COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, JANUARY, 1969 NUMBER 10VOLUME 28

CMAKi,FPublished for all employees of TheInternational Nickel Company of

Canada LimitedD. M. Dunbar, Editor

D. J. Wing, Assistant Editor

Editorial Office , Copper Cliff, Ont.

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

Inco Leads World'sNickel Industry inMeeting Challenges

A challenging course for whichproduction, research and explora-tion must all be geared up to newhighs, has been charted for thenickel industry by the pressure ofworld demand, International Nickelpresident Albert P. Gagnebin saidin a recent statement:

In 1969 and beyond, three majortrends will prevail in the nickelindustry, all involving formidablechallenges. First, producers willbe faced with an unprecedenteddemand for the metal. Annualfree world consumption of primarynickel has been in excess of 800,-000,000 pounds every year since1966. Consumption is expected

to remain high in1969, and demandis expected to ex-ceed supply, assum-ing continuation ofthe present highlevel of industrialactivity .

This leads to thesecond trend-can-

A. P. Gagnebintmued expansion ofproduction capa-

bility resulting from the nickelindustry's accelerating worldwideeffort to meet the increasing de-mands of its customers. Interna-tional Nickel's estimates are thatby the end of 1971 the productioncapability of the free world nickelindustry will reach about 1,100,-000.000 pounds annually, which isexpected to satisfy projected de-mand that year. In 1968, Inter-national Nickel announced that itsannual nickel-production capabilityin Canada alone would exceed600.000,000 pounds by the latterpart of 1971. This represents anincrease of more than 30 per centabove its current capability.

Inco's Canadian ExpansionIn Canada. International Nickel

is engaged in a program of mineand surface facilities expansionthat will have required capitalexpenditures of some $500, 000,000through 1970. The Company cur-rently has 10 operating mines inOntario and Manitoba, and is de-veloping nine new ones that willbe coming into production in thesetwo provinces over the next threeyears.

In 1968, the Company alsocommenced construction of an58.5.000,000 refinery at Copper Cliff.Ontario, for the production ofhigh-purity nickel pellets andpowders by means of a major newInco-developed process. The plant,

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Highway 17 Commuters Were Puzzled

A satellite tracking station? An obstacle course for low-flying geese?No, these are the 55-foot towers for the new power distribution centreof No. 3 switching sub-station now being erected at the Copper CliffSouth mine site. The centre will handle 69,000 volts and will serve themine, copper refinery, Creighton mine , the iron ore plant, and the newpressure carbonyl nickel refinery. Inco power consumption in theSudbury district is expected to double within the next five years.

scheduled for completion in 1971,will have an annual capacity of100,000,000 pounds of nickel in theform of pellets and 25,000,000pounds of the metal in powderform.

Canadian sulphide ores will con-tinue to be the main source offree-world nickel for years tocome, but the ever-increasing de-mand for the metal has made itnecessary to augment these oreswith both sulphide and lateriticdeposits in other countries. Theexisting nickel producers, andmany new entries to the indus-try, are combing the globe foradditional sources of nickel. Inter-national Nickel is investigatingproperties in Australia, Indonesia,Guatemala, the United States andthe British Solomon Islands, andhas been selected to be a partnerin a new company to be formedwith French interests to developnickel deposits in New Caledonia.

Process Research VitalInherent in the nickel indus-

try's program of expansion is fur-ther emphasis on process researchand huge capital expenditures.Nickel producers, like other metalproducers, are becoming increas-ingly dependent on lower-gradedeposits. In light of this, thedevelopment of advanced metal-lurgical techniques leading to moreefficient, economical recovery ofnickel from both laterite and sul-phide ores has taken on addedimportance.

The third trend in the nickelindustry is a perennial one. Nickelis a metal characterized by anextremely broad range of estab-

lished uses, but to assure long-term market growth for the metal,International Nickel and othersare continuing their alloy develop-ment and product research objec-tives. Important nickel marketsof tomorrow are anticipated insuch promising new fields as nuc-lear power, air and water pollutioncontrol, cryogenics, air transporta-tion, the petroleum and automo-tive industries, desalination andocean engineering.

High-nickel alloys, because theymeet the most stringent perform-ance requirements, will probablybe the fastest growing area ofnickel consumption in the nextdecade, reflecting the growing useof gas turbines and other ma-chinery in which these high-tem-perature, high-strength alloys playcritical roles.

Nickel-base alloys and ultra-high strength steels are findingnew markets in airframe com-ponents in the new generationof commercial transports. Whencoupled with the large quantitiesof stainless steels and superalloysrequired for the advanced enginespowering these transports, thecivilian aircraft market is assum-ing increasing significance as aconsumer of nickel.

Demand for nickel stainless steelalso continues to increase through-out the world, particularly for usein the petro-chemical industry,rapid - transit and railway cars,fertilizer manufacturing and dis-tribution equipment, toad handlingoquipment, and architectural ap-plications.

Higher production in the pas-

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senger car and consumer productsindustries in 1968 maintained thedemand for decorative nickelplating, despite lower per-unitconsumption. Nickel plating ofplastics is being more widely in-troduced into the automotive in-dustry and is expected to aid incounteracting competition to nickelfrom colored coatings and non-metallic materials.

In summary, the demand fornickel continues to grow, andso does the industry's productioncapability. We are still in a periodof tight supply, but establishednickel producers and new com-panies entering the industry aremaking large capital expendituresto alter this situation. They areexpanding their existing facilities,developing new mines and build-ing new plants and conducting anunprecedented search in manyparts of the globe for new nickeldeposits.

ExpandingMarkets

AerospaceThe DC-3, introduced in

early 1930s, contained aboutpounds of nickel, mostly in land-ing gears, propellers and gearing.Introduction of the jets in the late1950s ushered in a new era ofair transport which has seen thenickel content increase from 3,500pounds in the Boeing 707 to about11,000 pounds in the Boeing 747which will begin operation inabout a year. The French-BritishConcorde contains about 15,000pounds of nickel. The Boeing 2707,better known as the SST, sched-uled for introduction in the mid-1970s, will contain about 18,000pounds of nickel, or more than 50times as much as the DC-3.

Vehicular TurbinesMajor producers of truck and

off - highway equipment enginesare developing gas turbines whichwill be marketed in the early197Cs. These units will be mquieter, minimize air pollution,duce driver fatigue, and providemore power for hill-climbing andheavy loads. Nickel alloys will beused liberally throughout for suchcomponents as turbine wheels.combustion components and gears.

Nuclear PowerThe unexpected surge in nuclear

plant orders of the past two yearsrepresented 40 per cent of thetotal new orders for power plantsin the United States. The AECnow predicts that by 1980 nuclearplants might have a generatingcapacity of more than 150.000 MW,about 25 per cent of the total gen-erating capacity. High-nickel alloysare essential in these nuclearpower projects.

Water Pollution ControlFederal restrictions on water

pollution will require the expendi-ture of about 52.9 billion through1975 for new facilities for wastewater treatment. The requirementfor maintenance-free servicepoints to increased use of nickelalloy steels, including stainlesssteel, in this market. It is expect-ed that by 1975 the consumptionof nickel stainless steel alone inthis area will increase fourfoldover the present rate. In addition.there is growing interest in incin-

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flake subdivision in e wide open spaces of the BlezardValley for the last seven years. A driller, Bill startedwith Inco at Stobie mine in 1951 , and moved over toFrond in 1954. He grew up on a form at Sturgis, Sas-katchewan, started his mining career at Flin Flon, Mani-

toba. He met Mary, a native of Ethelbert, Manitoba,in Sudbury, where they were married in 1952. Their twodaughters are Beverly, 14, and Debbie, 12.

Crean Hill skip tender Cliff Corbiere and his wife Stellahad just completed a move from Whitefish to Willisvillewhen this family picture was taken. Both of them wereborn and grew up in Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Islandas members of the Indian Ojibway tribe. Cliff startedwith Inca at the Copper Cliff smelter in 1960, turned hishand to mining at Crean Hill in 1964. Stella joined theRCAF in 1959, and was an instrument operator at theFalconbridge station before the couple were married in1962. Their three chubby little children are Allen, 3,Harold, 4, and Rosanne, 5.

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A-W w 11011111111111111F-as the hus,iing, non-playing president o t e ompson senior soccer ;ague. He and his

wife Christine and their family of five come to Canada and Inca in 1967 from Liverpool

and are comfortably settled in a smart new home at 95 Eider Bay. The youngsters are

Sorry, 3, Shirley, 15, an attractive high stepper with the Thompson Drum and Bugle

Corps majorettes, Hazel, 5, fan, 17, and Susan, 10.

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Volere Turmel and his family represent the Port Colborne nickel refinery thismonth. A plantfitter, Val become a member of the Inco Quarter CenturyClub this year. He is pretty handy at building houses and can count on lotsof "business" in this favorite hobby as his family gets older. Seated withVal and his wife, Rhea, are Maurice, 23, of Niagara Falls, and Jeanne, 7.Standing are Florence (Mrs. Richard Wynn of Niagara Falls, N.Y.), Donald,14, Louise, 18, and Helene, 12.

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Representing Copper Cliff in this month 's Triangle is thefamily of nickel reverb binman Karl Kudlar . Born inGermany , Karl came to Canada at the age of 2 , startedwith the Company's transportation department at CopperCliff in 1943. He left in 1952 for the Sept -Iles iron oredevelopment in Labrador , spent three years there, andreturned to Inca and the smelter in 1955 . An enthusiasticcurler, the former Amy Wulff, Karl's wife, is a Copper Cliffgirl. Their two livewire youngsters are Brent, 7, andScott, 5. The Kudlas were one of the first families tobuild in the Waters township Mikkola subdivision, andhave lived there since 1958.

A Newfoundlander , John Kennedy left the East coast in 1948 for Inco andCreighton mine, where he works as a motorman . John's wife Jean hails fromWarren. Surrounding the couple in their Guilletville home is their family ofseven . Behind their parents are Karen, wife of Murray mine driller LeoBoudreau , Don of Sault Ste . Marie , Terry , 13, and Madeleine ( Mrs. EddieBelkosky), who also lives in the Soo. Beside her mother is Colleen, 15;Maureen, 11, and John Jr ., 9, complete the picture.

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Until a school stope is estab-lished at Soab, new personnelfor the mine will receive theirinitial training in Company jobprocedures and safety practicesin established school stapes atthe other Thompson districtmines . This picture was takenin the 237 stope on the 2000level at T-1 shaft with the schoolscope instructor shift boss MikeHerasymowich, giving drillinginstruction . Standing in the classare Bernard Matsalla, Ihor Ko-turbash, Frank Caissie. WalterNewell, Art Mills and IsmetHadzovic; seated are GrantPeshke, Romeo Melanson, TonyGolub and John Emery.

The creation of such a complexoperation as a mine calls forcareful long-range planning andcontinuous coordination betweenthe many departments involvedduring the development of theproject. Here mine planningengineer Gerry Marshall, chiefmine planning engineer RobinMcLachy, chief mine engineerRoy Bue, mines superintendentHorace Boucher and chief me-ehdnieal electrical engineer BillClement study a critical pathnetwork diagram depicting themyriad activities involved in theconstruction of the mine andfacilities. The diagram is basedon estimates of constructiontime, equipment delivery andinstallation time, and lateststarting and finishing dates foreach activity to keep the de-velopment program on schedule.

One of the new mines under de-velopment in Inco's great ex-pansion is Soab South, about 40miles from Thompson in theManitoba division, and connect-ed with the reduction plantsthere by the Company's newrailroad. As this aerial pictureshows, the surface plant at .SaabSouth is rapidly nearing com-pletion. At the left is the 3,000-ton storage bin to which orewill be conveyed front the surgebin in the headframe, and whichwill be equipped for automaticloading of two railroad carssimultaneously. The mine isscheduled to go into productionearly in 1970.

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Soab South TypicalOf Inco Expansion

A mine is similar to a multi-story building, the bigdifference, of course, being that one grows upwards whilethe other grows downwards. In the mine, levels take theplace of floors, and there are rugged cages instead of plushclcyators for getting quickly from top to bottom, but bothhave complex ventilation, electrical, communication, air-conditioning and plumbing systems.

A person can stand back and admire the skyscraper,but unfortunately not so the mine, where all that can beseen above surface is the familiar headframe and the^crvice buildings, a relatively small part of the overalloperation.

The birth of an Inco mine, that period betweenlocation of an orebody and bringing it into production,involves the time, talents, and technical know-how ofmany personnel, from the exploration geologist who readsand interprets the electrical impulses recorded duringthe aerial electromagnetic survey to the miner whose drillfirst bites into the pay-dirt.

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The job of constant-ly probing the depthsof mother earth withtheir diamond drillsto record the extentand grade of the Soabore body falls to theThompson geologicaldepartment. Surfacedrillings are limitedby depth, but furtherexploration drillingis carried on as un-derground develop-ment drifts are ex-tended. Examiningsome of the latestdrill core samples inthe mine core shackare chief geologistJoe Church, ChipDuncan, and RyanCooke.

Superintendent ofthe new Soab mineis Harry Bana-suik, k nownequally well inboth ,tfanitohaand Ontario divi-sions of the Coln-party. He was ashift hors at Frondmute and produc-tion engineer atCopper Chi`) be-fore going toThompson assafety superinten-dent in 1959.

Down on the 1500 level, whichwill be the main haulage levelof the mine , chief surveyor GarGillis, mine engineer Bill Nienui,and instruunentmnan Peter Za-woron are extending the stationtraverse survey towards the ad-

faces of the extractiondrifts. A precise survey , the sixangles involved are required tohe plotted with elrreme accuracyat this stage of developmentwhen a fraction of a degree ofdeviation close to the draft couldresult in a displacement ofseveral feet after the drifts haveadvanced to the ore body.

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.il-.4 scene in the engineering department office at Saab South: thisTroup is gathered around it longitudinal cross-section of the thinedirrin,c; one of their many discussions recording scope layouts.From the left are senior la-von! mart Geoff Storey, iiirtrtmuerutnarrJohn tfarringtori, layoret trchnickm Larry lloornuur. mine laroatengitreer Dave Press, layout draftsman Ross Gowan, and minacn,ineer Bill Nienti.

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Birth of a MineContinued from Page 9

Typical of the many new minesbeing developed during Inco's cur-rent expansion program is theManitoba division's Soab Southmine, located some 40 miles south-west of Thompson.

The mine is close to the GrassRiver, two miles or so from thesurface showing of nickel mineral-ization that sparked the Company'sinterest in the Thompson area in1946. Aerial geophysical surveyswere made at that time and vari-ous magnetic anomalies were de-tected. Ten years of explorationpreceded the 1956 discovery of theThompson orebody, and it was in1958 that diamond drill holes in-tersected the Soab South lode.

The decision to mine the dis-covery was announced in 1965, andthe same year an access road fromthe provincial highway to the pro-posed shaft site was completed,and work commenced on the rockexcavation for the shaft collar.

During 1966 things began to hap-pen fast. The 120-foot permanentsteel headframe and the collarhouse were erected, a 12-footdouble-drum hoist was installed, a230kv sub-station came on line,and a pumphouse on the GrassRiver began delivering water.

Sinking of the 8 foot 9 inch by19 foot 6 inch shaft commenced inJanuary of 1967, and the shaft bot-tom, some 2,038 feet below the col-lar, was reached by March of 1968.

Pre-production development inthe form of lateral drifts began inMay of 1968, and to date has ad-vanced some 7,451 feet. Ore ex-traction drifts are being driven 11feet by 10 feet to accommodate thelarge mobile machines that will beused in load-haul-dump mining.

The mine will be ventilated bytwo 100,000-cfm fresh air fans andtwo 90,000-cfm return air fans. Thefresh air raise will be 16 feet by 8feet. Propane-fired heaters will beused to warm the incoming air.

It is expected that the orebodyat Soab South will be mined bythe shrinkage and blasthole meth-ods, and the ore will pass througha 42- by 48-inch underground jawcrusher before being hoisted tosurface in 9-ton capacity bottomdump skip-cage combinations.

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Unused as yet, there are400 shiny baskets readyto receive the miners'clothing and belongingsin the Soab minechangehouse . An ade-quate supply of warmfresh air will ensurethat any damp clothingwill be comfortably dryin readiness for the ow-ner's next shift. Thebuilding also containsspacious shower rooms.Manipulating one of thenylon ropes that raiseand lower the basketsis dryman Issac Kil-foyle.

Ore will be conveyed from theheadframe bin to a 3,000-ton auto-matic ore bin capable of filling tworailway cars simultaneously, andwill be shipped to the smelter atThompson.

With a planned output of 2,500tons a day, Soab South mine isscheduled to be in production eVlyin 1970, just a little over threeyears after ground was broken forthe start of the project.

MISERY LOVES COMPANYHungry, exhausted, frightened,

the man in hunting clothesdropped the rifle he'd been drag-ging, stumbled forward, threw hisarms around the man who hademerged from a patch of timber,and cried, "Boy, am I glad to seeyou! I'been lost in here for twodays."

"Hey, take it easy," mumbled theother man. "I've been lost for twoweeks."

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Scheduled for production early in 1970, the new mine will addmany new employees to the Company's Manitoba division pay-roll, and the personnel department is already busy preparingfor the additional manpower requirements. The subject is underdiscussion at this meeting of personnel officer Wally Latimer,superintendent of personnel Winton Newman, assistant generalmanager Don Munn and general manager John McCreedy,

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Electrical power for the mine originates from two sources, Kelseypower station some 60 miles to the north , and from GrandRapids in the south via 175 miles of 230,000-volt transmissionline. After completion of the ore handling system the 15,000-kvatransformer seen here will carry a connected load of 10,000 kva.Up the pole completing installation of the 4, 160-volt site distribu-tion system are linemen Roy Cousineau and John Hacquoil, andbelow, electrical construction supervisor Harry Lamontagne.

LONG WAIT"All that silly doctor could advise

my husband was to take a hotbath before retiring."

"How stupid of him. Your hus-band won't be retiring for yearsyet, will he?"

AIN'T IT THE TRUTH?Husband - "Maybe we can

figure out what the problem is...."Wife - "Oh I know what the

problem is - it's having too muchmonth left over at the end of themoney."

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This Is Curling-Tiny Tim StyleCurling can be a pretty serious busi-

14,000 ChildrenWelcomed SantaAt Inco Parties

Amidst all the uncertainty ofthis trouble - plagued world onething at least is for absolutely sure- that shining love affair betweenSanta and the children is stillgoing strong.

At 10 different Christmas partiesstaged by the good guys of theInco plant athletic associations,more than 14,000 youngsters en-joyed a visit with the bewhiskeredold gent with the booming ho-ho-bo, and came away entranced byhis magic spell.

Not only the kiddies but alsotheir parents and all the helpersat the parties were touched bythat ;pecial gentle happiness thatSanta bestows upon his faithfullegions,

General manager J. A. Pigottand other senior officials of theCompany made the rounds of theChristmas parties, enjoying thewide-eyed wonder and excitementof the children, and exchangingSeason's greetings with many ofthe parents.

COPPER CLIFFAlthough unfavorable weather

held down attendance from outof the city, more than 3,000 kiddies

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ness, involving much deep concen-tration and doleful head-shaking, butnot at the annual costume bonspiel ofLevack when the ladies kick overthe traces and abandon traditionalsolemnity in favor of fun and foolish-

and parents had a great time atthe Christmas party staged atSudbury Arena by the CopperCliff Athletic Association underthe leadership of president FredBurcheIl and committee chairmanRoy Maud. A stage show emceedby the veteran impresario, NormMcGilvary, drew vociferous ap-plause, especially the shatteringselections of an electronic musicalgroup, The Unlawful Assembly,and the very talented performanceof a young singer from Espanola,Maria Kozachanko. A sing-songled by Sonja Dunn heralded thearrival of Santa Claus (JackLatreille) who rode majesticallyaround the arena on the ice-making machine while his loyalsubjects waved and shouted theirgreetings in a joyous din. Onleaving the party the childrenwere presented with bags of Christ-mas treats. Assisting in puttingon the highly successful partywere CCAA executives and faith-ful volunteers from the plant, payoffice, safety and personnel de-partments.

CONISTONThe amusing antics and skits of

seven colorful clowns went overbig with more than 400 youngstersat the Coniston Athletic Associa-tion's jolly Christmas party at theClub Allegri. The funny men inthe greasepaint and crazy clotheswere Romeo Boulay, Gino Gobbo,Clarence Fox, Roy Bidal, RickyBrignolio, Hector Barbe, and Ber-

ness. Wonder what the patron saintof the game would have thought ofthe above giddy curling teams, win-ners of the costume prizes: 1, MildredMcGowan, Fay Corkal, Sylvia Gray,Toini Rodda; 2, Joan Rodd, Janet

hard Forrestel. Another very popu-lar person was Ugo Comacchio,who was in his usual top form inleading the enthusiastic sing-song.Bedlam broke loose when Santa,ably impersonated by Tibby Caver-son, arrived at last to presideover the handing out of gifts andcandy. Roy Snitch, Reg MacNeiland Tom Crowley headed up thecommittee in charge, and wereably assisted by a loyal band ofregulars.

COPPER REFINERYAn early evening date with Santa

was joyfully kept by some 700children of copper refinery em-ployees at the Inco Club inSudbury. Each youngster wassummoned by name over the loud-speaker and proceeded to the stagewhere His Nibs (the old masterJack Latreille) held court withpensioner George Furchner as hisaide-de-camp. Lovely gifts, candyand crackerjack were distributedto the children, while their par-ents were treated to coffee anddoughnuts, then all settled downto enjoy a program of movies pro-jected by Inco Club steward VernTupling, himself a copper refineryemployee many years ago. Athleticassociation executives Wayne Wil-son and Bud Eles were assistedin running this smoothly-stagedparty by such well-known stal-warts as Bill McBain, HowardCaldwell, Jim Tosto, Jerry Rien-guette, Reg Daoust, Jim Bryson,and Joe Stelmach.

This was part of the happy crowd Cundari's Commodores delivered aof 175 that enjoyed the annual smooth beat for the dancing, and theChristmas fiesta of the safety, first ladies of the club served one of theirChristmas Dance aid, and hospital staffs, held at the renowned chicken-and-spaghetti din-Italian Club, Copper Cliff . "Beaver" ners at midnight. Florence Husson

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Bionda, Brenda Piccolo, NoreenKehler; 3, Joan Frederickson, HelenBrown, Ellen Corkal, Yvette Dupuis.The Frederickson rink won the bon-spiel, but actual curling was reallyjust incidental that day.

MURRAY MINEAlmost 900 youngsters got a pre-

Christmas thrill at the smartlyorganized party given by the Mur-ray Mine Athletic Association atthe Inco Club, to which were alsoinvited children of employees atCopper Cliff North and Clarabelle.Santa's jolly deputy for the occa-sion was Maurice Lavoie, who withhis staff of cheery helpers present-ed individually wrapped gifts bear-ing the child's name. Candies,hot dogs, doughnuts, coffee andpop, along with a movie show,topped off the entertainment.Athletic association presidentClarence Weist and secretary-treasurer Tony Basso had a greatgroup of volunteers to help themput on the party, including NormCreet, Stan Dobson, Gerry Geddes,Carl Clubbe, Wilfred Young, BillLang, Ken Fryer, Greg Roy, CecJacklin, Bill Fournier, Don Dublin,Gary Eadie, and Peter McCloskey.

FROOD-STOBIE MINEIt was back in 1936 that Frood

Mine Athletic Association held itsfirst Christmas entertainment atthe Polish Hall in Sudbury, withEldred Dickie as secretary. Theparty moved over to the new IncoClub in 1938, and a couple ofyears later Eldred's little sonRobert was on deck to shake handswith Santa. Last month Robertwas one of the Frood-Stoble A.A.helpers, while secretary Eldred wasproudly introducing his grandson

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and Joffre Perras headed the com-mittee in charge of the successfulaffair; Joffre teamed up with TobyArmitage to lead the carol singing,with Eleanor Marzetti at the Piano.

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14 ,000 YoungstersContinued from Page 7

Bobby to the man in the red suit.Time marches on. In a five-hoursession on December 15, commenc-ing at 11:00 a.m. a genial Santa(Dave Gilbert) visited personallywith approximately 4,000 children,including those of employees atthe new Frood-Stoble mill as wellas those at the big two-sectionmine, and with his staff distribut-ed handsome presents and bags offruit and candy to all. Cake andtea or coffee were served to theparents, and movies rounded outthe much enjoyed program. Thelarge committee which made thismammoth undertaking the usualsparkling success was chaired bySid Sheehan and included Mrs.Grace Dickie and her staff ofladies, who did all the gift buying,Alex Sten jr., Gary Chicquen, LenMarion, Charlie Cranston, GarnetMilks, West Thompson, Joe St.George, Andy Rayne, Joe Witty,Bob Brown and Bob Christie.

LEVACK MINEAlthough confined to a wheel-

chair following a paralytic stroke,1 ired shift boss Etno Lampi came

the way from Whitefish to visith old friends and enjoy the

excitement at Levack Mine Athle-tic Association's Christmas treegathering, of which Harvey Nadeauwas chairman and Jimmy Bryantsecretary-treasurer. Gifts andcandy were distributed to approxi-mately 3,000 children ranging fromwide-eyed babes in arms to wise-eyed 10-year-olds. Santa's abledeputy for the occasion was SamWilliams, and assisting him inpresenting attractive gifts andcandy to the young fry were KenTaylor, Ron Matte, Roily Naclan,Ron Corelli, Ron Storey, OliverRossi, John Bryant, C l a r e n c eVowels, Marc Albert, Chuck Mc-Gauehey, Cal Kean, Will Digby,and Bun Londeau. Movies and anevening sing-song led by BarneyForest and Bill Hannon, with Mrs.Rita Zubac at the piano, werether features of a memorable

_ay at the Levack Employees Club.

CREIGHTON MINEA local talent musical program

was a special attraction at the

The Inco Key

D. E. Munn , assistant general man-ager of the Manitoba division, re-ceives from general safety engineerG. E. Vivian the first of the safetykeys and chains for distribution todivision personnel. Made from nickelproduced at Thompson, the keys orestamped " I'm a key man to Incasafety," a constant reminder to theowner of safety responsibility.

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Santa's Visit Vast Success at Port Colborne

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More than 1,000 children filled the Inca Recreation Club at Port Colborne to overflowing for the annual visit ofYou Know Who. Singing of Christmas carols, led by Lorry Roach with Reg Sleeves at the piano , and a fascinatingshow by Hugo the Magician , were enjoyed by all. The highlight, of course, was the arrival of Santa, arranged byWes Pierce.

Creighton Mine Athletic Associa-tion's Christmas party for some500 children at the EmployeesClub. Three young troubadourswith guitars were Martin Maloney,Freddie Gervais and David Black-well. An accordian solo was play-ed by Giselle Joly, and VeronicaNichols provided guitar accom-paniment for a melodious quartetof Carmen and Vivian Cozzarini,Donna Mitchell and Joanne Mit-roff. In the grand finale ErmenioCozzarini conducted a choir ofboys and girls in a selection ofChristmas carols. Movies wereshown with Don Shannon as theprojectionist. Then came the starof the entertainment, good oldSanta, who at times sounded alot like Ed Cayen, to have heart-to-heart chats with the childrenand bring his lists up to date onwhat they wanted him to bringthem for Christmas. Bags of fruitand candy were packed and dis-tributed by the committee incharge of the party, which includ-ed Earl Mumford, Munro Smith,Saul Sherbanuk, Frank Blum,Dorothy Smith, Joan Cayen, Su-zanne and Dennis Tucker, Kathrynand Margaret Menard, Louise Roy,Delisca Dumencu, Kathryn Mit-roff and Earl Mumford Jr.

GARSON MINEA happy turnout of 850 young-

sters greeted Santa when he ar-rived at the Garson Mine AthleticAssociation's Christmas entertain-ment at the Employees Club, andthey were delighted by the giftsand goodies he and his lieutenantshad in store for them. Associationpresident Tom Scanlon was incharge of the event. Glen Clarkewas the jolly man with the whitewhiskers, Vic Stone put on themovie show, and the willing volun-teers on Santa's staff includedBruce King, Bob Mitchell, ArtHirschfeld, Merl Currie, Percy andBert Pilatzke. Harvey Bangle, RayJoly, Lloyd Morrow, Emil Maki,Floyd Laking, and Jack McDonald.

LIVELYSanta's arrival at the High

School auditorium at Lively, wherehe presided over a great gathering

Given a vociferous welcome , Santa proceeded to the stage where he chattedwith the youngsters and their parents as they filed past . Each child , receiveda bog of candy from his helpers, who included Charlie Bridges , Norm Hillier,Jan Van Diller , Jack Burd , Bob Duke , Ross Butler, Don Horne , Elmer Somers,Roy McIntyre, Chuck Ott, John Kramer, and Stan Ceply.

of 750 children and their parents,as usual was preceded by a tri-umphant ceremonial tour of thetown on top of the fire engine.The hearty old gent then settleddown beside the big Christmas treeto hold court, receiving the whis-pered confidences, behavior re-ports, awe and affection of hisyoung subjects. Each child wasgiven a suitable present and a bagof fruit, candy and nuts. Mem-bers of the Lively Athletic Asso-ciation, which staged the smoothlyorganized party, were on hand toassist Santa, including presidentAl Este, vice-president Gary Foy,secretary Ray Chateauvert, treas-urer Mason Logan, along withJack Cooper, Walter Lalonde. BobHay and Al Carriere. The role ofSanta was warmly played by PeteSeguin.

WILLISVILLEA real community get-together

was the Christmas party sponsoredby the school board at Willisvillefor employees at Lawson Quarryand their families, as well as some10 Crean Hill families now resid-

ing there. A delicious pot lucksupper was served by the ladies ofthe village, to which full justicewas done by the 60 adults and 50children in attendance. Then incame Santa, nobly impersonatedby Harold Golden, to pass outgifts and good cheer to all. Ar-rangements were in charge of therecreation committee, of whichGordon Matheson is chairman andPete Boyer is vice-chairman, withassistance from Bill Tilston andthe blessing of Crean Hill's BobBrown.

AT LAST!A cyclone hit a farm house just

before dawn- It lifted the roofoff, then picked up the bed inwhich the farmer and his wifewere sleeping, and set it downgently in the back yard. The wifebegan crying.

"Don't be scared, Mary," herhusband said. "We're not hurt."

"I'm not scared." she repliedbetween sobs. -I'm just happy'cause this is the first time in 14years we've been out together."

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Retired on incoSTEVE SCHVARCZKOPH

During his 36 years with Inco,Steve Schvarczkoph has worked asa tapper on all nine of the CopperCliff smelter reverb furnaces. "Iknow each one of them just likethey were my friends," said theservice pensioner. Steve came to

Mr. and Mrs. Schvarczkoph

Canada from Hungary in 1927, wasmarried to Ilona Schonberger in1931, and has a family of threedaughters. Their 11 grandchildrenall reside in the Sudbury district.

GRANT LAMPMANA plant fitter at the Port Col-

borne nickel refinery since 1941,Grant Lampman has retired onspecial early service pension. His

Mr. and Mrs. Lampman

service with the Company datesback to June 1936.

Born on the family farm inHumberstone township, Grant wasmarried in 1930 to Myrtle Mc-Intyre, whose death occurred in1960. He has two sons and twograndchildren.

He remarried in 1963, takingStella Michner as his wife, andlives on the northern outskirts ofWelland.

BILL GAMBLEThe Frood rockhouse was the

place where Bill Gamble startedwhat was to be 37 years of servicewith Inco. Retired now on early

service pension, Bill became therockhouse foreman in 1957. andfor the last year has been anunderground mechanical foremanat Murray. Walford was his birth-place. and he wed Rosella Stevensin Sudbury in 1930 One of theirfamily of two, Cleo is the wife ofLevack transit man Ken Miron,

Seven grandchildren are alreadyon the scene.

LEONARD YOUNGCalumet, Quebec, was home to

Leonard Young for the first 39years of his life. Then he movedto Port Colborne and became em-ployed at Inco's nickel refinery in

Mr. and Mrs. Young

1942 . He has been a member ofthe mechanical department since1944, and was a bricklayer at thetime of his recent service retire-ment.

His marriage to Mamie Young in1933 has been blessed with threedaughters.

Leonard plans to get back atfishing , a sport he has neglectedsince his early years on the RougeRiver . He and his wife are lookingforward to a motor trip to Albertaand the Pacific coast.

ALLAN HARRISNow retired on early service pen-

sion, Allan Harris worked with themiscellaneous fitters at CopperCliff for all of his 33 Inco years.A Torontonian, Allan was marriedthere in 1929 to Pauline Simms,and moved to the Sudbury area to

Mr. and Mrs. Harris

work for Inco in 1935. One oftheir family of two daughters,Dorothy is the wife of CopperCliff maintenance mechanic JoeLaurich. Eight grandchildren com-plete the family. Allan and hiswife will continue to reside in Sud-bury where he will devote muchof his leisure time to his two hob-bies, carpentry and collectingminiature liquor bottles, His presentbottle count stands at a fabulous325.

FELIX LUKKARILAFelix Lukkarila has retired on

early service pension after 33 yearswith Inco. A native of Lappajarvi,Finland, he sailed for Canada in1926. settled in Quebec for nineyear, and joined Inco at Froodmine in 1935, Service at the Froodopen pit followed. then Stobie, andfor the last seven years he hasworked as a pit miner at Clara-belle. His marriage to Siiri Wal-lenius took place in Toronto in1931, and they have a family of

enliton

two, with two grandchildren. Felixplans to relax with good booksduring the winter months and en-joy his camp near Burwash in thesummer.

GEORGE JOUKANENA timberman for the last 12 of

his 26 years with Inco at Garson,George Joukanen has retired onservice pension. Born in Parkano,

Finland, he cameto Canada in 1927,the year followinghis marriage to An-na Mattila. "It wasa sort of honey-moon trip," saidGeorge with a grin,"a rather long onethe way thingsturned out." He andhis wife have one

son and two grandsons. Thecouple have no particular yen toreturn to the old country and willcontinue to live in their comfort-able home on Kathleen Street inSudbury.

JIM LAWSONA shift electrician at Copper

Cliff since he started with Inco in1939, Jim Lawson finished his 28years with the Company and re-tired on disability pension shortlyafter his transfer to the CopperRefinery. Born and educated inCopper Cliff, Jim took Rose Nepssy,a Larchwood girl, for his bride in1952 and they have a school-age

Mr. and Mrs. Lawson

family of four. A Chelmsford resi-dent for the past 12 years, Jimplans to take training for a lightoffice job. An adept guitar player,Jim enjoys nothing more than ajam session with a few of hismusical buddies, with his wifefilling in the lyrics.

OSCAR SHANK"I don't do very much of any-

thing now. I'm just concentratingon relaxing." said recent disabilitypensioner Oscar Shank with a grin.And he's making a success of it,having gained a solid 15 pounds inweight since he left his job asconveyorman at Copper Cliff after27 years with Inco. A native ofVerner, Oscar was married there

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to Annette Perron in 1935, andthey have been blessed with a

family of four daughters and ahandsome total of 12 grandchil-dren. Residents of Val Caron,Oscar and his wife will continueto enjoy the peace and quiet ofrural living.

ARTHUR BOUCHARDA farm on Sudbury's McFarlane

Lake was the birthplace of ArthurBouchard, and he left the fields forthe Copper Cliff reverb buildingin 1935. A maintenance mechanicsince 1942, he had 32 Inco years tohis credit when he retired recently

Mr. and Mrs. Bouchard

on disability pension. Arthur'smarriage in 1935 to Anne Terhowas blessed with a family of onedaughter and two grandchildrenbefore she died in 1966. Weddingbells rang again in 1967 whenArthur exchanged vows with Mrs.Beatrice Sauve and added twomore to his family, together witheight grandchildren. DaughterYvette is the wife of Stobie shiftboss Don Hutchinson.

EUGENE PAVANComing to Canada from Mor-

gano, northern Italy, in 1920,Eugene Pavan started for the firsttime with Inco at the copper re-finery in 1936. After breaking his

service, he returned to the Com-pany at the Copper Cliff smelter in1947, and was a carpenter untilhis retirement on service pensionafter 21 years. He was married in1931 to Fidelia Zorze at Sault Ste.Marie. and they had one daughterwho died in 1967 leaving them agrandchild. A carpenter by hobbyas well as by trade. Eugene plansto keep busy with plane and sawin the basement of their MorrisonStreet home in Sudbury.

ISSAC HIRSIMAKIThe lure of the gold mines at

Kirkland Lake induced Issac Hir-simaki to leave Frood in 1934after being with Inco for fiveyears. He returned to the mine

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in 1936, remained with the Com-pany for nearly 33 years, and wasa shaft pipeman when he retiredon special early service pension.Born in Vaasanlaani, Finland, heleft for Canada in 1926. He and

Mr. and Mrs. Hirsimaki

his wife, Winnie Koski when theywere married in Copper Cliff in1943, have a family of two, withfour grandchildren. They areplanning a trip to Finland to visita host of relatives, after whichthey will settle down to shuttlingbetween their Burton Avenuehome in Sudbury and their com-fortable camp on Bass Lake nearWhitefish.

MIKE VOVKWith time on his hands as an

Inco service pensioner after 33Pars with the Company, Mike)vk is hoping to visit brothers

^i hd sisters in Czechoslovakiawhom he hasn'tseen since he leftthere for Canada in1928. After pros-pecting out ofBlind River hejoined the Com-

% J pany at Frood, andfor the past 30 yearshas been a pillarleader there. Hisbride of 1925, Mary

Ahlko, followed Mike to Canadain 1938 and died in 1963. Theirmarriage was blessed with twodaughters, and Mike is grand-father of four.

TONY ZANUTTONow a part-time plumbing in-

spector for the Town of Coniston,Tony Zanutto has entered thetnks of Inco early service pen-

ners after 34 years with theCompany . Born in northern Italy,Tony made his move to Canada

Mr. and Mrs. Zanutto

and Fort William in 1923, andstarted at the Coniston smelter in1934. He has been a plumberthere since 1951. Coniston girlFiorina Caverson exchanged vowswith Tony in 1932, and the couplehave three sons, with six grand-children. Tony made a solo tripback to the old country in 1961.Another visit is in the planningstage and this time Mrs. Zanuttowill accompany her husband,Tony is a past president and activeexecutive of the Club Allegri.

GEORGE ZLTELTA Frood miner since he joined

Inco in 1936, George Zufelt hasretired on special early servicepension from his job as motorman

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Capacity Turnout Farewells Mr. and Mrs. Koth at Port Colborne

Retiring nickel refinery manager Warren Koth winces in mock dismay as copper refinery works metallurgist Joe Bischoffrecounts an amusing story at his expense. Left to right are Austin Smith , assistant to the vice-president, Toronto; Mrs.Machum; J . A. Pigott, Ontario division general manager ; Mr. and Mrs. Koth, Mrs . Pigott, and G. O. Machum , Ontariodivision assistant general manager ( processing ). In right foreground is A. D. Finlayson , chief engineer, Port Colborne.

Manager of both the copper andnickel refineries of Inco's Ontariodivision during his 39 years withthe Company, Warren R. Kothretired at Port Colborne on earlyservice pension and has taken upresidence in his new home atSarasota, Florida,

He and his wife were honoredat a dinner at the Rathfon Inn,Port Colborne, where a capacityturnout testified to the highesteem in which they are held.Both Copper Cliff and Torontowere well represented among theguests. Port Colborne assistantmanager James H. Walter wasmaster of ceremonies. Among themany presentations to Mr. Kothwas deep-sea fishing equipment tokeep him busy in his new habitat.

The last remaining member of

after 32 years with the Company.Born in Huntsville, George grewup in New Liskeard and was mar-ried to Ellen Inglis, a school-teacher at nearby Kenabeek, in1937. They have one son. Georgeand his wife are considering amove to Clifford, Ontario, Mrs.Zufelt's home town.

PAUL DUPUISRetirement for Paul Dupuis

hasn't resulted in his withdrawal

Mr. and Mrs. Dupuis

from the working world. On dis-ability pension after 20 years withInco at Garson, where for the last

a small original group that camefrom the U.S. Metals RefiningCompany at Cartaret, New Jerseyto Copper Cliff in 1929 to start upand operate the copper refinery,Warren Koth was casting and yardsuperintendent. He became man-ager of the refinery in 1958. Histransfer to Port Colborne as man-

seven years he was an under-ground switchman, Paul is now afull-time school bus driver. Bornin Ville Marie, Quebec, Paul wasmarried to Beatrice McCoy in 1936while he was working at Timmins.Of their family of five, Don is atrackman at Garson, and Loria amaintenance mechanic at thecopper refinery. Eight grandchil-dren complete the family.

BILL KELLYBorn in Ireland, Bill Kelly was

just six when his parents came tosettle at Parkbeg, Saskatchewan.Bill, now an early service pen-sioner, started his 25 Inco years

r

Mr. and Mrs. Kelly

at Creighton mine, and for the last12 years was a plateworker atFrood. His first wife, MarneGunderson when they were mar-ried in 1937, died in 1960. Hismarriage to Mrs. Vivian Crowe in1965 added four daughters to hisfamily of one boy. Sandra is thewife of Copper Cliff maintenancemechanic Ray Fulin, and Gloria ismarried to copper refinery de-

ager of the nickel refinery tookplace in May, 1964.

A naturalized Canadian citizen,he was born at Bay City, Michiganin 1907, and attended Bay CityJunior College. He was marriedto Helen McIntyre at Perry, NewYork, in 1930. They have two sonsand five granddaughters. One son,Paul, is a member of the specialprojects department at CopperCliff.

Keenly interested in communityaffairs, Warren Koth was an alder-man in Sudbury for seven yearsand also had long service on thearena commission, the high schoolboard, and the Memorial Hospitalboard. Both he and Mrs. Kothwere leaders in organizing the bigannual dinners of the Inco Quar-ter Century Club.

wateringman John Cochrane. Fourgrandchildren round out thefamily.

WILLIE PALANDRAA maintenance mechanic for 34

of his 35 years with Inco at thecopper refinery, Willie Palandrahas retired on special early servicepension. Born in Croton, NewYork, Willie was 14 when hisfamily moved to Turbine where hisfather was employed on power damconstruction. He started at therefinery in 1933. Montreal wasthe place where he exchanged vows

Mr. and Mrs. Polandra

with Gennie Marinelli in 1933, andtheir family of three all have Incoconnections. Nick is a buyer inthe purchasing department atCopper Cliff, Theresa is the wifeof Copper Cliff maintenance fore-man Art Oliver, and Lena is mar-ried to Ingmar Andersen, a tech-nician at the iron ore plant. Willieplans an easy winter, and thenvisits to his many cousins in theStates.

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Spread HappinessThe Christmas spirit took a practicalturn in the data processing depart-ment at Copper Cliff when membersof the staff contributed toward gifts tobe presented to two needy Sudburydistrict families, each with six children.A group of the machine operators areshown with some of the gifts at acoffee break on the afternoon beforeChristmas, during which people fromother departments joined in carolsinging led by the golden tenor ofGeorge Betancourt. The data pro-cessing staff enjoyed themselves at abig Christmas dance held at theSilver Beach Inn.

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Christmas RoundsMaking a champion recovery from aheart attack, Creighton shift bossGeorge Briggs held court whengeneral manager J. A. Pigott led agroup on traditional rounds at Cop-per Cliff Hospital on Christmas morn-ing to extend greetings to thepatients. From the left in the pictureare Dr. J. H. L. Jones, chief surgeonDr. B. F. Hazlewood, Dr. J. W.Sturtridge, Dr. R. Grosso, hospitalmatron Barbara Truskoski, J. A.Pigott, hospital administrator C.Varney, nurses Eileen Tobin and IreneCorner, assistant to the general man-ager R. R. Saddington, and nurseNorma Darrach.

No Calorie CountingEvelyn Fox and Terry Doiron werehostesses at a pre-Christmas coffeebreak in the copper refinery cafeteria.Members of the office and plant staff,some shown here, dropped in to ex-change seasonal greetings, join insinging carols, and partake of tastysandwiches and coke without bother-ing to count the calories. Thirpleasant annual affair has been aninstitution at the refinery for manyyears.

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APPOINTMENTSThe following appointments were

announced, effective January 1, byJ. A. Pigott, assistant vice-presi-dent and general manager of theOntario division:

W. V. Barker , manager, nickelrefining division, Port Colborne;

W. W. Spence, assistant man-ager , nickel refining division, PortColborne.

W. Vern Barker became an as-sistant manager of the nickel re-finery at Port Colborne in Sep-tember, 1962. He becomes man-ager on the retirement of W. R.Koth.Born at Kisbey, Saskatchewan,

he attended high school there andthen was enrolled for three years

at San Diego StateCollege, after whichhe returned to theUniversity of Sas-katchewan andgraduated with hisdegree in chemistryin 1942. He thenjoined Inco at Cop-per Cliff as a re-search chemist.

In 1946-47, follow-, ?ng war service with the RCAF,

took further studies at theuniversity of Saskatchewan, thenrejoined the Company at theCopper Cliff research laboratory.

Transferring to the nickel re-finery at Port Colborne in Marchof 1948, he was appointed chiefresearch chemist three monthslater. He became research super-intendent of the nickel refiningdivision in 1961.

In 1956 he was co-inventor, withL. S. Renzoni, of the process fordirect electrorefining of nickelmatte anodes by which is pro-duced all the refined nickel atThompson and part at Port Col-borne.

He has been active in variousphases of community work in PortColborne.

He was married at Saskatoon in1947 to Margaret Cook, also aU. of S. graduate. They have five

uldren.

Born at Toronto, William W.Spence obtained his senior matri-culation at Upper Canada Collegeand graduated from the Universityof Toronto in 1949 with the degree

Creighton's 24th"We are justifiably proud of

all Creighton mine personnel fortheir achievement. Coming at thistime of year we hope that it willserve as an inspiration to every-one within the Company and giveimpetus to an all-out safety effortin 1969."

With this statement safetysuperintendent C. F. Hews hailedthe accomplishment of Creightonmine in exceeding one millionman hours without a lost-timeaccident during the period betweenOctober 8 and January 2.

It was Creighton's 24th safetyaward performance, the last pre-vious one being completed onJune 13, 1968.

An inscribed memento will bepresented to all personnel at themine.

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of bachelor of science in chemicalengineering,

Joining Interna-tional Nickel atPort Colborne inthe spring of 1950,he became superin-tendent of the elec-trolytic refining de-partment in 1956.

He was appointedsuperintendent ofthe nickel refineryat the new Thomp-

son plant in 1960, and in May of1967 became superintendent ofsurface plants in the Manitobadivision.

He returned to Port Colborneas assistant to the manager in1967.

Formerly an outstanding base-ball and hockey player, he hascoached juvenile and junior teamsin the Port Colborne area. Heis one of the Niagara Peninsula'stop golfers.

He married Elizabeth Deline ofPort Colborne and has one daugh-ter and one son.

J. A. Pigott, general manager ofthe Ontario division, announcedthe appointment, effective January1, of M. E. Young as general super-intendent of mines,

Mr. Young had been superin-tendent of mines since May, 1967,and immediately prior to that wassuperintendent of safety in theOntario division for four and ahalf years.

During his careerhe was assistantsuperintendent fortwo years at Gar-son mine, where hisfather, the late F.W. Young, workedfirst for MondNickel Companya n d subsequentlyfor Inco.

He was born atSault Ste. Marie, the family mov-ing to Garson when he was eightyears old. He graduated fromSudbury High School in 1938, andfrom Queen's University in min-ing engineering in 1943. Followinghis army service he enrolled atQueen's for an additional year ina special course in industrial rela-tions.

He had worked for internationalNickel during summer vacationscommencing in 1937, and on hisreturn was posted to Frood mineas an efficiency engineer, afterwhich he joined the undergroundoperations.

He was assistant superintendentat Levack mine from 1954 to 1961,then came to Copper Cliff as as-sistant superintendent of safety,

His marriage to Marie Dinantook place in Sudbury in 1944.They have one son and one daugh-ter.

He is a member of the board ofregents of the University of Sud-bury. a director of St. Joseph'sHospital and a member of theSudbury Hospital Council.

H. P Boucher. sups rintendentof mines, Manitoba division, an-nounc,d the appointments, effec-'ive Dr,,-ember 1, of

R. J. Watkinson, undergroundsuperintendent. Birchtree mine:

J. B. Frederick , general fman. Thompson mine;

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Frood-Stobie Anglers Collect Loot

Frood assistant mine superintendent Gard Strasser presented prizes to IvanDuchesne, Florian Labelle, Bill Demkiw, Laurence Eaton, and Bob Brydges.

Handsome prizes were presentedto the winners in Frood-Stobieathletic association's annual fish-ing contest, including folding cots,sleeping bags, bait buckets, andengraved trophies.

These were the results:Lake Trout : 1, Yvon Richard-

son, 18 lbs. 5 oz., 34 inches; 2,Ivan Duchesne, 16 lbs. 12 oz., 16inches.

Pickerel : 1, Florian Labelle, 14lbs. 5 oz., 30 inches; 2, Bill Demkiw,10 lbs., 30 inches.Muskinonge : Leurence Eaton,

20 lbs., 45 inches.Speckled Trout : 1, Mike May-

hew 5 lbs. 9 oz., 22 inches; 2,Yvon Richardson, 3 lbs. 4 oz.,2tPs inches.

Largemouth Bass: Bob Brydges,6 lbs., 19 inches.

Smallmouth Bass: Vic Collin,3 lbs. 8 oz., 18 inches.

J. L. Harvey, mines efficiencyengineer.

Joining International Nickel atLevack mine in 1951, R. J. Watkin-son became a shift boss in 1952

and a divisionalforeman in 1960. InApril, 1960, he wastransferred to theManitoba divisionas a divisional fore-man at Thompsonmine, and threeyears later becamea general foreman.

He was born atOrrville, Ontario,

where he was a farmer. He servedoverseas for four years with theCanadian Signal Corps in WorldWar II.

His marriage to Loreath Nunntook place at Huntsville in 1952.They have four children.

A summer camp on Paint Lake,and hunting and fishing , are hisrecreations.

Research Gives IdeasThat Shape Our Lives

Where do the ideas that shapeour lives come from? Today, morethan ever before in history, theycome from every corner of theglobe, because scientific researchand investigation is the concern ofevery government, every industry.

At International Nickel's variouslaboratories, work goes on everymoment of every day at some pointin the world. Questions are askedand answer's searched out: answers

Laurence Eatonwith the 20-lb.beauty that wonhim first prize inthe muskinongeclass . He caughtit in Trout Lake,near Alban.

Florian Labelle ( right) with his buddiesJack St. Amand and Stan Nowcinand the terrific catch of pickerel theybrought home from Honey Harbor.All weighed over 101-4 pounds.

on how to put ultra-high fre-quency sound waves to work; onhow to withstand the temperatureextremes of outer space, of otherplanets, of entry and re-entry intoour atmosphere; answers on howto stop the millions of dollars inwaste that corrosion causes everyyear: on how to equip a practicalplant to convert sea water intofresh water for drinking and ir-rigation.

And when Inco researchers getan answer, they disseminate it toindustry and .government. Wheredo the ideas cone from? We'reproud to say some very importantones come from InternationalNickel.

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Thompson Shutterbugs Active

"He's just a big lovable ham,"said Mrs. Jean Hess, programchairman of the Raven CameraClub in Thompson, but her dog,Brewster the boxer, wasn't listen-ing. He was too busy profferinghis pugnacious profile for theshutter bugs, and thinking aboutthe bright red lollipop that hadbeen offered for his services.

Seen gathered in the basementof the Hess home on RiversideDrive during their regular monthlymeeting, a group of club memberstaking candids of the canine, orjust watching the action, are,standing, Jean Hess , Laurel Del-gatty, Harold Hess, Keith Larsen,club president, Al Thornborough,and Donnie Hansen. Kneeling areFerelith Thornborough, John Lewis.whose wife Irene is club secretary-treasurer, Ann Plummer, PatMann, John Thornborough, andDavid Johnston.

The club, which was formedearly in 1967, has a membershipof 15, is open to all comers, andhas a membership fee of $7.50.

Affiliated with the PhotographicSociety of America, the club usesthe society's 30-minute taped lec-tures, complete with slides, formany of its winter meetings. Guestspeakers are also invited to theclub, and at a recent meetingThompson mine geologist DickWorsfold presented his commen-tary and colored slides taken dur-ing a recent British antarctic ex-pedition.

The club's work went before thepublic last summer when a photoexhibition was on display for threedays during regular hours at thefine new public library. This ex-hibition was limited to club mem-bers only, but another such showslated for early in 1968 will beopen to all local photographers andwill be judged by a member of theManitoba Camera Club. Furtherinformation regarding subjects andsize of print entries can be ob-tained from Mrs. Hess.

Other ambitious club projects in-clude plans to go into the postcardbusiness and provide scenes ofdowntown areas and picturesqueplaces around the rapidly growingnorthern community. The groupare also working on the establish-

ment of a community darkroomwhere talented amateurs likethemselves can dabble in the de-veloper and the hypo to theirheart's content.

Expanding MarketsContinued from page 2

crating sewage sludge which pre-sents new opportunities for nickelin equipment employing new de-sign concepts. Prototype units nowunder study are constructed almostentirely of nickel stainless steelsand other nickel-containing alloys.

Liquefied Natural GasIncreasing demand for natural

gas as a domestic and industrialfuel has caused utility companiesto provide large storage facilitiesfor peak shaving and base loadoperations. Since many timeslarger volumes of gas can bestored in the liquid state at-258°F, 9 nickel steel is generallyspecified on an economic basis forthe tanks to provide adequatetoughness at the cryogenic tem-perature. We expect this marketto continue to grow.

Petroleum and PetrochemicalThe trend in the petroleum and

petrochemical industries Is towardvery large, single stream process-ing units, which must operate athigh temperatures and pressuresfor optimum efficiency. The ma-terial requirements for such equip-ment are expected to increaseannual nickel consumption verymaterially.

Marine ApplicationsCommercial and naval markets

for copper-nickel have been grow-ing at exciting rates over the pastfew years, and we expect thesegrowth rates to continue. In ship-building, nickel-containing copperalloys have enabled commercial aswell as naval vessel owners to sub-stantially reduce their full lifecycle costs.Nickel alloys are also expected

to play a major role in severalimportant new developments inmarine transportation - gas tur-bine propulsion for high-speedcargo ships and Hovercraft hydro-jet propulsion units, and nuclear-powered merchant vessels.

Desalination is another rapidly

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Miners WooPoetic Muse

Hard-rock miners at Frood-Stobie communed with the museagain this year in the mine's an-nual safety slogan contest, andcame up with some catchy rhymesin tune with the Yuletide season.

Leon Thompson , a Frood sand-fillman with 20 years of service tohis credit , took pen in hand anddashed off the winner , which waspromptly displayed on a signboardat the mine entrance appropriatelysurrounded by evergreens suggest-ing the evergreen message ofsafety.

Leon is shown above secondfrom the right , receiving the $25.00first prize from Eldred Dickie,

,secretary of the mine athleticassociation . On the left are safetysupervisor George Hitchman andFrood assistant mine superinten-dent Gordon Strasser , and on theright is Milton Jowsey, Stobieassistant mine superintendent.

Ted Dandy of Stobie , who cer-tainly knows what mine safety isall about after boosting it for al-most 40 years, picked off the $15.00second prize with this well-turnedrhyme:

"This greeting goes to all theboys

To wish you all the Season'sjoys.

Put Safety first in all you do,The life you save belongs to

you."Third prize of $10 . 00 went to

Daryl Daye , who cleverly para-phrased a famous Christmas poemas follows:

"He wore a hard hat and funnyred clothes,

With safety glasses on top of hisnose,

A strong safety belt his girth didimpose,

With boots most impressive.having hard rubber toes,

And he exclaimed to all as hedrove out of sight.

"Make the Season Merry. keepSafety in sight."

growing market where copper-nickel tubing has made today'smillion- gallon-per-day desalinationa practical operating reality inwater-short areas around theworld. There is intense competi-tion from titanium, aluminumand non - nickel - containing copperalloys, but we expect copper-nickelto continue as the basic ma-terial against which all others areevaluated.

Last year's first prize winner,Cliff Bennett, was in the moneyagain this year, earning a $5.00consolation prize for:

"Christmas time has comeagain, hearts are full of cheer;

Let's strive to live by Safetyrules as we greet the brightNew Year."

Other consolation prize winnerswere Steve Walch, Robert Furlotte,Stuart Dickson, Len Webster,Ernie Soucek, John Haggett,George Ethier, Alex Jones, and LeoCartier.

As usual the safety slogan con-test drew a heap of entries, indi-cating its continuing popularity aswell as a deep-rooted urge thatbeats within many a miner's breastto break into verse when encour-agement is offered. Congratulat-ing the winners and all others whotook part, area mine superinten-dent S. J. Sheehan said, "We feelthat this annual contest not onlypromotes the Christmas spirit, butalso contributes to good safety,and that's the name of the gameat Frood-Stobie."

New Pipeline DivertsEffluent From Creek

Work has commenced onconstruction of a new pipelineto pump the discharge of theCopper Cliff sewage treatmentplant directly to Kelly Lake,following an announcement byInternational Nickel. At pres-ent the treated effluent flowsdirectly into the Copper Cliffcreek.

Any effect of this effluentwith regard to fog formationalong Highway 17 t h r o u g hCopper Cliff will thus be eli-minated. The diversion ofwater from this source was arecommendation in the OntarioWater Resources Commissionreport on fog conditions in theCopper Cliff area, published inJune 1968. The report alsonoted that a number of acci-dents, none of them fatal, hadoccurred during fog on thisstretch of the highway.

This new project follows ac-tion taken by InternationalNickel earlier this summerwhen a large volume of waterwas diverted from the CopperCliff Creek directly to the tail-ings area, also recommended inthe OWRC report. Plans areunderway to divert other planteffluent directly to the tailingsarea.

cr;nud in Canada.