thetaxi's brakes squealed continuously,while the driver passed sulphurousremarks with fellow cabbies.

Suddenly a man stepped fromthe curb against the light. Thedriver slammed on his brakes andmissed the man by a hair-breadth.Then, obviously feeling that someexplanation was in order. heturned to the back seat, "If vahit 'eat." he said. "it's bad. Yatotaa fill out a long report.-

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In his Minnow Lake home Gene Sylvester unravels a $308 suggestionplan award before the smiling faces of his wife and family, Pauline,12, Gene, 10, Susan , 8, Robert, 2 , and Patsy, 4.

Reduction Section MechanicsSlice Suggestion

After picking up better than$500 in tax-free suggestion awards.three more reduction section menare firmly convinced that many ofthose elusive ideas kicking aroundinside the old brain box can beconverted into welcome dollarswith just a little imagination andconcentration.

The surprising thing in manycases is how comparatively wimplethe award-winning idea is - acommon reaction to many sug-gestions is to marvel, "Why didno one ever think of that before, itlooks so obvious."

Making his fifth suggestionaward appearance, converter fitterJerry Sawchuk this time receivedhis largest chunk yet of that juicyfinancial pie. Suggesting a simplermethod of supplying pressure tothe large 200 ton hydraulic jacksnetted him a $60 award. SaidJerry when questioned about itsuse, "I think well just live highfor a couple of weeks - that's theway I enjoy these windfalls."Sounds as if the T-bones will begetting a big play at his house.

Coniston's Gino Gobbo, anotherfitter, also came in for a sizableshare of this bonanza with hissuggested improvements for chargecar wheel bearings. He collected$146 which he says will be a realshot in the arm to the renovatingproject he has underway at hisGeorge street home. Gino hasbeen with the Company almost 20years. He has three childrenPatricia 13, Linda 8 and Cranston4. This is his first award.

The third member of this group,a man who brought home thebacon with most of the pig at-tached, is Gene Sylvester, a plate-worker at Copper Cliff. Suggestingthe use of tapered steel plugs toseal defective boiler tubes broughtGene a tidy $308. That money toois going into home remodelling; thewhole interior of his Minnow Lakehome is getting the treatment.

HANDY AGE-GAUGEA man is young if a lady can

make him happy or unhappy. Heenters middle age when a ladycan make him happy, but can nolonger make him unhappy. He isold and gone if a lady can makehim neither happy nor unhappy

Plan Melon

Harry Bergman and Gunner Ziehlshare Jerry Sawchuk's pleasure atreceiving a $60 suggestion planaward.

MARCH, 1957

Since they had no rink on which to practice , and travelled to Dunnvilleto play their home games , the showing made by the midget and juvenileteams sponsored by Port Colborne Lions Club this season was littleshort of sensational . The juveniles, coached by Bill Spence, are still onthe playdown trail for a provincial championship as the Triangle goesto press, and the midgets got to the semi-finals before being eliminatedby Simcoe . If a convincing argument is needed to sell Port Colbornea new arena , this ought to fill the bill . A group of Dave Kodatsky'smidgets are shown above , just after winning an overtime game: AllenBenn, Mike Green , Mike Maloney (he scored the winning goal), RoySchooley and Dave Zarrow.

Creighton JuniorsTo Play for CanadaA great honor for the Creighton

badminton club and its coach, EvStaples, was the selection of threeof its members for the 12-playerCanadian junior team that willperform in international challengecompetition at Boston on April 6.Allan Massey, Ed Hreljac, and

Gene has been with the Company : Marie Barbe are the three young pionships at Kitchener earnedsince 1941. This is the first sug- Creighton stars whose showing in them the jaunt to Boston. They'regestion award he has received. the 1957 Canadian junior chain- shown above.

They Don't Win Many Games But Have a Lot of Fun

The Inco Recreation Hall provides the home court for the Port Colborne girls' basketball team which , coachedby Jack Holmes, has been competing this winter in the Niagara District church basketball league . The galsmay be short on scoring but they're long on looks, as the above picture shows; left to right they are BeverleySchihl , Marjorie McDowell, Jean-Ann Strath , Lorraine Bearss, Beverley Shields, Rita Schertzing, DianaMcDermott, Marilyn Bearss, Willa Schertzing, Betty KalaillefT , and Lucy Beaumont . Most of them camefrom inco homes.

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Too bad the Triangle isn't wired for sound so the full effect of Laura Jean Caswell's terrific bid for the cheerleading championship could beenjoyed by our readers. The picture on the right shows part of the huge crowd attending Nickel Belt Night in Sudbury High School; the cheer-

leading contestant strutting her stuff is Bonnie Toleck.

Nickel Belt'sStudents HadTheir Big Day

Climaxed by the crowning ofSudbury Tech's vivacious GloriaBarylski as Miss Nickel Belt andthe winning of the cheerleadingteam championship by a first-timecontender, Nickel District Collegi-ate, the annual Nickel Belt Day ofSudbury District secondary schoolstudents was a tremendous suc-cess.

More than 1100 wildly applaud-ing partisans jammed SudburyHigh School gym for the cheer-leading contest, which broke allrecords for verve and zing.

Leading up to the eveningshenanigans were three hockeygames played at Stanley Stadium,Copper Cliff. Lively juniors tookthe measure of a Cliff team, 2-1,after which city teachers coachedby Joe Costigan hung an 8-6 lick-ing on a lineup of country teachersmasterminded by Bill Harrington.Then Copper Cliff's senior Bravesfashioned a 7-4 victory over theirguests from Toronto, RyersonRams, in their annual duel. Thesewere three fine games, especiallythe one played by the professors.

The teachers stole the showagain at night by running out a28-22 decision in a basketball gameagainst an all-star junior team.

But the big thrill, of course, wasthe color-packed cheerleading dis-play. Not even a cigar-store In-dian could have resisted the ten-sion and excitement that built upduring that terrific exhibition.

Judges of the cheerleading contest , faced with an extremely difficult and delicate decision , were Mrs.

Grace Hartman, Miss Trudy Manchester , and Gerry Wallace, shown on the left . In the picture on theright are some of the pretty spectators at the hockey matches at Copper Cliff.

And promising an ever bettercompetition next year were thegreat performances staged by the

The city teachers beat the country teachers in a fast hockey match. The city slickers' goalie, Fr. Tanguay, newcomer teams from Lively and

is seen making one of his spectacular saves on a goal-mouth play by a pair of country boys, Lawrence Beau - Levack as well as by the sensa-

chemin of Coniston and Onyl Trahan of Nickel District. tional Nickel District girls,

Panty 14 1"('() '1'Rl.tNGLE, MARCH. 1957

Capital OutlayFor '57 Likely$50 Million

Inco's capital expenditures mayreach a record $50,000.000 during1957, it was forecast early thismonth in the company's annualreport, which reviewed in detai;the operations for 1956.

Plants

During the year, constructionwas started of a new 6,000,-ton perday concentrator at Levack, fromwhich the concentrates producedwill be carried to the Company'sexisting smelters for further treat-ment. The report also stated thatCanadian Industries Limited isbuilding a second Copper Cliffplant for the production of sul-phuric acid. The plant will utilizerich sulphur-dioxide bearing gasgenerated by the fluid-bed roastersof the new iron ore recoveryplant. In addition, an agreementhas been made with Texas Gulf

Record Group Receives Highest Award in Guiding

IL 7^Sulphur Company under which 'K I • in ;;,'• `' ;;.at company will build and oper- Imth

ate a pilot plant at Copper Cliff The largest group of Girl Guides to receive the top -flight gold cord award in the history of Guiding into investigate processes for the re - the Sudbury district will be honored at a dinner at Cassio 's restaurant on March 30 . They will be pre-covery of elemental sulphur from sented with their gold cords by the area commissioner , Mrs. D . H. Forster . Right to left above they are Dianethis same gas . Frattini, Copper Cliff; Shirley Easton , Copper Cliff; Marilyn Kovolchuk , Lively; Mary Nelan, Copper Cliff;

Shipments of pellets from its Evelyn Reid, Garson ; Carole Geoffrey, Coniston; Olga Warus, Garson ; Priscilla McFarlane, Sudbury; Normanew iron ore recovery plant near Pellerin , Sudbury; Marion Campbell , Sudbury. At an investiture at Convocation Hall, University of Toronto,Copper Cliff were first made by on April 25, they will receive their gold cord certificates from the wife of the lieutenant -governor ofthe Company in 1956, 10 years Ontario, Mrs. L . H. Brelthaupe . An additional distinction was won by this group when five of them wereafter commencing its search for a selected as members of the Northern Ontario representation of 10 girls at the World Guide Camp at Doeprocess. The predicted high qual- Lake next August : Marion Campbell, Mary Nelan, Norma Pellerin, Diane Frattini , and Olga Warns.ity of Inco iron ore was achievedand it has been very well received

aiding higher education and par-

mechanical difficultiessteel

tiesindustry. Due to titularly studies of the sciences.

m di attendingIn Canada,

the initial operation of the highgrants amounting

capacity equipment in this instal-$2,500,000 to be paid over a five-

lation, less iron ore was recoveredyear period were made to 140-institutions

than scheduled. NotwithstandingProvinces. of learning in all 10Provinces. In the United States,l t ian sthese problems, the new p

playing a key role in making pos-sible the Company's record highnickel output.

In the United Kingdom, theministry of supply's high-nickelalloy plant at Hereford was pur-chased by Henry Wiggin & Com-pany, Limited, wholly owned sub-sidiary of The Mond Nickel Com-pany, Limited, Inco's principalUnited Kingdom company. Thisplant was designed and erected bythe Wiggin Company and since1954 had been leased from theministry.

Capital ExpendituresCapital expenditures were

$23,021,000. In addition, there wasset aside from the Company'scash resources an aggregate of$34,742,000 for the redemption ofall the preferred stock. On Novem-ber 14, 1956, the board of directorselected to call this stock for re-demption on February 1, 1957.

With commencement of theManitoba project, the Companyenters a period of record capitalexpenditures. In Canada, theUnited Kingdom and the UnitedStates. Ingo plans to advance itsexpan,ion programs as rapidly aspossible. Capital expenditures in1957 may accordingly reach550.000.000.

Educational Program

Tite Company in 1956 extendedits program, started in 1940, of

grants of approximately $1,000,000were made, of which $400,000 willbe extended to 85 universities andcolleges during the current aca-demic year, and the remainder willbe applied to extending the Com-pany's fellowships and scholar-ships during the following fouryears. In the United Kingdom, agrant of £100,000 to be paid overa seven-year period was made tothe Industrial Fund for theAdvancement of Scientific Educa-tion in Schools.

To develop better understandingof nickel processes among en-gineers, science faculties andstudents, and our customers, theCompany during the year releasedthe second film in its series ofmotion pictures on the nickelindustry. "Milling and Smeltingthe Sudbury Ores" carries forwardthe nickel story which was begunwith the first film of the series."Mining for Nickel." A series of20 paintings by Terence Cuneo,who was commissioned by theCompany, were exhibited in con-nection with several of the show-ings of the second film. Thepaintings, "Portrait of an In-dustry," d epic t InternationalNickel's mining, refining. rollingmill and research operations inCanada, the United Kingdom andthe United States.

Shareholders

File number of shareholders uithe common tock at December

31, 1956 was 75,927, compared with78,015 at the previous year-end.

EmployeesEmployees of the Company and

its subsidiaries numbered 27,902at the year-end, as compared with26,192 at the end of 1955. "Thehigh production rate was againmade possible in large part by theability and co-operation of theseemployees," the report stated. Atyear-end, 2,312 men and womenhad been in Inco service for morethan 25 years and are members ofthe Quarter Century Club whichhas chapters in Canada, theUnited Kingdom and the UnitedStates.In 1928 the Company inaugura-

"Have Trailer-Will Travel"

(Continued from Page 7)duties and responsibilities -- be-sides the study and practice - thatgo with belonging to the band.And their parties, such as thedinner they staged one evening inthe home economics room, havesent their esprit de corps soaring.

Sudbury High School's cham-pionship band leads the provincein several ways, the Trianglelearned from its conductor. In thefirst place by its recent triumphat Toronto it has given hope to allbeginning bands by proving thata band like Barrie, which has beeninvincible for 18 years, can betr,iten. But more important havebeen its experiments in trying for

ted a non-contributory RetirementSystem to help provide securityfor its employees. Since that time,2,626 members have retired on ser-vice and disability pensions and2,896 beneficiaries of employeesand pensioners have received deathbenefit payments. At the end ofthe year there were 1,548 formeremployees and beneficiaries re-ceiving pensions as compared with1.427 at the end of 1955. Totalbenefits paid in 1956 were$1,980,000.

The Company also provides grouplife insurance plans for the benefitof employees' families. Since theinception of these plans, paymentstotaling $6,133,000 were receivedby the beneficiaries.

what Mr. Simard calls "depth ofsound" in the same way as a pic-ture has depth of focus. Usingonly recording basses instead ofsousaphones, to obtain a softertone, and using alto and bassclarinets in addition to regularclarinets, have brought good resultsalong this line, the conductor said.

"My aim is to develop Canada'sfirst truly symphonic band," hecontinued. "A symphonic bandtries to duplicate the tonal rangeof the symphony orchestra. Thiswould mean the addition of in-struments like the marimba,contra-bass, clarinet, alto flute.harp, string bass, bass saxophone,contra bassoon. Progress will beslow because of the expense in-volved, but with the continuedsupport of the school board andour concert audiences. we can doit"

Looks as if that trailer is goingto travel a long, long way.

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This was the busy scene at the foot of the practice slope at Levack as the young contestants prepared for the annual Sudbury district primaryschool ski championships , waxing their skis, adjusting harness, or darting back and forth through a forest of ski poles . In the picture on the rightGregg Storey of Levack is coming down the slalom course.

Bia Entry in Primary School Ski MeetCanada's steadily increasing in-

terest in skiing was reflected inthe highly successful Sudbury dis-trict primary school championshipmeet held at Levack. Biggest andmost enthusiastic since the eventwas first organized, the 1957 re-newal drew a total of 107 com-petitors.

Tom Acheson's excellent coach-ing during the past winter paidoff for Levack public school, whichfinished on top in the day's stand-ing with 42 points. Levack pro-duced the boys' intermediate com-bined champion, Gordon Cullis,

Kasime Lysonick, representing and the girls' intermediate andEden public school , New Sudbury , junior champs, Michel Bragg andstarts a turn . Linda Cullis.

Led by Paul Koth, who won thesenior boys' combined title, Alex-ander school finished second inthe school standings with 29points. Next came Onaping with14, Wembley with 12, Adamsdalewith 5, and Lively and Garsonwith 3 each. A dozen other Sud-bury area schools were well repre-sented.

The junior boys' combined titlewent to David Cameron of Wemb-ley and the senior girls' combinedto Margaret McMaster of Onaping.

There were downhill and slalomevents for boys and girls in threeage groups. Medals to the indivi-dual winners and trophies to thecombined champs were presented

by the sponsors of the meet, theSudbury Lions Club. The presen-tations were made on behalf of theservice club by Frank Attwood.

Organization of the meet washandled by the Nickel Teen SkiClub, whose members are graduatesof previous primary school compe-titions sponsored by the Lions.Ellis Hazen, director of NickelTeen and spark plug of Sudburydistrict skiing, was immenselypleased with the number andcalibre of the contestants. "Someof the best-looking young skiingprospects anyone could hope tosee," he said with a big smile."What a `farm club' for NickelTeen!"

A competitor from Lively. Pat McFarlane, is seen in action in the first picture , and in the second Andy Bouffard of Levack heads down the trickyslalom trail. On the right the chief scorer, Ellis Hazen (facing camera) works with Ted Powell on the meet results amid a swarm of eager kibitzers.

('age 16 INCO TRIANGLE MARCH, 1957

Business Girl Curlers Have Had Best Season Yet in the army, then tried farming.A few years of that convinced himhe couldn't feed many extramouths that way so, heeding theimmigration ads, he headed forwealth and freedom in Canada.Today he is proud to declare thathe found a larger measure of boththan he ever dreamed existed.

Bill married Anastasia Zwyer in1922 and brought her to Canadaafter he was settled in Coniston.They have two attractive daughters,Sophie (Mrs. McMichael) andStella, both of Toronto, where Billand his wife may also end up inorder to see more of their family.

Always an active and energeticman, Bill at 65 is in excellenthealth, with the vigor of one 20years his junior. Long may he socontinue is the sincere wish of hismany friends and acquaintances.

"The best year we've had yet , by far," is president Jo Walmsley 's verdict on the season 's activities of theSudbury business girl's curling club , seen in the above cheery group just before starting play for theBill Dorsett trophy . With more than 60 members the gals have kept things hopping three evenings a weekat the Sudbury Curling Club. Jo Walmsley is at the left in the front row , and fourth from the right isJean McCrea, whom she now meets in the final of the Dorsett event.

In Sudbury AreaOver 63 Years

Coming to Sudbury 63 years agomakes Coniston's Bob Muirhead astrong contender for top honors inthe district oldtimers department.Recently retired on service pensionBob looks back on a happy andrewarding career with MondNickel and Inco , while ahead ofhim lies an interesting new life asa gentleman of paid leisure.

Brother of the late Scotty Muir-head, one of Sudbury's pioneermerchants, Bob gave the stationerybusiness a trial too but decided hepreferred his chosen field of watts,volts and ohms. At retirement,and for many years previous, hewas chief electrician at the Conis-ton plant.

Born near Glasgow in 1892 Bobcame with his family to Sudburyin 1894 . His father worked atBlezard mine for a time, then con-tracted to roast all the ore forMond Nickel at Victoria mineBob attended school in Sudburyand at Victoria mine, where liewent to work at the age of 16, inthe power house. In 1921. tiring ofshift work, he left the district tooperate his own garage in Wing-ham, Ontario , but was more thanhappy to return to Coniston at W.H. Soule's suggestion in 1929. j,istprior to the Inco-Mond merger.Association with Bill Soule over a

period of many years Bob con- Ukraine, Bill managed to acquiresiders to have been a real privilege. seven grades of primary schooling

Bob was married in 1916 at before going to work, quite an ac-Fondrich, near Wingham, to Mar- [ complishment at that time andgaret Bunston, who died in 1928. place. From 1913 to 1920 he servedIn 1935 he remarried, Ruby John-son becoming his wife. Three ofher brothers work at Copper Cliffand one at Coniston, making her areal Incoite. She and Bob haveone son, Dale, who is serving hisapprenticeship in Inco's electricaldepartment. Bob has three daugh-ters by his first marriage, BettytMrs. Rom) of Sudbury, Ruth(Mrs. Davis) of Toronto and Jean(Mrs. Knarr) of Brantford. Thereare nine grandchildren. Bob andhis wife have just returned fromvisiting them all, at the same timeinitiating the smart new travellingbag given him at his retirementparty.

Bob has just finished assemblinghis own house at Coniston wherehe put together two sections ofother buildings into a very attrac-tive and roomy home. He and hiswife will spend most of their timefrom May to October at their campat Fairbanks Lake.A pleasant retirement seems cer-

tain for this popular couple, to thesatisfaction of their countlessfriends and acquaintances.

Coniston Man forOver 30 Years

Since he came to Canada in 1926all but a few months of BillBachorski's employment has beenwith Inco or Mond Nickel. Actingon a friend's suggestion to cometo Coniston, he got a job on thecharge floor at the Mond smelter,and except for a short period atCopper Cliff during the shut down,Bill has spent all his time at Con-iston. During his latter years hewas relieving foreman, Retirednow on a service pension, he istrying hard to learn to live thisnew life of leisure.

Born and raised on a farm in the

WHAT IT TAKES"Self-control," wrote Samuel

Smiles, " is only courage in anotherform."

What a Feud This Has Been!This series between the Levacks

and the Garsons for the Inter-Mines and Plants league cham-pionship make the Martins andthe Coys look like kissin' cousins.

After dropping the first twogames to their old rivals, Garsoncame roaring back with a specta-cular three straight wins. Thenin the sixth game which washighlighted by 22 minor penaltiesplus a few majors, Levacks sneak-ed out an 8-7 victory to tie up theseries.

The hair-raising finale is schedul-ed for Stanley Stadium on March

26th which means the Triangle isto go to press without the result.Well, no matter which way itgoes, both coaches Tommy Arm-strong of Garson and HarryKnight of Levack are to be com-mended on their hustling hockeyteams. The boys have certainlyput on a show.

Buzzing around Garson goalieEddie Bailey's net in the abovepicture are, from the left, OscarCole eGarson), Yvon GoudreauLevackI, Stan Hayduk tGarson),

Larry Laberge (Levack) and thatgreat little warrior Wally Mor-rison.

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