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INCO TRIANGLE APRIL, 1949

It begins to look as if one of the best waysto solve these brain-teasers Is to have abroken leg and go to Copper Cliff Hospital.Maybe its the classy cast they mould aroundyour fractured fibula, or the jiggle they putin the jello, or the influence of the brightyoung nurses hovering about, but our boyscertainly come up with the right answerswhile they're mending in Doc Mowat's repairshop.

Last month it was Ed Orendorff of Coniston 13 is Lucky for Leo Leo Gravelle of the Crushing Plant atCopper ClifI won a $127 Suggestion Planwho figured out the solution while they

were straightening a kink in one of his award the other day, and there are 13 very good reasons why he can use the money.kickers, and this month it's Andy Kresan of' A proud and hapny pappy, Leo introduced his family to us as follows: seated, front,Creighton. Only difference is that Andy says Fernande and Jane, 7, twins; on chesterfield, Gabrielle, 18, the old man himself, Rachel,he had to beat his head against the wall a 17, Mrs. Gravelle, Bernadette, 10 mos., Regeanne, 5; at back, Damien, 14, Conrad andfew times before the answer came, He also: Ronald, 10, twIns, Claire, 13, and Cleopha.s, 16. They live at Hanmer. Leo's prize-winningmentions that he pulled out half his hair, suggestion eliminated abrasion to the fasteners on the scalper screens in the Crushing

I Plant.but neglects to say where he threw it, a bit iof information we could use. .--- _____________________

Pretty nearly everybody tagged the Welsh: The following are the relevant passages POST-WAR CONSTRUCTIONlawyer as 45, married, and a Socialist, al- from their letters: A contractor went out to inspect one of histhough most of the fans admitted it took' Betty: "Kitty was second in the examina- post-war housing projects. Walking up tothem some time to corner him. Mrs. C. E. : tion. I was only third." the outside of a house on which a carpenterYoung of Copper Cliff spent a couple of' Ethel: "You will be glad to hear that was doing some inside work, he whisperedhours on two evenings but says it was fun, was top. Joan was second." "Can you hear me?"

One reader wrote: "This is the first time' Joan: "I was third, and poor old Ethel "Sure," said the carpenter.I've tried one of the problems, although I I was bottom," "Can you see me?" asked the contractor.read the Triangle every month and think it's Kitty: "I came out second. Mary was only "Not very well," said the carpenter.swell." But he or she forgot to sign their fourth," "That," said the contractor, "is what I callname. Too bad-we wouldn't mind going, Mary: "I was fourth. Top place was taken I a good post-war wall."steady with somebody like that. Had the by Betty." -.------ .-.--- _______-

right answer, too. ' What was the actual order?

Another "first-timer" was James E. Turtonof Open Pit Garage, who thinks this puzzlecorner one of the most enjoyable features of.JufljOr Cronservationthe paper. And he also had the right answer.

Also on the beam were F. Morisset of Open' .roup for Con istonPit Engineering, P. Forster of Smelter Re-

search, Reg. Edmunds of Frood-Stobie Mach-ine Shop, Dave Duncan and Doug Thom of Another important step toward makingMechanical Engineering, Fred Foote of Con- Sudbury the best organized conservation dis-iston Lab twho dropped into the Triangle trict in Ontario was the formation of aoffice just to get acquainted, and a nice Junior Fish and Game Protective Associationneighborly thing it was for him to do), Mrs. at Coniston, Bill Burd and Germain Tessier,Mary Andrews, whose husband works at officers of the town's senior conservationCopper Cliff Concentrator, T. Ratchford of group, handled the details,Frcod-Stobie Time Office, Pete Leslie of An active campaign of education is plan-General Office, James Kearney of Creighton, ned for the junior associaticn, including fieldClyde Forbes of Garson, Lloyd Johns of trips for fish planting. Officers elected forFrood-Stobie Machine Shop, Lloyd Walford the first year are: president. Harley Gagnon: -of Creighton Police, J. H. Douglas of Creigh- vice-president, S. Young: secretary-treasurer,ton Efficiency, and Ed Orendorif of Coniston. Harold Olivier: executive, Roland Laporte,

Ernie TweedleAlong somewhat the same style as the Raymond Moyer, Bobbie Scott, Bernard Still ilickingght) of themixup of the ocean liner passengers is the Langlois, Edmund Killride.following little riddle about the deceptive The new association falls neatly into Con- plate shop at Open Pit, discusses with

Master Mechanic Jim Myles another hunchschool girls. See what you can do with it: iston's enlarged program of activities for its he plans to turn in to the Suggestion PlanFive school girls sat for an examination, young people. committee. Ernie recently collected 39 tax-

Their parents, so they thought, showed an' free dollars for a suggestion on reinforcingundue degree of interest in the results. They The teaching staffs of day schools under the Pit haulage truck boxes. Ills biggesttherefoi'e agreed that, in writing home about provincial control in Canada consist of about' award todate is S523 in December of 1944the examination, each girl should make one 75,000 teachers, Only slightly more than for welding wear shoes to the electrictrue statement and cne untrue one, one-fifth of them are men, shovel dippers.

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i3Okay, lets get out the old scissors and paste and fix

up another page of good-looking Inco families for theadmiration and envy of generations to come, (1). Mr.and Mrs. Angus MacDonald (Frood Stobie) with Ron,13, and Heather, 8. (2). Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ferguson(Murray) with Bill, 9. Leonora, 5, and Cathy, 112. (3).Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bryson (Copper Refinery) and Cheryl,3, and Jimmy, 5 mos. (4). Mr. and Mrs. George Currie(Creighton) with their pride and joy, Mickey, 13 mos.(5). Mr. and Mrs. Clare Young (Copper Cliff Agricul-tural) with Barry, 5, Donald, 2, and Kent, 8. (6). Mr.and Mrs. Frank Markiewich (Copper Cliff Concentrator)with Helen, 14, and Roy, 10. (7). Mr. and Mrs. JackRivers (Port Colborne) with Billy, 1, Johnny, 3, andBonnie, 4.

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Copper Cliff Smelter WinsParker Shield in First Aid

8. The Frood-Stobie mine team in actionduring the semi-final for the Mutz TrophyAll first-year men, they won out on floor workin this event but jagged on orals and werebeaten by Garson.

ANNUAL SKATING CARNIVALA smart, smooth-working team from Cop- and fracture of the right tibia and fibula.

per Cliff Smelter won the Inco inter-plant Just as the First Aid team was thoroughly Aprl 22 and 23, with a matinee on theFirst Aid championship and the Ralph D. F organized for the care of this patient, there 23rd, are the dates of Copper Cliff's 1949Parker Shield in a closely contested final was a banging on the door and In came a Skating Carnival.match against Garson Mine at Inco Em- F passerby assisting his friend, who had also The Word i5 already getting around thatployees' Club, Sudbury, on March 31. been struck by a car. The second victim was this will be a particularly outstanding show,

Only seven points separated the two crack suffering from a laceration on the left side F replete with beautiful costumes and unusuallyhigh-scoring squads in the final tally. They of the head, a wound In the abdomen wall fine skating by both local and visiting per-ran neck-and-neck on their oral examina- With protusion of the bowel, and shock. formers with the Air Force Band of Ottawations but Copper CILif piled up a slight mar- With this complicated state of affairs the as a special attraction. Tickets are sure togin of points on floor work to take the teams certainly had their hands full, but be at a premium.decision, they breezed through the assignment with

It was one of the most interesting duels only very minor miscues and both finishedin the 13-year history of the competition, well within the time limit of 35 minutes.and was witnessed by a large audience. Tom Judges of the very close contest, whose jobCrowther of the Safety Department had nobody coveted, were Drs. Ferguson andcooked up a tricky problem calling for cool- Allan; the oral tests were conducted by Dr.ness, clear thinking, and a broad knowledge Stanyon. At intervals In the program much-of First Aid work, but both teams took it enjoyed accordian selections were played byneatly in stride and refused to get rattled Arvo Tuori.when a surprise in the form of a second THE PICTURESaccident victim was sprung on them 10 On the opposite page are other teams win-minutes after they had settled down to work ning the elimination contests at their respec-

were a lacerated right forearm with arterial L. Gibson. A. Mick, C. Cole spare). Coachbleeding, shock, fracture of the left clavicle, was A. Beauparlant.

on their first patient. tive mines and plants:In the absence of R. D. Parker the cham- 1. Frood-Stobie Mine: B. Fisher (captain),

pionship shield was presented by J. R. Gor- L. Shauer, N. Shryer, D. Lindsay, A. Gras-don, who heartily congratulated the con- sam (spare). Coach was W. Gaylor.testants on their clever display and extended 2. Murray Mine: J. Currie &captaln), H.Inco's thanks to everyone connected with Pharand, A. Montysarri, E. Laurin, 0. P.the competition, in which a total of 132 Humphries (spare). Coach was G. Scully.teams had taken part. 3. Creighton Mine: A. Marson (captain), G.

Whole Avalanche of Injuries Lynn. P. Ledingham, N. Simpson. L. SharpeScene of action for the final contest was spare). Coach was H. Farrell.

a service .station five miles from Big Town. 4. Levack Mine: E. A. Armstrong captain),'You are building a house for the owner of W. Bushnell, V. Sahiler, W. Mills. H. Warrenthe service station,' the problem for the spare). Coach was F. Spencer.First Aiders read, when you see an attendant . Open Pit: E. Somers captain. R. Sa-from the station struck by a car. He makes bourin. H. Bouchard, J, Fior, R. Pearsonno attempt to rh,e, and the car stops just spare). Coach was W. Young.beyond th€ service station. There is com- 6. Copper Refinery: F. Scott captain, S.plete First Aid equipment and a telephone Mitchell, 0. Galey, J. St. Onge. H. McPhailin the service station.' spare). Coach was G. Hubbard.

Injuries to the accident victim, it developed, 7. Coniston: E. Albert captain, P. Cole,

Defend Title Mrs. MargaretWilson of Cop-

per Cliff and Ovide Gauthier, Sudburydetective playing for Ryan Club, won themixed doubles title for the second succes-sive year in the Northern Ontario badmin-ton championships, held in the Inco Clubat Sudbury last month. The powerfulGauthier also won the men's singles andteamed with his brother Fritz t take themen's doubles. Next year's tourney will beheld in Sault Ste. Marie.

5taged 1reit .Liiel Ineo inter-plant First Aid champs for 1949, Copper Cliff Smelter team is picturedat the left: seated, 0. "Popeye" Didone, coach, holding the It. D. Parker Shield;Angus Johnston, captain, holding the D. Finlayson Shield for the surface plants

semi-final; standing, L. Laronde, C. Tessman, J. Bouillon (spare), and It. Bouchard. Each man receives a $50.00 prize. On the rightare Garson, runners-up for the Parker Shield which their mine won last year: seated, B. Spencer, captain, holding the 11. J. MutzTrophy for the mines semi-final; 0. Matson, coach; standing, K. Harris, G. Young, J. Grassam, and F. Tessier (spare). They holdHudson Bay blankets, presented to both finalist teams.

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Curling Champions Eight rinks in the ladies' section at CopperCliff Curling Club competed this year for the

Jessup Trophy, and the winners are pictured above: Mrs. Eileen Johnston (skip), Mrs.Clara Tuttle, Mrs. Jessie Brown, Mrs. Lella Duncan. Victorious rink in the Robert Brownevent was made up of Mrs. Dolina DeSoto (skip) Mrs. ha Telford, Mrs. Duncan and Mrs.Johnston. Second of the above pictures shows the champs of the eight-rink junior drawfor the C. W. Nute Memorial Trophy: CharUe Tuttle (skip), Jack Thompson, TeuvoEloranta, and Douglas Crouse; in the final they beat a rink composed of Louis Core (skip),Bernard Leclair, Lawrence Sauve, and Gordie Bennett.

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Waterbury Trupl iy SI iift Curliiig RussHeiidry skip Ciordofl Ada nis. Jack Turnbull. A. R. Bray. Runners-up, Joliiiiiy Cec-clietto skip H. Slu'rtdnii, C. Broiisoii, E.Gatin.

Coppi' Clif!'saiiiiual nli'etiilg aiid pr'-seiititicii Of priV's will be h'ld April 9 ntthe Itilinii Hall.

"Crossed River onBacks of Salmon"

Even after making allowaiices for the na-tive pride of the scribe who took the follow-ing c€iisus of fish aiid game in Newfound-land, it ,ouiids as if Canada's 10th provinceis a .sportsniaiis paradi.e:

There are dozens of lakes near St. Johnswhere rainbow trout the size of feiicepostswill sun themselves on the beach. If youwant to go swimming you have to kick them

'out of the way."On the vest and south coasts there are

streanis so full of salmon that the rivers slopover their banks. One man was known tohave walked across a river on the backs ofsalmon.

"Now, the lakes and rivers mentioned hereno self-respecting Newfoundland fishermanwould visit. He considers them, compared toothers in the island, ,s just about fished out.

"In the forests there are so many mooseaiid caribou that bears and small game haveto sleep in trees because there isn't room forthem on the ground."

Joe Is Now Taking'Checker Lessons

A familiar face is missing these days fromthe converter aisle at Copper Cliff Smelter.Joe Lauzon, who for 10 years worked his shiftregularly as skimmer on No. 18 converter,has retired on disability pension, and the boysall hope his health will improve so he canenjoy his well-earned rest.

Born in Montreal on Jan. 11, 1894, Joe firststarted with Inco in 1915, and became aconverter skimmer. He quit to take a fling

has been Invited to send a rink, and at least

90 Rinks for eight will do so.The beautiful new trophy was presented by

W. J. McMitchell, Sudbury master curler, andis a miniature of the Canadian Memorial atFinal Bonspiel Vimy Ridge. It honors the memory of hisson, an Inco man from Copper Cliff Con-

From a modest beginning in 1945, with an 'centrator, who was killed at Caen on June

entry of 16 rinks, Copper Cliff Post-Season 11, 1944, five days after D-Day.Bonspiel has increased steadily in popularity' At Copper Cliff all the club events wereand this year assumes the stature of a major completed ahead of the spring thaw. Results:event in which about 90 rinks are expected Collins Trophy: Hughie Munro (skip),to compete. Duke Jarrett, Frank Zurbrigg, Charlie Mich-

In addition to Stanley Stadium, Sudbury ener, Bob McAndrew. Runners-up, H. J.Granite Club will be available for play this Mutz skip), Vern Johnston, Jim Dewey, Ronyear, giving a total of 12 sheets of artificial Silver, Bill Taylor.ice. The hospitality of the new Sudbury club Inter-Rink: C. A. Beach (skip), Dick but returned toat farming near Chelmsfordis much appreciated by the curling fraternity. Valentini, R. Basso, Jackie Hall. Runners-up,

,He was married atthe smelter In 1923The 1949 bonspiel will open on April 24, Al Scammell (skip, W. Nelan, A. Dubery, D. .

Chelmsford in 1915 to Bertha Chartrand.and thereafter will be played evenings until Giommi.completion on the 29th. A separate 'spiel Colts: Wally Flowers skip, Chuck Bron- Mrs. Lauzon says he may have been a good

for the ladies will be run in the afternoons, son, D. Gathercole, Am Boyd. Runners-up, skimmer but he's no world-beater as a

and Copper Cliff curlers working the 4-12 F. Rinaldi, T. Meehan, Dr. Bruce Wilson, checkerplayer, and she is now giving him

shift that week will have their innings at George Hazleden. lessons every day. They have a family ofStanley Stadium in the mornings. Single Rink: Dr. H. F. Mowat .',kip), v. four: Leo, of Toronto: Helen Mrs. Pat Pot-

Another big event, scheduled for Sudbury Johnston, Joe Harrison, Steve Kuzmaski. viii) of Sudbury; Berthe, eniployed at the

Granite Club on April 22-23, will be the first Runners-up, Mac Canapini, D. McPherson, C. Metropolitan Store in Sudbury, and Cecile

annual competition for the William Edward Manner, T. Meehan. Mrs. Gerry Sawchuk) of Copper Cliff. They

McMitchell Memorial Trophy, emblematic of Single Rink Consolation: C. A. Beach have oiie grandson.

the N.O.C.A. juiiior curling championship. skip, Gordon Adams, R. W. Stedman, Wal- Mr. and Mrs. Lauzon expect to build a newEach of the 10 affiliated clubs In the N.O.C.A, ,ter Wilson, home this spring on the Old Garson Road.

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Dick Coleman

Retires After

39 Inco YearsWith youthful alacrity mocking his three

score and fIve years, Dick Coleman steppedout of the harness on April 1st and lookedforward to a lot of loafing in the greenpastures of retirement.

The cnly tough assignm€nt facing him nowis learning not to wake up as usual at 6.45in the morning but that, he says, is one jobhe's going to enjoy

From chemist in an iron foundry to assis-tant smelter superintendent of Inco coversthe working span in the life of RichardMowbray Coleman, who was born in Februaryof 1884 at Mitchell Ont., near Stratford, butat an early age moved with his parents toToronto.

His father was one of the first graduatesof SF5. at the University of Toronto and: Old times at the Central Club back In 1910 are recalledDick followed in his academic footsteps, re- Rei'niniscences by R. L. Beattle, R. M. Coleman, George Ferguson andceiving his degree in 1907 in chemistry, whichthese days corresponds to metallurgical and

Ralph Crouse, who were four of the gay young bache-

chemical engineering. lors then living inthe male retreat situated a the corner of Dloiite and Serpentine Sts.

Canada Iron Furnace Co. at Midland got in CopperCliff, and later torn down. The picture was taken during Dick Coleman's

retirement party at the Italian Hall.the first call on the services of the young ______________________ __________________

chemist. Then he went to the StandardChemical Co.'s wood products refinery prospector, Henry Ranger, who was respon- the oncoming shift boss usually found theMontreal. Later this firm transferred him to sible for many important discoveries in the furnace loaded to the gills. Dick chucklesDeseronto where he was employed on a early days of the Sudbury Basin. Ranger when he recalls one such occasion which, incharcoal blast rurnace operation, then the brought in a sample from secondary rock on retrospect, was not only humorous but alsoonly one of its kind in Canada but doomed a property near Larchwood, somehow con- had quite an influence on the future of theto be dropped on account of the expense of vinced that it was rich in platinum. Dick's nickel industry.the process, assay disappointed the old man on the Following Fergie's shift one night, Dick as

In 1910 Dick came to Copper Cliff to join platinum count, but it did reveal considerable usual found the reverb plugged to the hatchesthe staff of Chief Chemist Jim Rawlins. He quantities of zinc. Ranger later sold the and no place to put the calcines from thelived first at the old Central Club, then property to Treadwell-Yukon Co. for a re- four roasters. Although it was taboo to feedmoved to the present Engineers' Club when ported $20,000, and for a couple of years it too much of the faster-smelting green orethe Company built it in 1913 and turned it was operated as a zinc producer, closing down to the furnace because the resultant low-over to 28 young engineers to operate on a about 1925. With zinc at its present price, grade matte o%ertaxed the converters, Dickco-operative basis. Dick has wondered why no one has decided was determined to uphold the honor of his

By 1913 Dick had become chief chemist, to give the prospect another whirl, shift on the tonnage chart at all costs, and

and four years later he was assistant metal- When he returned to the plant in 1923 in the next eight hours he charged threelurg'ist. When the plant began to slow down Dick moved into the production end of the times as mucfl green ore as usual. Naturallyin 1919 he reverted to the chief chemists business as a shift boss on the plant's one this made matte to beat old hec, as youpost, and during the shutdown from the fall reverberatory furnace, along with Dunc Fin- might say, and when Dunc Finlaysons shiftof 1921 to the spring of 1923 he operated an layson and George Ferguson. There was took over they had one wild session of it.assay office in Sudbury. plenty of rivalry as each group scrambled to The matte was running like tea and they had

Zinc Discovery at Larchwoodfeed as much ore as possible to the furnace to handle 19 taps instead of the regular seven

One of his regular clients was the famous during their eight-hour stint, and as a result or eight. The thoughts o Finlayson and his__________ ___________ ___________ _____________ _____ men re Coleman and his men, during that

hectic shift, were very high in sulphur.But the incident proved the capacity of

the reverberatory furnace. By adding to thefeed specially screened high-grade fines fromCreighton Mine, it was seen that a greatlyc:.increased tonnage of green ore could be

______ smelted without lowering the grade of matte.- - When the big smelter expansion program was

- launched in 1929, reverberatory furnaces were

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selected over sintering and blast furnaces.

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Dick Coleman iecame assistant smelterA superintendent in 1930, and held this position

at his retirement. His technical skill, broadexperience and wise counsel contributed tothe growth and development of the nickelindustry in a way it would be impossible tomeasure, On the human side his friendlinessand good cheer have won him the esteemcf all his associates.

In 1915 Pick was married to Mary Irene.rLawson of Copper Cliff. One of their sons,.- :' -

Richard, is assistant superintendent of Waite- : Amulet the other, Jack, teaches Industrial

'ltIl- Relations at the University of Chicago. Theirdaughter Mary is on the Accounting Dept.

iNove1 Souvenir A cleverly constructed model of a converter was a staff at Copper Cliff.souvenir given to R. M. Coleman at his retirement Mr. and Mrs. Coleman will take up resi-party, and admiring it here are Dunc Finlayson, dence in Sudbury, and later may move to

Rob Saddington, the guest of honor, and Norm Kneeshaw. From the big gathering Dick Toronto, but their favorite address will beColeman also received a handsome Gladstone bag, D, Finlayson making the presentaUon, their camp at Birch Island.

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L'rice, G. Muii'ht'ad, L. Riinvi11e, B. CIeav'r,L. Kidd. B, Henderson, P. Rairiville, L. Hen-derson, J. Kidd, J. Pdkington.

3.-ist. Coniston Scouts back row. R.Muirhead. E. Craig, J. Leonard, H. Hood, R.Pilkiiigton, A. Chi.'we11: second row, B. LongInstructor, S. Yoi.kowski, L. Squires, C.

Price, B. Scott, A. Shreeve, N. Price, J. L.Hogerson Scoutmaster: first row. M. Brack-en, P. Duncan. N. Long. G. Johnson, K. Glib-bery; seated, E. Evcritt assistant Scout-master.

4.-2nd ('oniston Scouts back row, GCresswell, M, La jeunesse, M. Blake, A. Burns,H. Fera, L. Gauthier. B. Forestell, C. DeMarchi. D. Blake, G. Caverson, B. Langlois:second row, J. Olivier, J, Barbe, C. Paradis,P. MacDonald, S. Jean, E. Floreaiii. M. Tre-panier, R. Cresswell. V. Gauthier, C. Chabotassistant Scoutmaster. G. Malier Scout-

master; first row, D. Chabot, H. Gagnon, L.Grimard, R. Dennis, D. Orendorif, J. Fitz-gerald, R. Spencer, D. McLean, F. Sottile, RLanglois.

18 Win Valuable Prizes at Copper

Besides having a swell time at one cf thebest-attended membership dances yet heldby Copper Refinery Athletic Association, 18lucky ticket-holders picked off a fine assort-ment of valuable prizes in the big draw.

At the right in the first of the above pic-tures, Alex Campbell of Taiikhouse is receiv-ing his prize from President Bob Rodger ofthe Athletic Association. Alex won a tankof gasoline, and promptly asked. Ho abouta car? because he doesn't own one. Alsoseen are Fiaiik Scott, who conducted thedraw, and his two charming assistants, LillianMartel md Jo Dinan.

Awards Well DistributedOther winners were J. McLellan, Shops.

spring topcoat; J. Bofonea, Yard, electriciron; A. Watts, Shops, et of pyrexware; J,Spencer, Siher Reflnery, Chanel perfume; A.Austin. Stores, leather billfold: R. Johnson,Silver Retim'rv, pen and pencil set; A. W.Forbes, Wire Bar, all-expense trip to To-ronto hockey match: J. St. Onge, Power, first

premium on insurance policy; J. York, Lab.,corsage; C. Trigg, Shops, made-to-measuresuit; E. Shannon, Shops, Forsythe shirt; E.Beaudry, Casting, Venetian blinds; M. Swin-tak, Casting, Trilite lamp; P. Grant. Casting,airplane flight; J. A. Clements, Wire Bar,pipe; J. Salfi, Pig Storage, cleaning andpressing; Sgt. Fraser, Police, Silex coffeemaker.

Guy Frattinis popular orchestra played forthe dance to everybody's satisfaction.

In the second of the accompanying photosis the Copper Refinery Athletic Associationexecutive for 1949: back row. W, McBainTankhouse Depts.), Graham Dick (Staff),

Larry O'Brien Lab., E. Rabeau Staff), S.McGillvary Casting, A. Marshall (Yard &Transportation), R. Stedman (TankhousGordon Hubbard Offlces; front row. C.Trigg Shops), Gerry Mahon ecretary-treasurer), Bob Rodger (president), GeorgeFur c h n e r (vice-president), Frank Scott(PowerL

Bill Darrach WonThe Benard Trophy

Bill Darrach won the Coppt'r Cliff Rod andGun Club coiitet for the biggest game fishcaught during the 1948 season. estimated onthe percc.ntage weight of the catch againstthe world's recOrd for the various species.

The winning fish was a 10-lb. pickerel,caught at Birch Island on auout 200 feet ofline. At the annual dinner of the Rod andGun Club on March 24 Bill was presentedwith the trophy for this competition by thedonor, Fred Benard. Other prize-winners inthe event were: black bass, T. H. O'Connor:speckled trout, Tom Gladstone: lake trout,Charlie Tuttle.

Paul Queneau, the first president of theClub who is now metallurgical engineer withInco in New York, attendei the dinner topresent his trophy to the individual riflechampions, Kel Sproule for 1948 and BobTemple for 1949. The Research Dept. quintetreceived the team shooting championshiptrophy from the donor, Clarence Sinclair,

President Bill Ripley was iii charge of theprogram, and urged the members to stillgreater conservation efforts. Colored movieswere shown by Miss Mary Whalen,

Charlie BrownleeTakes His Pension

Charlie Brownlee, who retired on disabilitypension Feb. 1, came to Sudbury in 1913 ascar foreman for the C.PR., and four yearslater, on Nov. 1, 1917, joined Inco to be yard-master at O'Donnell roast yards. He trans-ferred to Copper Cliff as car foreman, and10 years ago became foreman of the miscel-laneous fitters.

He was born at North Bay but spent mostof his boyhood at Russell, near Ottawa. OnDec. 24, 1912, he was married at North Bayto Mabel King, and they have two daughters:Lila, at home, and Annie (Mrs. Hugh Ken-nedy) of Sudbury, who has three children.

Charlie was the guest of honor at a retire-ment party at the Italian Hall. The boysfroni the Shops presented him with a mantelradio and a pen and pencil set in token ofthe general esteem in which he i held, andwished him a long and happy retirement.He expects to take up rid€'nce in Sudbury.

As long as he doesnt get too frisky he feelsfine, and Mrs. Brownlee says he is behavinghimself remarkably well.

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The old dope bucket got kicked end-over-end in the playoffsof the shift hockey league at Copper Cliff last month. Jack O'Hara'sBlue Devils from the Concentrator, undefeated during the regularschedule, were eliminated in two straight games by Blacksmiths,and the highly favored McNiece Shift from the Reverbs lost twoout of three to Johnny Cecchetto's tribe from the Roasters. Thefinals saw Roasters take the championship and the Nemis Trophyfrom Blacksmiths h two gallops, 6-3 and 5-3. Shift hockey hasshown steady improvement in the past three years and the calibreof play last season was sizzling.

Pictured on the left are the 1949 champs, Roasters: front row, R.Marlow, L. Lalonde, R. Rouselle, Mac Dunn, L. Lapiere, C. Rouselle,G. Prentice; middle row, T. Rouselle, X. Lalonde, P. Davis, C.Alberton, G. Corelli, Slim Kirk, G. Desjardins; back, coach JohnnyCecchetto, R. Forth, B. Comin, C. Pallazzario. In the other pictureare the runners-up, Blacksmiths: front, Mac Palmero, JohnnyGibbons, Johnny Robson, Aces Michelutti, Jimmy White; back row,Elio Tramontini, Johnny Sbec, Kenny Glen, coach Super Bertuzzi,Earl Williams, Jiggs Giacomini, Chick McDonald. Not shown, LeoOlivier and Art Oliver, the Coniston flashes.

items of larger importance were $4,542,914 on platinum metals all were in larger volumethe mines and $5,066,403 on the new process than in 1947.plant at Copper Cliff for the production of: "During the year 138 employees were retiredReport Showsnickel in the form of nickel oxide sinter for on pension under the provisions of the Com-the market and for intermediate refinery pro- pany's Retirement System, 116 death benefitSound IEosition ducts. This plant is now completed and payments were made to the beneficiariesoperation. employees who died in service or as pen-

if 1oi1iar1y"Capital expenditures for 1949 are esti- sioners, and pensions were paid to a total

mated at approximately $18,000,000. The of 996 service and disability pensioners. Themajor items planned include expenditures Retirement System has been in effect since

The strong financial position, sound man- for minhg and smelting and for housing. January 1, 1928 and is financed wholly byagement and progressive outlook of the Com- "A heavy demand for our products con- the Company and its principal subsidiaries.pany we work for were reflected in Thcos tinued throughout the year and absorbed all The funds provided by the Company forannual report for 1948, excerpts from which of the nickel and copper produced. Sales of future benefits under the System aggregatedfollow: nickel, rolling mill and foundry products and $42,188,078 at the year-end, consisting of the

"Our mines and smelters operated con-tinuously throughout the year. Ore minedwas 10,866,862 short tons, compared with10,406,644 in 1947 and 5,785,294 in 1938. Theheavy demands on the Company's ore re-serves in the war and post-war years haveforced the Company to give attention to themining of lower grade underground ores. Wehave decided upon a mine development pro-gramme which will make possible, with im-proved mining, ccncentrating and smeltingmethods, the economic recovery and use oflower grade ore.

'Proven ore reserves at the year-end stoodat 246,177000 short tons, c o m p a red with221,843,000 at the end of 1947. The nickel-copper content at the year-end stood at7533,000 short tons, compared with 7,171,000at the end of 1947,

Underground development totall2d 84,152feet, compared with 54,790 in 1947. Thisbrings the total footage of underground de-velopment to 1323660 or over 250 miles.

Technical research and development onimproved miiing and processing methodshave proved to be of major importance inour efforts to recover and produce greaterquantities of our metals and to counteractthe sharp upward trend in costs which wehave experienced since the beginning of thewar. This most necessary work was expandedduring the year and will be continued in 1949,

Will Spend S18,000,000"Capital expenditures amounted to $14,080.-

479, compared with $9,568,796 in 1947. The

Upsets Feature Playoffs in Sizzling Shift Hockey Loop

All eyes are turned anxiously toward

.fIozc .L4 bout It, Judge? the goal Judge's perch in this actionpicture taken duzing a Junior B hoc-

key playoff between Copper ('liii ugh School and the O.N.R. team from North Bay.The Cliff won, then defeated the Sault and Kapuskasing for the Northern Ontario title.In the provincial inter-scholastic playoffs the same Copper Cliff lineup, coached by BertMcClelland, won Northern Ontario honors for the fourth straight year and, in the finalsat Barrie, came within an ace of copping its third consecutive Ontario championship

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Retirement System Trust Funds and also the lities. The inflationary conditions broughtRetirement System Reserve on the Com- about by the war have resulted in ignif1cantpany's own books, increases in the costs of all materials and

Under the contributory sickness and non- services required to produce our metals.occupational accident and the life insurance "It has been necessary in dealing with J^eceiveplans of the Company and its principal sub- these problems to proceed with enlarged re-,idiaries, which are distinct from the Retire- pair, construction and replacement projectsment System, cash benefits were paid during and in the last half of the year to make an1948 in 5075 cases. upward adjustment in our prices for nickel.

Heavy strain on Production With these measures in hand, we are pre-"The years work reviewed in this Report pared for a continuation of good business.

has been active in every particular, Good 'It is impossible to predict what economicprcgress has been made on many problems and political developments lie ahead. Wewhich have developed as a result of World believe, however, that our plants, our cus-War II. Ten years of uninterrupted high tomer relations and our finances are suchdemand for our metals has placed an ab- that We can look forward to meeting tradenormal strain on our mines and plant faci- and world conditions as they may occur,'

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Colborne

This month's print was chosen by Fort only has yielded,Colborne Camera Club members as one pos- Slightly more printing-in, or darkening.'sessthg an unusual degree of human interest of the lower corners and bottom of thebut which couk! be improved considerably print would also serve to concentrate in-by more careful technique in printing. terest on the main subject. Finally, there

The picture was taken by Howard Mahaf- are numerous white spots on the printfey, vice-presid€nt of the Camera Club. upon which result from dust on the negative.the occasion of his daughter's fifth birthday. These could have been eliminated either by'Exposure was made under photoflood lights, brushing the negative with a camel hair1 '25 of a second at F 6.3 on Super XX film, brush before exposure or by filling in With

The story which the print represents is dye or a spotting pencil, on the finishedapparent and appealing: to her guest's print.masculine amusement, the little girl has On the whole, it is a good effort andsucceeded in blowing out only one candle club members will expect to see an im-on the birthday cake and is determined proved repeat print at the next printto vindicate self and sex on the next try, meeting. -JJIW.,With regard to composition. the print hasbeen quite well handled. Interest centers FERGUSON IS RUNNER-UPon the girl and light has been properly Don Ferguson of Copper Cliff Rod and'concentrated on her, with all other eje- Gun Club was runner-up in two events atments subdued to avoid distraction from the annual skeet championships of Sudburythe main subject, District Fish and Game Frotective Associa-

Criticism was mainly in connection With tion. He finished a close second In the highprint quality. There is a preponderance gun and the high gun handicap. both ofof gray tones which make it slightly fiat. which vere won by Jack Allan of Sudbury.lacking the "snap' Which might have been Vice-president of the Sudbury Associationobtained by using a one grade harder. or and editor of its publication, Allan is also amore contrasty, print paper. The fore member of the Copper Cliff Rod and Gunpart of the cake and candles being out of Club. He and Bert Morrison of Copper Clifffocus and the concentration of tableware won the two-man team handicap title: Jackbeside the cake tend to obscure the fact Lavery of the Cliff teamed with Harold Mc-that one attempt has already been made Master of Sudbury to take third in thisto blow out the candles and one candle event, Thirty marksmen competed.

MinersAward

Pins and bars marking another 1Ol),000shifts worked without a lost-time accidentwere distributed to the men of Levack onMarch 17. It was the second time Levackhad won the safety award. In the first ofthe above pictures Dar Storey of the En-gineering Dept. is seen checking names asthe miners come off shift. Supt. CharlieLiveley presents a bar in the second photo;the sinister-looking individud in the centreIs Safety Engineer Gordon Tulloch. In thethird picture Asst. Supt. Ralph Gomollhands a pin to one of the newer employees.

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Curling" Dernonst ratesSmooth Tech ii iq ue

Ken Watson of Winnipeg, who in this right urni remains straight. Ken does notyears Macdonald Brier at Hamilton became favor holding his broom belnnd him like athe first skip to win the Canadian curling crutch and riding it during his slide, likechampionship three times, is the leading Jimmie Guy of Kenora; he .ays this styleexponent of the Swing Slide style of curling has a tendency to pull you off line,which has become so popular in the West. 4. RELEASE: He has slid well past theAll members of his rink use it, tee-line before he releases hi.s stone, slowly

Prior to an exhibition match at Toronto twisting his hand to give it the turn. HisVictoria Curling Club a day or two after his weight is carried on the ball of his left footthird Brier triumph, Ken did his stuff for a and his left hand. Hit, right aim makes apicture series to show Triangle readers the complete follow-through on the shot. Hisfine points of his delivery: body is low.

1. A1MRFSS Kens position in the hack 5. FOLLOW - THROUGH: His weightis easy, without tension. His broom is cx- shifts to a more even distribution but histended for balance. He does not reach out head remains right on the line of the shot.with the stone. His left rubber is removed. He slides about half-way to the hog-line.

2. BACKSWING: He brings tIe stone The weight of Kens stone is obtained fromback briskly and carries it high. His left leg backswing and push from the hack. He doesswings out to the side to counterbalance the not push the stone with his arm.weight of the stone. His eyes are dead on The Swing Slide style produces a smooth,the broom, his head position does not change, graceful delivery; Watsons shots are com-his body does not turn. pletely unhurried and seem to flow from his

3. CONTACT: His stone contacts the ice fingers like thick cream from a jug. Hejust behind the rings, far ahead of average, says the style gives greater accuracy in direc-His head position is still unchanged, and his tion, and there is something about his record

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a a curh'r which might .sugg.st he's right.Certainly it is slick to watch, and must givethe curler who uses it a lot of satisfaction.

Some Tips for SkipsBm'h'ily cuicu.sing kippnig strategy, Ken

was asked, 'Where do you Put the first leadstone hen your opponent. have the lastlock?

That depnds.' he said, "If they're hit-ters I put it in front. If th'y'n' draw curlersI lu it in the houe"

Do you pfti- to guard or to place a sec-ond stone in he house if your opponentsmiss?'

'The second stone in the house is your bestguard," was the way he answered that one,

'Do you advocate the tap-out' or the

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heavier 'take-out'?""Well," Ken replied, 'that naturally de-

pends a lot on the condition of the Ice, butit also depends on the score, If I'm aheadI like to try a firm take-out' With roll, 50the other fellows can't follow our ice.'

A quiet, friendly fellow who would much'ooner curl than sell insurance, Watson isvery keen about teaching his favorite sportto boys, and has had conspicuous success iiencouraging this movement in Manitoba,The Dominion Curling Association, at itsannual meeting this year, persuaded him totake charge of promoting boys' curling forall Canada, and they couldn't find a finerexample of a curler and a gentleman for thejob.

China, Africa, Australia All Regular

Ports of Call for Pat Ogilvie, VE3AXE

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$110 Grin Jack Supynuk andCarl Zyma look en-

vious as John Yawney, Creighton, beamsfondly on a Suggestion Plan cheque for$110, his share of the savings resultingfrom his idea for using scrap pipe for sawhandles instead of wood, on which thebreakage toll was high, John has beenwith Inco for 20 years, is a powderinan,lives in Creighton.

Moncton, NB. We promised to send him acopy of the paper so he can see what Patlooks like,

Last year Pat built a 300-watt transmitter,alone and unassisted. He worked out anunusual directional antennae with three V -beams arranged to put his signal into all themajor centres of world population, one direct-ed toward Europe and Australia anothertoward South Africa and West Australia, andthe third toward South America and theEast section of Asia.

Good listening, VE3AXE!

Ryan and Inco are

Badminton Champs_________________

___________ ____________________ Ryan Club defeated Copper Cliff in the A- - -

section and Inco Club won over C.Y.O. in____________________________________ the B division of the Nickel Belt BadmintonLeague.

The other morning, with a few minutes to license in 1938. The VE is for Canada, the 3 The powerful Ryan lineup, same as the onespare before he left for work in the Mines is for Ontario, and the AXE is his personal which triumphed last year, made a cleanDept. at Copper Cli±, Pat Ogilvie slipped on identification. To get a license to go on the sweep of the A final over the Cliff. Resultshis headphones, twirled the dials of his radio air you have to be able to send and receive of the matches men's doubles, 0. Gauthiertransmitter, and passed the time of day with 10 words a minute in Morse Code, not too and G, Adams d. J. Kavanagh and R. Mc-a chap in South-Western Australia who was difficult a test, and also pass a fairly sti± Andrew 15-3, 15-11: F. Gauthier and G. Le-about to go to bed, examination in radio proficiency. coupe d. P. Stephenson and M. Montgomery,

A dyed-in-the-wool radio amateur, or Friends All Over the World 15-13, 15-8; ladies' doubles, C. PotVin and J.ham', Pat spends a large part of his leisure Pat started fooling around with radio in Villeneuvre d. D. DeSoto and M. Pappin,

time in his shack" in the basement of his 1932, building receivers. In 1933 he became 17-14, 15-10; mixed doubles,J. Cayen and L.home, He has contacted fellow short-wave an SWL, or Short-Wave Listener, and five Carriere d.

L. Gosdich 'and I. Leeney 15-6,enthusiasts in some 60 countries exclusive years later his wife pronounced him incur- 15-9. The second ladies' doubles match wasof Canada and the United States, able. He gets a great kick out of cruising not played.

It is estimated that there are 125,000 the ether, usually working the 20-metre long C.Y.O. took one match fi'om Inco Club in'hams" in the world, of whom 100,000 live distance band. When we telephoned him a the B final,

M. Coules and E. Radey defeat-in North America. The Sudbury club, of few minutes ago 10.00 p.m.) to check on a ing G. Young and M. Coughlin 15-11, 15-9which Pat is past president, has a member- couple of details for this story, he had just in ladies doubles, Inco wins were: men'sship of 35. finIshed a chat with VP5RS in Kingston, doubles. S. Dutchburn and R. Mornan d.

J.Very seldom do 'hams' have difficulty in Jamaica. Can't beat that for getting around and T. DeMarco. 15-3. 8-15. 15-5: V. Johnstoncarrying on a conversation, because English is of an evening, and G. Merriam d. A. Winn and A. Sunday,the international i'adio language, even, for Other radio cronies with whom he fre- 15-1, 15 2: ladies' doubles, M. Vanderburg andni.stance, wht'n a Frenchman wants to parley- quently converses are GM8MN in Crieff, M. Pawson d.

L. Francschini and M. Kelly,voo with a Spaniard. All but a few speak it. Scotland: VE8MB on Cornwallis Island; 15-14, 15-6. The mixed doubles match wasOne wall of Pat's i'adio 'shack". where he VP3MCB, a mining engineer named Mac in not played,

is pictured above with his son Richard, 12. British Guiana; G2PTJ. in Cambridge, Eng-is covered with QSL cai'ds. the personal con- land, and several in China, South Americafirmation nltices which "hams" send to each and the Phillipines. besides the chap in More than 60 pei' cent of the moncy nowother aft'r tli'y hnve mau contact over Australia. When he was showing us his paid out annually by the life iiisurance com-short-wave. Pat's call number is VE3AXE, layout we had the pleasure of talking to panie of Canada and the United States goesassigned to hini by the Department of Tran- VEIGF, who answered our call and turned to living policy holdk'r. Hot to their bene-,port at Ottawa when he qualified for hLs out to be a fellow named Bill Urn down in ficiarie.

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Billed as "Levack's Youngest Cowboys",this pair of rootin' tootin' bronc-bustersforgot the words half-way through theirsong at Levack's Audition Time, but theyroped and hog-tied the audience neverthe-less.

Amateur ShowTurns Up FineTalent Array

The wide variety of talent to be found ina mining camp, if you just dig around a little,was illustrated at the Audition Time concertheld in Levack Employees' Club on March 6.A capacity audience of more than '700 hearda thoroughly enjoyable program by local per-formers, and tile success of the show urgedLloyd Davis, the impressario, and his com-mittee to try the stunt again soon.

An applause meter, rigged up by Bud May-hew, measured the audience reaction to eachnumber and determined the prize awards,which were paid in silver dollars. First placewent to Fred Dolci's quartet, second to balletdancer Erna Pilupe, and third to accordianistMike Sawicki. The master of ceremonies wasGordon Tulloch, who was at his urbane bestas he introduced the artists.

In the picture layout on the opposite pageis a view of part of the big audience (1) andaction shots of some of the outstanding per-formers:

2. Levack's jolly butcher, Fred Dolci. playeda hot clarinet as he led his quartet to firstprize. The three musical musketeers whoassisted him, imported direct from Broadwayvia Copper Cliff. were Bill McCartney, piano,Nick Romano, guitar, and Army Tassaro,drums.

3. Mike Sawicki, whose accordian selectionsproved .o popular, had more than his ,hareof danger and suffering during the war. Enlisted in the Polish army in 1939, he wascaptured by the Germans and confined in aconcentration camp. Ten months later heescap'd and made his way home, only to becaptured and imprisoned for two years byrhe Russians, Then, in prisoner exchange,lie wound tip ith the British and took partni rht' North African (ainpaign. Severelywouiided in Italy, he was invalided back toBritain and convalesctd in a hospital near

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Edinburgh. There the bluebii'd of happiiu'ss 6. David limes, 12, made a fine job of thatfinally caught up with lnm-he niarried his v'ry difficult performance, a whistling solo,Canadian nurse and et out for Canada, He and drew a big hand for his effort,has been in L€'vack a yvar, Rnd is the towns Smooth Saxophonistwell-liked shoemaker. '7, Although h has been playing the saxo-

Danced for Occupation Troops phone for oiily two years. Ernie Ollinger4. The gifted ballet dancer, Erna Piltipc, niade like Guy Lcmbardo in his turn at the

was born in Latvia and came to Levack only microphone. An import from Regina, Erniefour months ago. She has been dancing since is a member of Levack's Me'rrymakers Or-she was 14 years old. Following the war she chp,tra, and during his idle hours at thespent two yea r s entertaining occupation boarding house often entertains the boys withtroops in the Am'rican, British, and French his smooth musicianship.zones of Germany, as well as the unfortunate Others who contributed to the excellentpeople in the D.P. camps. show were Mi's. Ralph Gomoll, piano solo:

5. The needle on the applause meter i'eared Johnson brothers, violin and guitar duet:right back when the crowd applauded the Mrs. Guy Inne,, vocal solo: Leo Croteau,Range Ramblers: Joe Lewko, a native of baritone solo: Bill Shuparsky, accordian solo:

F Levack, Ray Puro, who hails from Pembroke, John Power, a young tenor receniy arrivedand 'Delard Arsensault, who comes from New from Ireland who charmed ev€'rybody withBrunswick, his singing of 'Galway Bay".

Fourth Safety Award for Coniston

For the fourth time ('oniston Smelter employees received the Inco award forcompleting 100,000 shifts without a lost-time accident when Supt. Fred Murphy distributedpins, bars, and congratulations last month. In the top picture Supt. Murphy presents abar to Harry Stoker, powerhouse operator; next in line are Alex Beaunarlant, Bill Shala-tynski, and Eddie Albert. In the second picture, with Sebastian Milnik tkneeling) actingas interpreter, Angus Harrison, smelters safety engineer, gives a safety ep-talk to agroup of H.P's who recently joined the Coniston force: M. Bedrij, P. rynyszak, M.Bazylykut, W. Bezzubiyk, and Z. Jackevicius. Still rolling right along on the safety trail,Coniston hopes to complete a consecutive 100,000 safe shifts in May,

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The ore really scrams out of the drift in a The slusher hoist operating the scraper is adopted by Inco for hauling ore in areashurry when Don McNutt gets his big new- rated at 125 horsepower, and beside it one where blasthole and caving methods of mm-type scraper rolling on 12 level at Creighton of the regular little 5-horsepower tugger ing are in use. It greatly reduces the amountNo. 3 Shaft, hoists looks like Gulliver among the giants, of development work to provide haulage.

Pictured above, the king size' scraper The big job is no more difficult to handle, Six of the big outfits have been installedgathers up more than two tons of ore at a however, McNutt says, although it has an at Creighton, and all are slusliing directlybite, hauls between 250 and 300 tons dui'ing a effective travel of 100 to 150 feet. The hoist into the same ore pass. At other minesshift, It's made of tough manganese steel weighs 7 tons, the scraper 3 tons, where they are put in use, some will loadand is 72 inches wide. This new type of slushing unit has been directly into large ore cars.

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Ore Scrams When This Slusher Gets Rolling