VOLUME 31 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, MAY, 1971 NUMBER 2

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Profit PictureIn Perspective

The Company had rec-ord sales and earnings in1970, but also faced in-creasing competition andthe end of the worldwidenickel shortage. In addi-tion, there have been sub-stantial increases in thecost of doing business, par-ticularly in increased wages,services of all types andtaxes.

To learn more aboutInco's financial situation,in addition to the informa-tion contained in the ac-count of the annual meet-ing on another page of thisissue, The Triangle inter-viewed Charles F. Baird,Vice President - Finance.

TRIANGLE: There is a feelinganiong some that Inco's profitsare excessive.BAIRD: I do not think excessiveis the proper term to use. We area big company. We employ manypeople. We earn a large amountof money. But profits should bejudged in relation to the growingamounts invested in the companyby our shareholders and by out-side lenders. On the basis of thiscapital invested our return wasabout what we have averagedover the past 10 years. Our levelof return was up from the de-pressed levels of the past twoyears, fortunately, since we mustspend very large amounts ofmoney to pay for the expansionand modernization to keep uscompetitive.

TRIANGLE: How do 'ou see ourprofit picture for this rear?

BAIRD: Its too early to tell yet.There are a number of factors toconsider now that the worldwidenickel shortage has ended.

fr ' Sound invest-ments in minesand plants pro-

. vldes jobs andmakes pos-

' slble economic- benefits to our

employees."

TRIANGLE.' We may not be ableto sell all the nickel we produce?

BAIRD: The demand for nickeldeclined in the last quarter of1970 and remained soft in thefirst quarter of this year.

TRIANGLE: Will 1971 see pro-dziction exceed sales?

BAIRD: Quite possibly. The endof the shortage along with thevigorous competition from otherproducers and from other ma-terials make it essential that weincrease our marketing and salesefforts if we are to sell all weproduce. Jobs in Ontario andManitoba depend on these effortsbeing successful.

TRIANGLE: What other factorsare there?

BAIRD: There is the enormouscost of capital expenditures.There's also the investment wemake in exploration. L.ast yearwe spent about $32 million.That's a lot of money to findnickel. But it's essential if we areto have ore to continue to mine.Even if we do find an area wherethere is nickel and decide to pro-ceed with a mine, there are verylarge development costs and in-vestments in surface facilities, Forexample, the company's expendi-tures in the development ofThompson from 1957 to 1966were $215 million. This was inaddition to the $10 million spenton exploring during the ten yearsimmediately prior to the Thomp-son announcement.

Then, there is the lead timerequired in establishing a produc-ing mine. It was about five yearsfrom the time the Thompson orebody was discovered until actualproduction began. That's a long

time to have your money tied upwithout realizing any return. Soyou can see that we must havehealthy earnings in order to raisethe funds required to developnickel-producing mines.

Also, let's not forget the 84,000or so shareholders of our com-pany. We must pay them areasonable dividend on their in-vestment if we want them tocontinue to take the risks involvedin holding our shares. Never for-get that investors have manychoices. They don't have to investin Inco.

TRL4NGLE: Inco has made hugeinvestments in expansion andmodernization programs. Howmuch has been spent in Canada?

BAIRD: L.ast year alone we in-vested more than $270 million inmines, mills, smelters and othercapital assets all over the world.Over $220 million of this wasspent in Canada, and about $185million in the Sudbury area.

This year our capital spendingprogram is expected to reach$300 million, with $225 millionof that in Canada.

TRIANGLE: Do these fundscome from our profits?

BAIRD: Yes and no. Eventhough we reinvested a recordlevel of profits in the businesslast year, we still had to borrowover $100 million to finance ourcapital spending programs. Thisis a dramatic change from thepast when the company did nothave to borrow - didn't have togo into debt. But the companyrealized that if we were to remainan important and competitiveforce in the nickel industry, wehad to expand on a scale neverknown before in its history. Wehad to borrow - profits anddepreciation simply did not pro-vide enough money. The alterna-tive would have been not toexpand and modernize - to seeour production decline, and to failto meet our customers' needs.

TRIANGLE.' When you comparethe $100 million loan with ourearnings, it doesn't seem like sucha large amount.

BAIRD: That was only for 1970.In the last three years we haveborrowed about $300 million, andwe shall have to borrow additionalamounts to complete our expan-sion. This isn't necesarily badprovided we have invested the

ESTABLiSHED iN 1936f'ubllshed for employees of TheInternational Nickel Company of

Canada LimitedD. M. Dunbar, Editor

D. J. Wing, Asststant EditorEditorial Office, Copper Cliff, Ont.

Authorized as second cias mall by theF'o Office Department, Ottawa. and forpayment of postage in ca8h.Material contained in Inco Triangleshould not be reprinted unless permissionhas been obtained from The InternationalNickel Company of Canada, Limited,Copper CIUf, Ontario.

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An Interview withCHARLES F. BAiRD

Vice President - Finance

borrowed money wisely. But itdoes mean that we must be par-ticularly careful to make thesenew investments pay off.

TRIANGLE: Suppose instead ofputting any of our earnings backinto the business, managementhad paid greater dividends toshareholders or cut prices, ordivided the money among em-ployees? Or suppose managementhad taken the money and split itthree ways among shareholders,customers and employees?

BAIRD: I think the answer tothat question is obvious. If wehad done that, we wouldn't havebeen able to grow. Sound invest-ments in mines and plants pro-vide jobs and make possibleeconomic benefits to our em-ployees. To fail to invest in newand expanded facilities wouldjeopardize our future. The resultof such action was never summedup better than in the words ofSamuel Gompers, one of thefounders of the labor movementin North America. He said:"Companies without profits meanworkers without jobs."

TRIANGLE: We read a lot aboutlateritic ore bodies in the South-ern Hemisphere. Can the com-pany compete with nickel pro-dziced from these ore bodies?

BAIRD: Yes, I'm sure it can, butwe are going to have to increaseour productivity and keep a verycareful eye on our operating costshere in Canada. We made a studylast year comparing the costs ofproducing nickel here with thecosts from several prospectivelateritic operations. The studyshowed that lateritic ore bodiescan be developed competitively

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'Last year alone we invested morethan $270 million in capital assets.Over $220 million of this was spentin Canada, about $185 million inthe Sudbury area."

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JOHN HAJDUKIEWICZ and his wife both travelled west to come to Sud-bury, she from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia and he from Poland. A yearafter arriving in Canada in 1947, John became an Incoite and Is now astope leader on the 3400 level of Creighton No. 5 mine. Their smilingchildren from left to right, are Barbara, 13, John, 14, Brian, 10, Michael,4 and Ruth, 16. The whole family enjoys skating and fishing. TheHajdukiewicz home is in Sudbury.

LEFT: Loyal Coulam, a diesel loadermanon 600 level at Frood mine, started withthe Company in 1967. He and his wife,Rose, both call Manitoulin Island home -she is from Gore Bay and he from nearbyLong Bay. Their two children are Darren,4 and Shelley Lynn, 4 months. The Coulamslive in Sudbury.

RIGHT: Basil Hume, who is from Chester,on Nova Scotia's south shore, startedwith the Company in 1951 and is now ashift boss on 3000 level at Garson mine.His wife, Rosalee, was born in Haileyburybut grew up in Sudbury. Their childrenare Roxanne, 5, and Ken, 13, Arthur, 14and Randy, 11, The Humes live on SkeadRoad outside Garson. Both Basil andRosalee are active bowlers.

HERE'S the happy family of Roger Pennarun, a Klrkwood mine skip tender, withInco since 1950, who lives in Garson. Standing on Roger's left in the back roware Mark of the copper refinery, Claude, of Clarabelle open pit, and Gerry (Mrs.Dennis Heffernan). In the front row with Roger's wife, Alice, from left to right,are Joanne, 13, Nicole, 20, twins Patsy and Pat, 14, Renee, wife of Ray Joly ofKirkwood, and Valerie, 16. Mrs. Pennarun enjoys reading and sewing while Rogerlikes hunting and playing the violin and guitar.

BRUNO LIZZI is a maintenance mechanic 2nd class In theCopper Cliff Mill. Trained in Italy as a carpenter, he cameto Canada in 1957 and started with the Company in 1964.His wife, Brenda, is the daughter of Gino Didone, a shiftboss in the FBR shipping department. Their two children areLuisa, 6, and Carlo, 4. Bruno likes to hunt and Brenda enjoyssewing and bowling. They live in Copper Cliff.

PASQUALE and Giovannina Garofalo were married in their home townof St Stefano di Rogliano, Cosenza, Italy in May 1957, a year before theircoming to Canada. They lived in Montreal for three years, but workwas hard to get so they moved to Port Colborne. Pasquale becameemployed at the Nickel Refinery in May, 1965. His entire service hasbeen in the leaching and calcining department, where he is a generalcleaner. Pasquale enjoys hunting in his spare time. Their four lovelychildren are Agatina 8, Gisella 6, Lucy 4 and Annunziato 2.

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Indicated above are suggestions by Inco for connections

between Highway 69 North, the Levack Highway (544),

and Highway 17 West, and also the proposals by the

City of Sudbury for extensions of LaSalle Boulevard

and Elm Street to the Levack Highway.

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Broad Agenda atCompany-UnionInterim Meeting

A wideranging agenda wascovered in the second of the semi-annual meetings between Inter-national Nickel and the UnitedSteelworkers of America, con-ctuding at Toronto April 30.

A joint press release stated:"For the past two days, of-

ficials of the Company and ofthe International, Local 6500(Sudbury) and Local 6200 (PortColborne) have been examiningquestions of mutual concernwhich have arisen during thecourse of the current CollectiveBargaining Agreements.

"Company and Union agendascomprised 27 items. One of thematters resolved was a widerapplication of pension benefits tocertain disability pensioners. Itwas also decided to attempt tosimplify the language and struc-ture of the Collective Agreements.Continuing discussions will beheld on this matter.

"The Company presented a de-tailed review of its continuingprogram to improve working con-ditions. Since November 1969,the program has involved expen-ditures of $5,300,000, with a fur-ther $3,000,000 projected to theend of 1971.

"Other matters which receivedattention were the impact of newplants and processes on employ-ment, contracting out, absentee-ism, administration of grievanceprocedures, vacation scheduling,

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revised procedures requested by tiveness of job evaluation com-the Union to increase the effec- mittees, and a number of other

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miscellaneous matters of mutualconcern.

"The semi-annual meetings werebegun last fall in an effort to im-prove communications betweenthe parties. Officials of both sidesagreed that the sessions are pro-viding a useful forum for ex-changing views and consideringpotentially contentious matters.The meetings are not intended forthe re-negotiation of the Agree-ments. The parties hope thatexamination and discussion dur-ing the course of the Agreementswill lead to clarification of prob-lems and, in some cases, to amutually satisfactory solution. Afurther meeting will be held in thetall of 1971."

Company representatives re-viewed the outstanding subjectsfrom the first Company-Unioninterim meeting in October 1970and reported on action taken.These inctuded the establishmentof new facilities for handlingMetro claims, training in jobevaluation procedures for mem-bers of the Wage Inequality Com-mittee, the extension of the DrugPtan to pensioners, additions tothe arbitration panel and a num-ber of miscellaneous matters.

Improvements ProgramA slide presentationl was made

at the meeting illustrating theCompany's continuing program to

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Among those attending the Company-Union meeting from Local 6500, Sudbury, were Kerry Size,Fred Vincent, Ben Kunat, Roy Cartyte, Ed Ceming.

Some of the members of the Company representation were Frank Burnet, Hugh Judges, Met Young,Bitt Ironstone, Don Fraser.

Howard AndersonUnion international representative Maurice Keck (left) with part of the representatIon from Local6200, Port Coiborne, John Tronko, Tom Hicks, Gaetan MarquIs, Jay Ayers.

Indicating the standards set for p'ant improvements in the Ontario division is this newlunchroom in the reverberatory furnace building at Copper Cliff. It is equipped with htand cold running water, refrigerator, warming oven, and water cooler.

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Only local compe-tition winner at theONA conventionwas 16-year-oldRachelle Albert,daughter of NickelBelt Coin Clubpresident Rolly Al-bert, She receivedthe Charles Millertrophy in the juniordisplay categoryfrom chief judgeWalter Griggs.

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Plenty to Interest PublicAt Numismatic Exhibition

International coin experts,dealers, amateur collectors, andjust plain interested observersrubbed shoulders at Sudbury'sPresident Hotel when the OntarioNumismatic Association held itsannual convention in northernOntario for the first time.

Hosting the auspicious event,which coincided with its 15th an-niversary year, was the NickelBelt Coin Club, whose 75 mem-bers took pride in a largely at-tended and interesting show. Theywere congratulated by provincialexecutives on the arrangements.

The series of commemorativemedals struck annually for theconvention in gold, silver andbronze, this year featured theCopper Cliff smelter as the cen-tre design, and also for the firsttime included a nickel medal. Abus tour of Inco operations wason the agenda.

A Money-Maker TooExhibition visitors saw how

coin collecting can be an absorb-ing and educational hobby, andalso a real money-maker. Un-circulated 50-coin rolls of Cana-dian 1970 dimes, for example,have already increased in valueto about $9.00, and 40-coin rollsof nickels are worth over $8.00.

All the 1967 Centennial coinageis scarce, and anybody with somesilver dollars stashed away shouldlook for a 1948 Canadian for ex-ample - it's worth a cool $200.

Over 400 lots of corns changedhands in the main auction, con-ducted by Frank Rose of Toronto.A very scarce Edmonton Hotelsouvenir token, which had notbeen offered in an auction sale inCanada for four years, drew thebiggest bid. Appraised at $30.00,it was sold by telephone to a Que-bec collector for $140. Tokens,usually made of precious metals,are one of many collector special-ties. Mond Nickel Company,which merged with Inco in 1929,had a souvenir nickel medallionminted in 1927 that is worth $60today. The Apollo moon shotswere among the many historicalevents represented among thevaluable commemorative medalsseen at the show.

An entertaining novelty at theconvention banquet was the "do-nation auction" staged in fast-talking tobacco country style byJohn J. Pitman of Tilsonburg,president of the Canadian Numis-matic Association. A merescratch of a buyer's chin meanthe had just raised the bid. Mr.

At the ONA con-vention in Sud-bury, Rofly Albert,Leo Vilieneuve,George Furchnerand Bob Willeydiscuss inco pen-sioner George'sselected exhibitfrom his extensivecollection of bank-notes of the world.

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Pitman evcn sold the flowers fromthe head table. Proceeds werefor convention expenses.

tmpresshe Disp'aysPart of the Bank of Canada's

extensive numismatic collectionwas on display, and proved that$3, $4, $6 and even $7 banknotes do indeed exist. They wereall once legal tender, issued byprovincial banks prior to Con-federation. The bank's exhibitalso included samples of eachCanadian decimal coin since thefirst one issued in 1858, firstissues of Canadian banknotes, In-dian wampum, and provincialcoins.

International Nickel's uniquedisplay of pure nickel coins of theworld was a special feature of theconvention's exhibition. Probablythe only complete collection ofpure nickel coins, it consists ofabout 400 coins from the 65countries that have used purenickel since Switzerland first in-troduced it to coinage in 1881.The latest coin to be added isone issued this year by theNetherlands Antilles. Chaperon-ing the Inco display was coinageexpert Kenn Henderson from theCompany's New York office.

Hobby Invo'ves StudyInco pensioner George Furch-

ner, a long-time collector whoseinterests have ranged throughmany specialties including goldcoinage, remarked to the Trianglethat it isn't enough to collectcoins for a hobby just for the sakeof collecting. A true numis-matist, he said, studies the history,government, and geography of acountry to learn as much as pos-sible about the background of acoin, He recently acquired aprized United States five dollarHawaiian banknote, issued in1934, which he picked up on avacation to the Pacific paradise.His main "want" right now is therare 1923 series Canadian onedollar bill with a lilac seal.

Another Inco man who startedcollecting only two years ago, LeoVilleneuve, bought three bigCanadian pennies at the exhibi-tion. His first. objective is togather a set of the big pennieswhich were minted between 1858and 1927, and so far he hasgathered all but 14. His overallambition is to build a completecollection of Canadian decimalcoin sets. Leo has a long way togo.

President of CanicoR. R. Taylor has been elected

president and a director of theCanadian Nickel Company Lim-

Jited (Canico), itwas announced byHenry S. Wingate,chairman and chiefofficer of Interna-tional Nickel. The

- Canadian NickelCompany Limitedis t h e w h o II y -

- owned subsidiaryR. R. TyIor of International

Nickel engaged in cxp!orationactivities in Canada.

Mr. Taylor, who is director ofexploration in the parent com-pany, joined Inco at Copper Cliffin I 948. He graduated from theUniversity of Toronto in 1948with the degree of B.Sc. (engi-neering physics). Mr. Taylor re-sides in Oakville.

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with the type of sulphide orebodies available to us in Canada.One reason is that mining costsare much lower for laterites be-cause the mining is a surfaceoperation. Furthermore, wagerates in areas where laterites arefound are, with the exception ofNew Caledonia, lower than inCanada. So you can see thatInco and other "hard rock" min-ing companies here in Canada arereally going to have to watchcosts to compete successfully inthe years ahead.

TRIANGLE: Will the companymake large investments in late-rites?

BIRD: The experts tell us thatabout 80 per cent of the world'sknown reserves of nickel are inlaterite ores. With the long-termdemand for nickel expected togrow at about seven per cent ayear, this means a need for about70 million pounds of additionalnickel production capacity everyyear. Unless massive new sul-phide ore bodies are found inCanada or somewhere else, it ap-pears highly probable that thegrowth in nickel production willcome largely from the laterites.

TRIANGLE: To remain a majorfactor in the nickel industry then,our company must participate inthe growing development of late-rites?

BAIRD: Most definitely. Theseores will be developed to meetcustomers' needs. I would hopethat we would be a leader in theirdevelopment rather than lettingothers do the job. But I wouldalso stress that this doesn't meanthat we won't continue to lookfor and develop sulphide depositshere in Canada. The importantnew factor in the industry, how-ever, is the coming developmentof lateritic ore bodies. This meanswe must pay increasing attentionto control the costs of productionso that our Canadian sulphideproduction remains competitive.

Nkke! He!ps Cool GothamBecause it resists high-temper-

attire combustion gases, 700,000pounds of nickel will be used inalloy form for the fabrication of102 gas turbines that will pro-vide 20 per cent of New York'selectricity requirements. This isthe quantity of electricity neededto operate Gotham's air condi-tioners during peak summerusage.

Annual Copper Refinery Dance Still Packing Them InWith more than 450 digging the beat of Jack Smith's orchestra, theannual membership dance of the Copper Refinery Athletic Associationat the Sorrento was one of the best yet. Spot dance prizes and a mem-bership card draw added to the enjoyment, as did a midnight pizzasupper. Couples snapped in action above are; (1) Sandra and Tony

Ciriiio, (2) Nicole and Dominique Chalopin, (3) Sofia Witkowski andMijo Durdevic, (4) Carmen Chartrand and Alex McCall, (5) Grace Rocciaand Durando Clrillo. Associaton president Wayne Wilson, and secretaryBud Eles, ably assisted by Vic Spencer and Andy Martin, handled ar-rangements for the smoothly successful party.

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improve facilities at each mineand plant of the Ontario division,including access roads, parking,working conditions, drys, lunch-rooms, toilet facilities, lightingand ventilation.

Of the total expenditures of$8,449,719 for improvementseither completed since November1969 or slated for completion bythe end of 1971, $6,005,706 wasfor working areas, $2,056,623 fordrys and other facilities, and$387,390 for parking and accessroads. Other projects currentlyunder study are estimated to in-volve an additional $3,000,000.

Pension ArrangementsFollowing a discussion of the

Canada Pension Plan "phase-in"benefit, the Company agreed thatInco employees retiring on dis-ability pension between July 10,1969, and August 22, 1971, whohave been accepted as medicallyunfit to continue employment withthe Company, but have not satis-fied the medical requirements fora disability pension from the Can-ada Pension Plan, would receivethe same "phase-in" benefits asthose who meet the C.P.P. med-ical requirements. This extensionof benefits was not required bythe Collective Agreement but wasagreed to by the Company as aspecial arrangement outside theterms of the Pension Plan.

Agreement was reached on an-other arrangement in connectionwith pensions. Before July 1969.Enco pensioners who were entitledto Workmen's Compensation pen-sions had these deducted fromtheir Inco pension. The two pen-sions have been "stacked or com-bined for those retiring since July1969. The Unions requested thesante treatment for former em-

at Meetingployees pensioned before 1969.Although the Unions do notrepresent pensioners, the Com-pany advised that it had givencareful consideration to the re-commendation and had decidedto "stack" pensions for this group,effective from May 1. The pen-sioners concerned would be noti-fied individually by the Company.

EmploymentThe Company advised that

when the new Clarabelle mill isfully operational at the end ofthis year, it is expected that therewill be about 150 fewer jobs.However, the Company expectedthat t wou'd be able to handlethis reduction through attritionand by absorbing surplus em-ployees elsewhere in the milldepartment. The Company's spe-cific plans in regard to the phas-ing in of the new facilities andphasing out the old, insofar asthey affect the employees, are stillunder study. The Companyagreed to review these plans withappropriate Union officials assoon as they were available.

This discussion led to a generalreview of employment levels andof the business environment gen-erally. In the course of the dis-cussion, the following informationwas given to the Unions:

Hourly rated employment inSudhury is now nearly 17,400 andexcept for several hundred vacan-cies for skilled tradesmen, theCompany's work force is approxi-mately in balance with require-ments for the first time in anumber of years. The futurelevel of employment dependsbasically on the demand fornickel. While it is expected thatthe employment level will remainunchanged for the foreseeablefuture, it was noted that the

demand for nickel has declinedsignificantly in the first quarterof this year, as a result of gener-ally soft business conditions.

Other information conveyed tothe Unions by Company officialsis included in the report elsewherein this issue of the chairman'saddress to the annual meeting ofthe shareholders.

Port Colborne WifeA Surfing Queen

When pretty Karen HollandBell and her husband, Dr. JamesBell, general superintendent ofInco research stations at Port

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Colborne, winged off to Hawaiifor a holiday a year ago, it wasthe makings of a surfing saga.

At home on Lake Erie therallying cry "Surf's up!' has sel-dom if ever been sounded alongthe beaches, but in Honolulu thecouple took with characteristic en-thusiasm to the cxciting new sport.

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Their teacher, Roy Uehara,brought them along fast. "I lovedit so much that Jim said I couldstay on another two weeks," saidKaren.

Roy Uehara was so impressedwith Karen's progress on a surf-board that months later he wroteto ask if she would be his part-ner in the pairs surfing champion-ships at Makaha Beach, on theHawaiian island of Oahu, Forpairs surfing the girl must beable to perform a certain set ofgymnastic tricks while atop herpartner's shoulders as they ridethe waves.

Husband Jim, better knownaround the research stations asSandy, was delighted that his wifeshould have such a chance. Karenwent back to Honolulu for fourmonths' arduous training, duringwhich she earned a credit ingymnastics at the University ofHawaii.

By mid-December the pair hadthem all down pat - the split,the high stag, arabesque on shoul-ders, side ang& and grass shack.They entered the Makaha Openand won third place, much to thesurprise of many surfing experts.Then, two weeks later, Roy andKaren earned the respect of thesurfing fraternity by taking fourthplace in the World Pairs SurfingChampionship at Oahu.

Now research expert SandyBell is probably working on awave-making invention to stir upsome of that thundenng Hawaiiansurf in tired old Lake Erie.

Sharp StainlessStraight pins used with per-

manent press fabrics are nickelstainless steel to resist corrosionby the permanent press process.

TRAFFIC REPORTHe looked, she didn't.He is, she isn't.

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24-year-old Karen Bell

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RICHARD GRAYA recent graduate from Inco's

apprenticeship training programand now a full-fledged machin-ist, Richard Gray was photo-graphed while using a millingmachine to bore a broken shaftout of a screw conveyor.

He was the first person theTriangle met on a walkabout of"Shops Alley" at the CopperCliff smelter to get acquaintedwith some of the men in thatbusy street of many services.

A Copper Cliff boy and asecond generation Incoite,Richard is the son of pensioner

UNTO LAHTIUnto Lahti was nine when he

left Finland to join his parentsin Copper Cliff in 1930. Theyhad preceded him by three yearsto find work and set up a home.

Unto graduated from the Sud-bury Mining and TechnicalSchool, and joined InternationalNickel in 1940. Starting withthe masons at Copper Cliff hewas involved with furnace re-bricking jobs until he transferredto the carpenter shop in 1948.

To take his picture we interrupted Unto while he was usinga sanding machine to add thefinishing touches to one of themany special equipment shippingboxes that he makes for the exploration department.

Unmarried, he lives with hisparents in Copper Cliff. A haleand hearty 77 year-old Companypensioner, his father Felix re-tired from the transportation de-partment in 1959.

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Earl Gray, long-time masonforeman at the smelter.

Richard joined the Companyin 1966 following completion ofa science, technology and tradescourse at Lo-Ellen Park Secon-dary School, Sudbury.

He and his bride of 1968,Theresa Hywarren of Sudbury,are the proud parents of a son.Their favorite holiday hide-outis Richard's dad's camp on theOttawa River at Pembroke.

LOUIS SIMIONATIThere's a good reason for the

happy smile that seldom leavesthe face of Louis Simionati. "Idon't know if my hobby's myjob or my job's my hobby,"beamed the locomotive shopfitter.

He's seen up to his elbows inpistons and gears completing anoverhaul on an electric loco aircompressor.

Born in the shadow of thestacks at Copper Cliff, Louisjoined the Company there in1929, broke his service in 1937,and returned in 1939 to beginhis long career with the mechan-ical department. He has workedin the locomotive shop since1945.

He and his bride of 1942-Rhea Dube of Blind River -have one son Brian, a Lauren-

tian University student who forthe past five summers hasworked at Copper Cliff.

Never happier than when he'sdeep into the internals of anautomobile engine, Louis has awell equipped garage beside hishouse on Diorite Street in Cop-per Cliff, and his eyes light up

whenever a friend drops by withan ailing auto and a "Hey Louis,how does she sound to you?"

CHARLIE RAFUSEA plateworker for the last 20

of his 22 years with Inco,Charlie Rafuse was born andgrew up in Waterville, in NovaScotia's fertile Annapolis Valley.

He was nearly 18 when hejoined the Royal Canadian Navyin 1942, and he served as aseaman on frigates and corvettessailing the cold and dangerousnorth Atlantic convoy routes be-tween Halifax and England until1945.

Hired in his home town byInco personnel representatives,

he started with the Company atCreighton in 1948, transferredto Copper Cliff and the miscel-laneous fitters in 1950, andmoved over to the plate shopin 1951.

The Triangle took this pictureof Charlie while he was punch-ing connection holes in a steelbeam.

Sheffield Mills, Nova Scotia,provided Charlie with a wifewhen he married Carolyn Web-ster there in 1946. They haveone daughter.

An expert horseshoe pitcher,Charlie also enjoys golf andfishing.

BRUNO POLANOStarting at Copper Cliff as an

apprentice in 1937, machinistBruno Polano has worked all ofhis 34 Inco years in the machineshop. He was photographedwhile checking the fit of a newscrew during the overhaul of areverberatory furnace coalfeeder.

One of Copper Cliff's native

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sons, Bruno chose a Sudburygirl, Sylvia Boullion, to be hisbride in 1938. One of theirfamily of three sons, Bobbie is asurvey assistant at Creighton.A maintenance foreman at Cop-per Cliff, Bruno's elder brother"Rosie" has been with the Com-pany for 42 years.

Owner of a summer campthat he built on Richard Lakesome 15 years ago, Brunospends most of his summer freetime there, either relaxing in thesunshine or making waves withhis 40-hp runabout.

BRUCE KUTCHAWBruce Kutchaw hails from

Hamilton; he spent the first 11years of his life there beforemoving to Sudbury with hisparents in 1958

A graduate of Sheridan Tech-nical School, where he special-ized in basic electricity, Brucejoined International Nickel as aninstrumentation apprentice in1966. He received his fouryears of training at Levack andCopper Cliff and was classifiedas an instrument man last July

He and his bride of 1968 -Joan Schmidt of Sudbury - areeagerly looking forward to thefirst addition to their family.

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Cigars will be flying late Mayor early June.

Now living on Jeanne D'ArcStreet in Sudbury. the coupleOwn a lot in New Sudbury wherethey plan to start building ahome next spring.

FERN RENALDCar shop repairman Fern

Renaud has packed no less than34 working years into the 46that have passed since he wasborn in Sturgeon Falls in 1924.

A farm at Cache Bay was hishome from age 3 to 12, afterwhich he grew up as a full-timewater boy and cookee traineeat a lumber camp at MartinRiver, some 40 miles north ofSturgeon Falls.

Fern's association with Incostarted at Copper Cliff in 1943and lasted on an on-again off-again basis, when, between spellsof harvesting in western Canada,bushwork in the north, and trap-

ping in the French River area,he saw service at the smelter,Frood mine, and the copperrefinery.

He settled with the Companypermanently in 1951, worked inthe sinter plant, in the FBRbuilding, and with the masons,and has been in the car shopsince 1969.

Since his marriage to TheresaLavergne in Sturgeon Falls in1948, Fern has become theproud father of a king-sizedfamily of seven sons and fivedaughters, and is a grandfatheronce to date.

Formerly residents of Noel-ville, the Renaud family movedto Sudbury in 1968.

ROLLIE HODGEIn the welding shop the

Triangle camera zeroed in onRollie Hodge, who was adjust-ing his oxy-acetylene torch andpreparing to assemble a nickelstainless steel and stellite ther-mocouple for use on an FBRroaster.

Born in Smiths Falls in theOttawa valley, Rollie moved toInco in 1942 following severalyears as an auto mechanic at aSudbury garage.

Starting with the miscellane-

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ous fitters, he switched to theblacksmith shop in 1944, and tothe welding shop in 1955.

A Sudbury girl, Rita Chaput,became Rollie's wife in 1943.Their family includes a son, anadopted daughter, and threebonnie grandchildren.

For Rollie, happiness is asunny day, a small boat, a fish-ing pole, and a good supply ofbait. On such occasions he canusually be found in the Brittarea of Lake Huron's GeorgianBay.

FRANK ROBICHAUDChoosing a suitable lifetime

vocation usually presents peoplewith a difficult decision. Not soFrank Robichaud. Born with anatural artistic talent, he waslettering trucks and vans in hishome town of Warren at the ageof 14, and knew exactly whathe wanted to do for the rest ofhis life.

It worked out, and he's beena sign painter with the main-

tenance paint shop for the last20 years.

As a young man he joined theB.C. Coast Artillery Regimentin 1942, saw service along thewest coast, and was demobbedin 1946. He joined Inco atLevack in 1947. left for DeepRiver in 1948, and returned tothe Company in the paint shopin 1951.

He was photographed whilepreparing classroom charts forInco's Training and Develop-ment Centre.

He met Cecile Giroux of Go-gama in North Bay, and theywere married there in 1958.They have no children.

An ardent golfer, Frank alsoenjoys travelling, photographyand landscape painting.

TERRY KOZEMCHUKAt the controls of a powerful

air hammer, blacksmith TerryKozemchuk is seen preparingto forge a white-hot steel billetinto a crane bale clevis destinedfor the converter building.

Born in West Ukraine, Terrywas 14 when he came to Can-ada with his parents in 1938.He grew up in Kirkland Lake,and served in the RCAF for fiveyears as an aircraft maintenancemechanic.

He joined International Nickelat Copper Cliff in 1949 andworked in the sinter plant and

with the miscellaneous fittersuntil his move to the blacksmithshop in 1950. He has repre-sented the Union as a shopsteward for the last nine years.

Terry and his wife - DorisPalytiuk of Regina before theirmarriage in 1951 - and theirtwo teenage children are allmembers of Sudbury's far-famedDnipro choir.

LOYAL LAGROVELoyal Lagrove's Inco career

started in 1946 when he swappedthe peace and quiet of a Mont-real cheese factory for the hustleand bustle of undergroundoperations at Creighton mine.

He left mining for the elec-trical shop at Copper Cliff in1953, learned the ropes as awinder helper, and achievedwinder status in 1959. He isseen on the job during the finalstages of rebuilding an arma-ture for one of Levack's under-ground battery-powered loco-motives.

Loyal came into the world inMadrid, New York, and wasuprooted at age two when hisparents returned to Canada tosettle on a farm near Berwick,Ontario. He left the farm forthe Blind River area lumbercamps in 1945.

Anita Perras of Chelmsfordexchanged marriage vows withIoyal in 1949 and has present-ed him with three sons and twodaughters.

Questioned about his hobbies,

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he said that "my major interestis my family and my home." Heis presently building a recrea-tion room and an additionalbedroom in the basement of thenew home on Raymond Street inSudbury to which the familymoved recently.

JOHN JUIIASJohn Juhas enjoys the peace

and quiet of country living on aquarter section near Whitefish.

Complete with barn and smallsaw mill - where with truepioneer spirit he cut the lumberfor the house he built in 1965- his modest spread once boast-ed chickens and cattle. "Caringfor them after a full workingday at Copper Cliff got to beJust too much," he said. "Theonly livestock on the place noware a dog and a cat with kittens."

An Inco garage mechanicsince 1962, John was born inCzechoslovakia, and came toSudbury and Canada with hisparents in 1939 when he was

eight. He graduated from Sud-bury Mining and TechnicalSchool, went on to commercialcollege, and after several yearsin Toronto, returned to his oldstamping ground and startedwith Inco's miscellaneous fittersin 1951. He worked with theiron ore plant maintenance de-partment prior to his move tothe garage in 1962.

Our picture of John wastaken as he made a regularspring check-up on one of theagricultural department's gas-powered rotary mowers.

His marriage to Violet Chomaof Manitoulin Island's Provi-dence Bay, took place in 1956.They have a family of two.

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GARSON-KIRKWOOD, CecilRalph (captain), CamilleBelanger, Greg Dent, NormThomas and Brian Link,won the T. D. Parris Trophyfrom a formidable field inthe East Mines quarter-final, but were eliminatedby Levack in the all-minessemi-final for the MutzTrophy.

LEVACK MINTHE BIG GRINS belong to the victorious Levack team, posing with the grandprize, the R. D. Parker Shield. In the front row, Rene Carriere, Gerry Dinel(coach), Paul Thompson (captain), Dave Lennie (area mines superintendent),and Alex Godfrey (assistant to the divisional general manager who made thepresentation; top row, holding signs from the disaster scene, Wally Bonnell,Larry McLaughlin, Allan McDougall.

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THREE PORT COLBORNE first-aiders wrap up another stretcheicase to be carried to an emergency shelter. Captain John Cormieiis on the right, assisted by Barry Bitner and Robin Barnes.

IRON ORE PLANT team of Fred Mercer, Paul Hogan Bob Hay,Gord Ettinger (captain), and Roger Bedard beat copper re-finery in the West Reduction group quarter final for the BertDebney Trophy, but lost to Port Colborne in the surface plantssemi-final for the Finlayson Trophy.

ELABORATE SETS were also staged for the semi-final contests,involving an airplane crash in which there were three victims. Thelake scene was painted by Jim Hart and Larry Puro of Levack.

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LEFT: The smoothworkingPort Colborne team displayedprofessional class in treatingtheir patients. Shown in actionhere are (clockwise from left)George Frey, Ed Charlebois,Robin Barnes, Barry Bitnerand (back to camera) captainJohn Cormier.

RIGHT: A record crowd pack-ed the Sudbury Inco Club forthe championshIp match, andintently followed the dramaticaction as the two teamstackled the complex rescueproblem. Closed circuit tele-vision on two monitors showedcloseups of the actual first aidprocedures.

EAGAIN NO. 1In a tough five-patient test of first aid skill and wits,

Levack was victorious over Port Colborne for the ParkerShield. The suspense-filled duel, staged in a dramatichurricane setting at Sudbury's Inco Club, kept a recordcrowd on edge as the two top-flight teams battled for theinter-plant championship of Inco's Ontario division.

It was the third successive time that these two friend-ly rivals had met in the Parker final. Port Colborne wontheir first encounter in 1969, but Levack came back in'70 to win the second and then took the "rubber" matchlast month.

Spectators in the bleachers en-joyed the novelty of watching thefinal on closed circuit television.The safety department's audio-visual specialist, Jack Corrigan,used two TV cameras and twomonitors to bring the details offirst aid treatment up close. Twostudents from Cambrian College'saudio-visual course were thecompetent cameramen.

The Levack team, from themine's 2800 level, took chargeimmediately and showed greatconfidence during the problem.Coached by Gerry Dinel, the teammembers were Paul Thompson,captain, Larry McLaughlin, ReneCarriere, Allan McDougall andWally Bonnell. In the elimina-tion contests they had won the C.H. Hews and H. 1. Mutz trophies.

Representing the surface plants,Port Colbornes squad, from thenickel refinery's mechanical department, was coached by GeneSzalkai, and its members wereJohn Cormier, captain, GeorgeFrey, Robin Barnes, EdwardCharlebois and Barry Bitner. Theyhad been victorious in the H. W.Valter, T. M. Crowther and D.

Finlayson trophy events.Although they rolled up a

strong score in their general floorwork, the Port Colborne tetnicame a cropper when they failed

to discover one of the five pa-tients. Levack made its share ofmistakes too, but came out ontop with a substantial margin intheir favor.

Real Disaster SceneThe teams were briefed on the

set in total darkness as a hurri-cane, reminiscent of the Livelydisaster last August, and completewith thunder and lightning soundand visual effects, passed over"New Town", four miles from"Clipper Cloff". The teams wereallowed 50 minutes to search fordisaster victims and deal with thecomplicated first aid problemsthat cropped up.

When the lights went up theywere faced with a scene of totaldevastation. Almost at their feetwas the first patient, pinned byfallen trees and debris. Brokenglass (simulated by polyethylenefilm) and danger from downedhydro wires added to the coni-plexity of the situation.

To the left of them, a househad been lifted off its founditionsthe siding blown off and its roofcaved in by falling trees. Ontheir right, another house, whichactually contained a casualty, wascollapsing from the weight oftrees, picket fences and generalwreckage that had fallen on it.

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MOMENT OFMIRTH is this asa dedicated duffer,Ella rd Belter,strides on thescene determinedto proceed to thegolf course despiteuprooted trees anda smashed club-house. The audi-ence got a greatkick out of therepartee as Le-vack's Larry Mc-Laughlin diplo-matically persuad-ed him to turnabout and go backto the safety of hishome. They're funfor the spectators,but interruptionslike this add to theheadaches of thebusy first-aiders.

MOMENT OFTRUTI-I is this asLevack's WallyBonnell makes afull report to chiefjudge Dr. B. F.HazIewood of hIsteam's diagnosisand treatment ofthe injuries suffer-ed by the fivedisaster victIms.

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"Prolific Range of Subjects"By Levack- Onaping Artists

Levack-Onaping is a thrivingartist's colony, as was evidentwhen the Arts & Crafts Club heldits annual spring exhibition lastmonth at the Levack EmployeesClub, and 97 works by club mem-bers were on display.

A well-known amateur painter,Frank Homer of Copper Cliff, de-scribed the show as "imaginative"and added that it contained "avaried and certainly prolific rangeof subjects and medium". Duringhis visit to the highly creditableexhibition he noted several com-mendable works and in an inter-view with the Triangle reviewedhis impressions of a few.

Charlotte Raney's woodcut ofa house sitting in a field showedexcellent craftsmanship as well asgood design, he said. "Composi-tion 1", also by her, was a well-developed still life in oils of atable and chair with a man's coatdraped over it. This was well-organized and composed, withexcellent color tones. Mrs. Raney,he said, has good color sense.

Mary Mallette's "Miner" wasa mixed medium work combiningan ink drawing with the use ofcolor. This freehand sketch wasa "sensitive painting of a man'sface with considerable feeling andtruthfulness", Mr. Homer com-mented.

Good Symmetry"Flowers" by Mary Nowak was

a colorful and well-designed stilllife. Unlike many attempts atpainting still life flowers, Mr.Homer said this one was dis-tinguished by a good symmetricalarrangement.

Pat Chiasson's "Sculpture 2"was a bird formation composedof clays treated with paint. Mr.Homer said it was a pleasant de-sign from all angles and had agood finish and texture.

"Golden Cattail Pond" byMichael Besserer wasn't a paint-ing. Instead, he arranged somedried cattails on burlap in a well-organized pattern. The effect,Mr. Homer said, was so artis-tically done that it had a verynatural appearance.

"A boldly-painted country land-scape in the summertime" washis assessment of Phyllis Smeeth's"Beaver Creek". It was done inoils and the river, trees and water-lily pond were well-composed, headded.

"Unusual" was the term Mr.Homer used for Elizabeth Hig-gison's watercolor still life of anegro woman boiling silkworms.The picture and its title tell acomplete story without having touse the imagination, he said. Itwas a well-handled figure andhad good composition, he added.

"Original, Imaginathre"Fifty-eight pupils from Levack

Public School, Levack HighSchool and Lindsley Public Schoolalso made a delightful contribu-tion to the exhibition. Mr.Homer said that children oftenproduce the most original andimaginative type of things just offthe top of their heads. "Olderpeople," he said, "tend to holdback because they are nervousabout appearing ridiculous."

He singled out two of the schoolcreations as particularly innova-tive. One was a green snakydragon made from papier macheand the other an owl made frompine cones. The birds feathersturned out to be "leaves" of thepine cones.

Mr. Homer said the large num-ber of paintings exhibited at Le-vack was unusual. He is a mem-ber of the Sudbury Arts & CraftsClub and if its 15 painters present50 paintings it is considered a

good show, while 35 is moreusual. On the other hand, henoted that the Levack-On apingexhibition was not a selected showand none of the displays werebeing judged in competition.

Mr. Homer's own specialty iswatercolor landscapes and he hasexamples of his work hanging intwo Sudbury hospitals and boththe Stidhury and Copper Cliff lib-raries. He has also had some ofhis work selected each year by theNorthern Ontario Art Associationfor its travelling show. This showtours a number of centres in Nor-thern Ontario.

Interesting SculpturesMany of the paintings at the

Ievack show clearly reflected thestyle and influence of the club'sinstructors, Ivan Wheale of Sud-bury and Romeo Rose of Con-federation High School.

Eleven very interesting sculp-tures by members of the ambi-tious club were also on display.Particularly impressive amongthese was the graceful "Sentinel"by young Greg Trahan, who alsoshowed great talent in his pencilcharacter studies.

Outstanding Honor(Lire A. Young of Copper

Cliff, chief of InternationalNickels agricultural department,has been selected for the Environ-

mental Conserva-tion DistinguishedService Award ofthe American Insti-tute of Mining.

' Metallurgical, andEngi-

' Mr. Young was- advised of the sig-

C. A. Young nal honor April 26by J. B. Alford, executive direc-tor of the AIME. Presentationwill take place during the insti-tute's conference on environ-mental quality at Washington.D.C.

The citation accompanying theaward reads as follows: "In appre-ciation of a lifetime of steadfastdedication to environmental con-servation and in recognition ofthe successful transformation ofmining bad-lands into fertilefarm-lands".

Lively - Creighton Junior SkiClub wound up a winter of con-quest by capturing the NorthernOntario Nancy Greene Ski Leaguechampionship.

Coached by a tireless twosome,Gary Foy and Con Walker, thehard-working 13-member teamtook part in competition meetsevery weekend from mid-Janu-ary through to mid-March.

They pitted their skill and speedagainst two Sudbury teams andone each from Copper Cliff, Le-vack, Onaping, and Espanola towin the Sudbury District cham-pionship, and then went on tocompete against teams from SaultSte. Marie, North Bay, LarderLake, Noranda-Rouyn, IroquoisFalls, New Liskeard and Sudburyand win first place at the two.day Northern Ontario finals heldin Sudbury.

Still wearing their victorysmiles in this picture of the Lively

team are, back row, Tim Twirl,Gordon Gourlay, Kevin Korpinen,coach Gary Foy, Tom Bell, DonMorrison, Bill Stephens andNancy Gourlay; front row, Rich-ard Moore, William McCrae,Robbie Walker, Ken Tuuri, JerrolBruser and David Mellow.

Chairman of the southern sec-tor of the Northern Ontario Nan-cy Greene Ski League, coachGary Foy is justifiably proud ofhis team's attainments, as are thepeople of the town of Lively."They're a great bunch of kids,"he said. "We've got a whole lotof promising young talent comingalong in the club," he added."Next year Fm hoping we'll havetwo teams for competition."

"What does your husband dofor a hobby?"

"He's a do-it-yourself taxider-mist - every night at dinner hestuffs himself."

EXECUTIVE MEMBERS of Levack-Onaping Arts & Crafts Club werephotographed at its highly successful spring exhibition. Standing areNorah McCoy, Daisy Suter, club president Helen White. Dan Chmara.Mary Mallette; seated, Rita Yanda, Pat Chiasson, Dorys Jelen. In back-ground is Mrs. Mallette's "Trois Oignons', a still life of notably stronglines and rich colors.

Northern Ontario Skiing Champs

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(1) For 10 years the popular and efficient Copper Cliff Curling Club Memorial trophy for the club championship were skip Aif Blair, Davemanager, Ernie St. Pierre, second from left, was honored on his retire- Dunn, John Henry and, not shown, Ken Braumberger. (3) Colts Eventment; he's shown with president Joe Sauve, secretary Harry Davidson, winners were skip Del Borgogeill, Brian Rogers and, not shown, Garyand incoming president Jim Kuzniar. (2) Winners of the Spence Beaver Cotnam.

Season's Swag PresentedTo Event Winners at Cliff

With its 400 active membersranking it by long odds the big-gest besom an' stane organiza-tion in the Nickel Belt, CopperCliff Curling Club closed out its55th season with both the con-viviality and the balance sheetrunning strong.

A large turnout at the annualstag party warmly applaudedpresentations to the retiring rinkmanager, Ernie St. Pierre, whothroughout his 10-year tenure rana model ship. President JoeSauve also spoke for the 222members of the ladies' section inhis complimentary remarks aboutthe affable Ernie.

Trophies and handsome prizeswere presented to the victoriousrinks and runners-up in the eightregular club events on the sea-

Honors in theInter-Rink Eventwent to skip WallySaftic, Dick Agar,Bill Kozak andAllan Massey.

son's schedule. Mrs. Estelle John-stone and her staff in the rinkcafeteria drew a special vote ofthanks. They served their usualexcellent buffet at the closing stag.

Jim Kuzniar stepped up to thepresident's chair in the election ofofficers, with Bill Buchanannamed vice-president and HarryDavidson and John Henry con-tinuing as the secretarial staff.

Representatives of 18 areas ofInco employment were appointedto the executive, along with thefollowing committee chairmen:house, Jack Gladstone; ice, KeithSegsworth, competition, JackNoonan; prizes, Del Borgogello;bonspiel, Bob Coulter; canteen,Ted Bryant; junior curling, MacCanapini.

Behold the happyvictors in the J. R.Gordon Event,skip Moe Curlook,Bill Beavers, HenrySoltendleck, andLaurie Bazinet.

In the W. 1. Water-bury Event for shiftcurlers the champswere skip Art Ro-manlk, Dick Hob-den, Lionel Royand Dave Bird.

The Toronto-Do-minion Trophy waspresented to skipKeith Kyle, JimFowier, Stuart Moirand Tom Simms.

Winners of the BobMcAndrew Memor-ial Trophy for theclub seniorschampionshipwere skip SteveKuzmaskl, KeithSegsworth, JackWatkins, and JimRutherford.

Victors In theSingle Rink Eventwere skip JoeSauve, CharlieTuttle, John Jamesand Ed Riddoch.

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Levack Mine Again No. 1((011 tiii iiel frolil P;kge I I

Beside it, a parked car had beenhurled off the road.

In the far right corner, wall-board from another collapsedhome was covered with treetrunks, live wires and glass. Un-derneath this mess lay anothercasualty, with only a shoe slightlyprotruding to give away his 10-cation. It was this well-hiddenvictim that Port Colborne missed.

MuUipe ChaflengeAs was to be expected, major

injuries were fracture.s, rangingfrom a serious skull fracture onthe first patient to fractured knee-caps on the second and a com-pound fracture of the left forearmon the third. The teams had tocontend with lots of blood too,for deep lacerations on two pa-tients were classed as "severebleeding" by the judges.

Compounding the emergencywere two bystanders who volun-teered the bad news that "NewTown" was cut off from high-ways, streets were blocked, andcommunication with the outsideworld knocked out. Medical helpwas available only at "ClipperCloff".

Just as the teams were begin-ning to think they had it made,two more victims appeared onthe scene, one pulling his partneron a wagon. The first sufferedfrom severe lacerations and shock,while his companion was in moreserious condition with two frac-tured legs.

Presented by A. GodfreyAlex Godfrey, assistant to the

divisional manager, presented thelevack team with the ParkerShield, along with medals and$100 apiece. The Port Colborneteam received sleeping bags asrunner-up prizes.

Mr. Godfrey congratulated

both teams and their coaches ontheir impressive performances.He also praised the safety depart-ment for its ingenuty and laborsin staging the competitions. Stress-ing the importance of safety pre-cautions both on and off the job,he said there were 17 fatal acci-dents to Inco employees off thejob last year, compared to 10fatalities in industrial accidents.Both figures were too high, heemphasized.

On the positive side, however,he noted that interest in accidentprevention is strong throughoutthe Company. A total of 4,980Inco employees have been trainedin St. John Ambulance work overthe last five years, with 975 be-ing added during the past 12months.

Five Judges NeededPerennial at the Parker event,

Tom Crowther was the emcee forthe evening. He, Joffre Perrasand Hank Derks were the hard-hearted conspirators who cookedtip the pitfall-laden problem. Thejudges were Dr. B. F. Hazlewood,Dr. J. W. Sturtridge, Dr. J. H. L.Jones, and Joffre Perras and HnkDerks of the safety department.

The taped sound effects wereproduced by Jack Filshie and BertDebney. Toby Armitage andLino Filippini were the time-keepers. The realistic make-upfor the wounds was the handi-work of Jack Phillips, AllanSteele, and Marvin Van Horn.The long-suffering "victims" wereAlan Butler, Mike Rogers, AlanCrowther, Walter Furniss andLester Rams. A six-man crewfrom the safety department start-ed at 6:00 a.m. and worked allday to create the storm-ravaged"New Town".

918 Men InvolvedA total of 153 teams, involving

StoA guest entry from Copper

Cliff smelter stole the show inthe six-team Creighton shiftbroomball tournament whenRoaster Jets whacked their wayto the championship trophy.They're shown above: (standing)Bob Smith, Keith Pettigrew, RegHunka, Roger McCormick, BobPajuluoma and Ziggy Dostanic;

918 men, took part in this year'scompetitions. Of this number,475 were new to first aid work.Frood-Stobie entered 51 teams,Ievack 17, Creighton 16, Garsonand Kirkwood 14, copper re-finery 14, Port Colborne 12,Copper Cliff plant 12, Crean Hillfive, Copper Cliff North andClarabelle four, Coniston four,iron ore plant three and Murrayone.

In addition, 757 men success-fully completed Company-spon-sored first aid classes for St. JohnAmbulance certificates; 500 ofthem were newcomers to thistraining.

Sod Turned for Copper Cliff Swimming Pool

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le the Spotlight(seated) Dan Gauthier, GordHayden (coach), and Kevin An-stey, voted the tourney's mostvaluable player; (kneeling) DougMcGowan and Ralph Mouland;not in picture, Rick Bertrand.

Creighton Mine Athletic As-sociation supplied the ice timefor the tournament, and Creigh-ton Restaurant and Taxi providedthe silverware. George Stewart,a diesel loaderman at CreightonNo. 3 mine, took on the organi-zational duties.

Coaches of the other five teamswere Jack Kosmerly, ElectricalLivewires, Jim Gomey, 1600Level Freezers, Myles Britton,Creighton's Choice, Fred Chev-rette, Mechanical Greasers, andGeorge Stewart, 2000 Level Tor-nadoes. The near-100 men takingpart will be the nucleus of aformally organized league nextwinter.

K. H. J. Clarke ElectedHenry S. Wingate, chairman

and chief officer, aiinounced thatK. H. J. Clarke has been electedpresident and a director of Inter-

national Sales Lim-ited.

Mr. Clarke firstjoined Inco as astudent chemist atthe Port Colbornenickel refinery in1934. Upon grad-uation from theUniversity of To-

K. H. J. Ciarke ronto in 1936 withthe degree of Bachelor of AppliedScience in metallurgical engineer-ing, he joined the Company in thecopper refining division at CopperCliff. In 1938 he became assis-tant manager, Canadian sales, atToronto, and was appointed man-ager of sales and market develop-ment in 1957, beconiing assistantvice president of the parent com-pany in 1967.

Fast GrowerIn 1969, free world consump-

tion of nickel was 820 millionpounds, nearly double that of1959.

Guest Entry

In the presence of the mayor, R. G. Dow (thIrd from right) and a group of citizens, Inco vice-president andOntario division general manager John McCreedy vigorously turned the first sod for Copper Cliff's new$300,000 swimming pool. Scheduled for completion in early fall, the five-lane Olympic-length community poolwill be 3 feet deep at the shallow end and 10 feet at the other, will have two diving boards, and filtration andheating equipment The building, opposite the skating and curling rinks, will include a spectator gallery,locker rooms, and administration office. A municipal fund for the pool was started several years ago.

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Chairman AssertsStrong Faith inLong-Term View

A softness of demand fornickel, indicated when Interna-tional Nickel's deliveries for thefirst quarter of 1971 fell belowthose of the fourth quarter of1970, will probably continuethrough the second quarter ofthis year, Henry S. Wingate,chairman, told the Company'sshareholders at the annual meet-ing at Toronto.

"We believe that the currentsoftness of demand represents oneof the lulls that will occurperiodically in the upward growthtrend of the nickel market," hesaid. "Customers are digging in-to inventories where possible, ra-ther than buying additional pri-mary nickel. We think they arereaching a limit in this effort andare sensing a general strengthen-ing of the economies on whichtheir businesses are based."Foresees 7% Annual Increase"We estimate that primary

nickel consumption will increaseat an average rate of about 7%a year during the next 10 years,"the chairman declared on a strongnote of confidence in the long-term outlook for the industry."This year and 1972 are likelyto be periods in which produc-tion capacity will outdistancenickel demand, but your Com-pany, with its highly qualifiedstaff of research metallurgists andmarket development specialists, isin a strong position . . . to sell itsnickel and to create new marketsfor its expanded future produc-tion."

Inco's huge modernization andexpansion program in Ontarioand Manitoba currently repre-sents the investment of about $20million per month, and continuesto move ahead. "It resulted inraising production last year sub-stantially above what we ever hadbefore," Mr. Wingate said. "De-spite setbacks, we expect to ap-proach our 1971 production tar-get of 550 million pounds ofnickel."

Reviewing progress in theCompany's measures to improvethe atmosphere in the SudburyDistrict, the chairman revealedthat revised estimates, togetherwith improvements in design toincrease dust recovery and op-timize chimney velocity in the1,250-foot stack project at Cop-per Cliff. have lifted its probabletotal capital cost to the very largefigure of $22 million. In late1972, he said, the new 700,000-tons-per-year sulphuric acid plant,involving $32 million of estimatedcapital cost, will go on stream,making possible the recovery ofvirtually 100% of the sulphur re-Icased from the suiphide orestreated at the iron ore recoveryplant. These and other projects,

There's nothing Northern Ontario Title for Bantam Redmenlike a major cham-pionship to puteverybody in ahappy frame of %mind for a teampicture. And theCopper Cliff Red- 'men are tops inNorthern Ontarioin Bantam 'B"hockey after beat- - .ing Capreol for -district honors,Wawa for the zone -trophy and Coch-rane in the finals.

The players, be-tween the ages of12 and 14, have all 4come up throughthe ranks of the \ , .Copper Cliff Ath- .letic Association's ' 'house league. ' 1'

In the fourth roware Robert Basso,Bob PetrenkoDavid Moxam,Randy Milligan,Bill McDonagh,M I k e Johanson -and Paul Tricco;third row, FredTaylor, Peter Digby, Rick Laughlin, Kevin Moxam,house league convenor Jim Davidson, Ted Lucky,and athletic association representative John TaylorJohn O'Malley and trainer Les Taylor.

Mr. Wingate stated, "will meanthat the important benefits of in-creased production will beachieved for the community, Can-da, and ourselves without penaltyto the environment".

Huge New RequirementsThe chairman said that world

nickel consumption, estimated forlast year at just under one billionpounds, is expected to be aboutdouble that in 1980. He gaveconcrete examples of marketgrowth patterns in countries thathave long been significant nickelconsumers, on which the Com-pany's strong faith in the long-term outlook is in part based.He also cited developments inmajor uses for nickel now beingcreated by worldwide changes inthe patterns of technology. "Thehuge requirements for energy,transportation, water, and en-vironmental control are exampleswhere such changes in technologyare creating, or sharply increas-ing, market opportunities fornickel," he stated.

AppointmentsTORONTO

(Exploration Department)T Podoisky, director, staff

functions, replacing H. R. Elveswho is retiring.

J. IL Hawkins, financial con-troller, transferred from Thomp-son.

G. L. Coigrove, the chief geolo-gist, will also have charge of ex-ploration research functions.

J. V. Guy-Bray, manager, geo-logical research, transferring fromCopper Cliff.

I. M. Gray, managing staffgeologist.

More ExpansionAt Port Colborne

A $3.5 million expansion ofPort Colborne's Inco researchstation facilities was announcedby J. A. Pigott, vice president foroperations, during an address tothe Greater Port Colborne Cham-ber of Commerce quarterly din-ner April 28.

It was the second announce-ment this year of a major de-velopment at the Port Colbornenickel refinery. On February 4Henry S. Wingate, chairman ofInternational Nickel, announcedplans for a $3.6 plant additionto produce nickel additives for thefoundry industry.

"Investment in the Port Col-borne facilities is part of theCompany's broad expansion andmodernization program," Mr.Pigott said. "Inco is facing in-creasing competition around the

June 17 Big DateThursday, June 17, is the bigday as far as Sudbury Districtmembers of the lnco QuarterCentury Club are concerned.That's the date of the 22nd an-nual banquet of the great Com-pany get-together at the SudburyArena when old-timers arid thosewho have followed them wel-come 121 new members whothis year have qualified for thecoveted gold lapel button signi-fying 25 years with the Company.The usual feast and snappy pro-gram have been laid on, but themain feature will be the spirt ofcomradeship-renewing oldfriendships and making newones - that always prevails atthis popular event.

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world. I believe this competitionwill prove healthy for the wholeindustry."

The Port Colborne researchcomplex, he said, had in the past10 years been the proving groundfor sweeping innovations in thenickel industry. It played amajor role in the establishmentof a new Inco-developed pro-cess to produce nickel in the formof pellets and powder. "Thisenabled us to go ahead with amajor refinery project in theSudbury District." One of themost important projects nowunderway was further researchinto the treatment of low-gradesurface nickel ores from lateriticdeposits, which represent a hugepercentage of the world's knownnickel supply, Mr. Pigott said.

The research complex additionwill be the third since the facilitywas established at Port Colbornein 1959.

Worldwide SalesKenneth A. DeLonge, who

joined International Nickel in1936 in the product researchliboratory, has been elected avice president with overall re-

sponsibility for theworldwide market-ing and sales of theCompany's nickel.

Similar responsi-bility for copper,

, precious metal andiron ore productscontinues to be car-ried by John 0.

K. A. DeLo,Qe Hitchcock, vicepresident - international market-ing. Mr. Hitchcock will also con-tinue to be available for consul-tation and special assignments onmatters relating to nickel sales ininternational markets.

Craig Loupette, Jamle Conroy and Kevin Perry; second row,Bruce Delorme, DennIs Rautialnen, Paul Stos, Kevin O'Brienfront row, trainer Scott Duncan, coach Jim Harber, manager

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Retired on inc0WITH 20 OR MORE YEARS OF

,PenionSERVICE

ALBERT ROSSBert Ross has a healthy respect

for partridge - they got him lostand they saved his life. OnThanksgiving weekend in 1957Bert and his son struck out fromhis newly built cottage north ofBlind River to hunt birds. They

Mr. and Mrs. Ross

got turned around and didn't getout of the bush until five dayslater, during which time theywalked about 50 miles along apole line to come out at ElliotI ake. Their exclusive fare forthe five long days was partridgeand water.

Bert was born in Sudbury andstarted with the Company at thecopper refinery in 1937, afterworking 12 years in the City ofSudbury waterworks department.Sudbury was also his wife's hometown; Marguerite Lavoie becameMrs. Ross in 1927. They havesix children, 36 grandchildren andthree great grandchildren. SonFrancis is a maintenance me-chanic leader at the Copper Cliffcrushing plant. Three of theirdaughters are wives of Inco men:Sylvia is married to 1st classrefinery maintenance mechanicWilly Perreault, Lucy to CopperCliff North mine shift bossMarcel Fauvelle, and Jeannette togeneral engineering blueprinterJack Anderson.

Bert and his wife took a six-week vacation in Florida this win-ter and plan to stay at their BlindRiver area cottage for as long asweather will permit. That area'sbass and salmon trout will begetting a good workout with Berton the business end of the line.

D4N SKORATKOBorn in Jroslow, in the Western

Ukraine, Dan Skoratko came toCanada in 1930 and started withthe Company at Frood mine in

1933 after workingon the constructionof the Trans-Can-

I ada Highway inthe Thunder Bayarea. With the ex-ception of sevenyears at Creightonand two years atGarson, Dan spent

Dan Skoratko all his Companyyears at the Frood mine andmachine shop. He was a 1st

class machinist for 20 years upto his retirement.

In 1942 he was married inSudbury to Ann Patricia of Winnipeg, who died in 1957. Tn1960 he remarried in Poland; hissecond wife came from his oldhome town and was Maria Markobefore their marriage.

Dan is a former pilot and para-chutist but now he's content totake care of his lawn and gardenat his Sudbury home. Taking afull service pension, he is enjoyingvery good health.

LAWRENCE DAUDELIN"I can remember my father and

grandfather cutting wood out ofthe bush around the nickel refinery. It was used to dry nickelshot before the days of oil in theplant," said Lawrence Daudelinof Port Colborne.

Lawrence Daudelin was born inDunham, Quebec; his familyfarmed in Vermont for seven

Mr. and Mrs. DaudIin

years before moving to Port Col-borne in 1921.

He worked at several local in-dustries before joining Jnco in1941. His entire service has beenin the anode department where hewas a classified furnaceman -anode and nickel products -when ill health forced his dis-ability retirement.

Wedding bells rang for Law-rence and Yvonne Demers onJuly 1st, 1931, in Welland. Familyget-togethers are a big thing whentheir six sons, three daughters and21 grandchildren assemble at thefamily farmhouse, 12 miles north-east of Port Colborne. There are26 acres left of the original 100-acre spread of land. "The Con-servation Club bought 50 acres toturn into a game preserve andnatural trail park. One of mysons works part of the land. Justa vegetable garden keeps me busyenough," smiled Archie.

HECTOR TAGLIABRACCIHector Tagliabracci has set

down his last ladle and called ita day with Jnco after 24 years asa crane operator in the CopperCliff smelter Orford building.Born in northern Italy, he cameto Canada in 1920 as a boy ofsix, and started with the Com-pany in 1939. He is obeying hisdoctor's strict orders to take it

Mr. and Mrs. TagHabracc

easy, but he plans to do a littlegardening at his Sudbury home.

Married in 1948 to a formerConiston girl, Virginia Chezzi,Hector is the father of one son.Mrs. Tagliabracci's father, thelate William Chezzi, worked forthe Town of Coniston for 35years. The Tagliabraccis willstay in Sudbury.

LIONEL PICARDBefore coming to Inco in 1938,

Lionel Picard, better known asLeo, worked for 10 years on high-way construction and at farmingin the Ottawa area where he wasborn. All his Company yearswere spent at Levack where heworked as a tippleman. Leo istaking a disability pension aftera heart attack last August.

Married in 1941 to AlineRheaume, Leo has five children

4and six grandchildren. Two oftheir daughters are married toJnco men - Diane to Murraywine exploration driller ArmandLaurin, and Julie to Gerry Galla-gher, a senior designer in thegeneral engineering department.With no definite plans for thefuture, Leo and his wife plan tojust take it easy around theirDowling home.

KALLE KANGASWhen Kalle Kangas joined

Inco in 1930 at the copper re-finery he knew the plants layout

pretty well - andhe should have, for

had helpedbuild the place.Kalle was born at.-_ Kauhava in central

- Finland, and cameto Canada in 1929.He spent 35 of 40Jnco years as a

K. Kingis craneman, workingmostly in the anode casting build-ng. For recreation, this bachelor

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is going to maintain his gentle-man farmer status, tending thegarden on his small Wahnapitaefarm. His home is in Sudbury.Kalle has two brothers living inFinland and he is thinking ofgoing to see them this summer.

JOSEPH GRAVELLEA Port Colborne man who was

born in Blezard Valley and as ayouth worked for a short time inthe rockhouse at Levack mine,long before it became an Incoproperty, Joseph Gravelle has retired on service pension from thenickel refinery, where he was anironworker 1st class.

His father was a Mond NickelCompany miner at Levack. Joeworked on construction of the

Mr. and Mrs. Grivell.

plants at Copper Cliff beforemoving to Port Colborne, wherehe joined the nickel refinery in1941.

Joe is a familiar figure in thenickel plant traffic. He has beendriving the same 3-wheeled scoot-er back and forth to work for thelast 18 years, and it has provento be dependable as well as eco-nomical transportation. Even inthe harshest winter weather, "oldreliable" could be seen scootingaround stalled and stuck vehicles.

Joe married Florence Sargeant,a widow with a son and fivedaughters, in 1941. Their familynow consists of six daughters, ason, 23 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. The Gravelles en-joy travelling - Joe hates drivingand his wife hates flying, but theymanage to work things out. Theyexpect Port Colborne will con-tinue to be their home base.

SAM WILLIAMS"There aren't too many people

in this area who can say they wereborn in a prairie sod shack. Myfather used buffalo chips to keepour home warm." Sam Williams

rirTMr. and Mrs. WIIiams

was talking about his boyhooddays in Sovereign, near Saska-toon.

He started with the Companyin 1939 after working as a drafts-man and a carpenter in Saskat-chewan for eight years. He wasa 1st class carpenter in the Levackmine carpenter shop. Sam was

Mr. and Mrs. Pkard

MAY, 1971

married in 1940 in Sudbury to theformer Winnifred Bowers, whowas born in Devon, England, butgrew tip in Saskatoon. "The onlylamily we had," reflected Sam,"were my 35 Boy Scouts.' Hewas a Scouter in Levack for 20years. And looking back on the30-odd years he had played SantaClaus at the Levack Mine AthleticAssociation's Christmas parties,Sam laughed, "The faces of thoselittle kids was the biggest thrillever got." The \Villiams expect tomove to Saskatchewan this sum-mer. Sam is taking an early ser-vice pension and plans to busyhimself with woodwork and land-scape painting.

JACK TAYLORJack Taylor came to Sudbury

from Ottawa in 1933 to work forJnco. After two years in theCreighton rockhouse, he trans-ferred to Frood mine in 1935, andfrom there to Murray mine in1948 for the remainder of his

',- '1.

Mr. and Mrs. Taylor

service. Jack was a slushermanand worked mostly on 1500 level.Two children were born of hismarriage in 1937 in Copper Cliffto a Sudbury girl, AdrienneBazinet. They have one grand-child.

For recreation the Taylors likereading and summering at theirson's cottage on Kukagami Lake.Jack is taking an early servicepension and is enjoying finehealth. Although the Taylorsplan to spend future winters inFlorida, they will still call Sud-bury home.

CYRIL HUGHESCy Hughes was born in Hailey-

bury and worked in Timmins andKirkland Lake gold mines for

seven years beforejoining Inco atCopper Cliff.From 1959 untilhis recent retire-ment, he was amaintenance elec-trician at Froodand Stobie mines.Tn 1950, he mar-

Cyrli Huqh.s ned a North Baygirl, Vera Smith, who died iii1951. He was remarried in 1954to Josephine Passi, who died in1964.

Cy has taken a disability pen-sion due to arthritis. He enjoysreading and is a regular libraryvisitor. He is living in Sudburybut plans to move to North Bay.His brother, Fred, works as ajunior sampler in the processtechnology department 'at theCopper Cliff smelter.

When popular shiftboss GeorgeO'Malley arrivedon surface withhis crew at theend of his lastday's work after40 years at Froodmine, retired gen-eral foreman Guylnnis was on handto welcome him tothe ranks of lncopensioners. Areasuperintendent S.J. Sheehan andother members ofsupervIsion joinedn congratulating

the smiling veter-an on leading hismen through 11continuous yearswithout a lost-timeaccident.

GEORGE O'MALLEY"She's the fisherman in the

family, not me," remarkedGeorge O'Malley, referring to hiswife, Maude, who he modestly de-

clares has regular-ly "out-caught"him on their ang-

• ling jaunts in theEspanola area.

George was born' in New Brunswick,

and before comingto Jnco in 1930 heworked for five

Mrs. OMalley years in the lum-bering industry there. All his 41Inco years were spent at Froodwhere he was a shift boss onretirement. George wanted lotsof branches on the family tree,and his marriage in Sudbury toMaude Denomme in 1935 re-sulted in nine children. Mrs.O'Malley was born at GertrudeMine, between Creighton and theold O'Donnell roast yard. Herfather, the late Joe Denomme,worked for the Company atO'Donnell and later Copper Cliff.

George and Maude also have14 grandchildren, "but that's justthe present count". Taking afull service pension, George isbasking in excellent health andenjoys gardening and carpentryat his Sudbury home.

OSCAR LAMOUREUIX"I think I'll get a tent trailer

and do some camping in the pro-vincial parks." Oscar Lamoureuxwas spelling out some of his plans,now he has retired on an Jnco dis-

Mr. and Mrs. Lamoureux

ability pension on account ofhealth problems.

Oscar was born and grew up inSudbury. After driving truckand working in a sawmill in the

Markstay area for some six years,he started with Jnco in 1942 inthe Copper Cliff smelter. Heworked on the reverb furnacesand in the roaster department un-til 1964, at which time he trans-ferred to the cottrells for thebalance of his service.

A Sudbury girl, GermaineOuimette, became Oscar's wife inSudbury in 1949. They havetwo children. The Lamoureuxfamily live in Azilda but areconsidering moving to southernOntario.

PETER SEMEZYSPeter Semezys has sent his last

pallet of nickel oxide on its wayto world markets. He was aloader in the shipping departmentof Copper Cliff smelter's fluid

Mr. and Mn. S.m.zys

bed roaster department, and pre-viously worked in the separationbuilding and sinter plant. Hisservice with the Company startedin 1948, the year he came toCanada from central Lithuania.

Tn 1941 in Latvia he marriedSofija Augaitite, also originallyfiom Lithuania. Their two chil-dren were lost in the ravages ofWorld War TI.

Peter is taking a disability pen-sion due to a heart condition hedeveloped in 1968. Mrs. Semezysworks in a bakery in Sudbury,where the Semezys plan toremain.

JOHN BISCIBorn in Port Colborne. al

though much of his boyhood wasspent in Italy, John Bisci becamean Inco man at the nickel refineryin 1935, worked in the leachingand calcining department, spentthree years in the Canadian Tank

Mr. and MrL Bsci

Corps in Belgium, Holland andGermany, and returned to Tnco in1946 in the mechanical depart-ment. He was a lead burner fit-ter 2nd class at the time of hisdisability retirement.

John was married in 1933 toNeillie Forotti, who died in 1963.They had two children and threegrandchildren. In 1966 he mar-ried Cecile Brisson at Port Col-borne.

Carpentry has been one ofJohn's favorite pastimes, and heis justifiably proud of the beauti-ful remodelling job he has donein his home. He still tinkers a bitwith radio repairs, but not on thesame scale as he once did. Re-tirement plans for the Biscismeans taking things easy andenjoying life.

ABRAM BERGMANA 2nd class maintenance me-

chanic in the separation plant atCopper Cliff, Abram Bergman isretiring on disability pension.Abram was born in southernRussia, came to Canada in 1925,and after farming for nine years

Mr. and Mn. Rergman

in Manitoba, joined the Com-pany at Levack. He transferredto Copper Cliff the following'ear.

Abrams 1964 marriage to Mrs.(Continued on Page 18)

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(Continued Irom Page 17)

Mildred Bennett gained him aninstant family of four childrenand eight grandchildren. Mrs.Bergman's former husband, thelate Manley Bennett, was a shiftboss in the Copper Cliff smelterroaster department. Son Gordonis senior mine timekeeper at[.evack and daughter Dorothy ismarried to Copper Cliff smelterplanned maintenance foreman BillTkachuk.

For recreation, Abram likes toread. The Bergmans plan totravel to Canada's west coast thissummer but their permanenthome will remain in Sudbury.

BILL STEVENSON"I don't think there is any

better mining company in theworld than Inco - they treatedme pretty good." To hear retir-ing Murray mine shift boss BillStevenson say this means some-thing, for he worked at severalmines for 11 years before coming

to the Company in 1942. He wasa shaft sinker at Creighton, Stobieand Frood mines before becominga shift boss at Murray in 1951.

Bill grew up in Sudbury butwas born in Cobalt; his wife, theformer Frances Wilson, was bornin Kirkland [.ake, where theywere married in 1936; they havefamily of seven children and ninegrandchildren. They rolled up acombined service of 50 years inthe Boy Scout and Girl Guidemovements in Sudbury.

Bill is another one of the grow-ing number of people who areliving proof that cancer can bebeaten. The 1961 surgery thatarrested the disease took away hisvoice box, but he mastered thepost-operative speech techniquesso well that he has taught theirapplication to Sudbury medicalstaff. "I'm more talkative nowthan ever," he says.

Bill is taking a disability pen-sion due to back trouble but feelsfine as long as he takes it easy.He and his wife are planning totravel around Canada in theirhouse trailer. Their home is atMinnow Lake.

OVILA HOGANOvila - better known as Oliver

- Hogan was born in Hull, Que-bec, but grew up in Cache Bay,near North Bay. He started withInco at the Copper Cliff crushingplant in 1946 after working for

Mr. and Mrs. Hogan

the Cache Bay lumber companyfor nine years. He finished offhis Inco service as an electrician,2nd class in the iron ore plant'sroaster kiln building. A foot in-jury he suffered in the 40s hascome back to haunt him, requir-ing him to take a disability pen-sion with the Company.

Oliver was married to Jacque-line St. Jean in her home town ofSturgeon Falls in 1947. Son [.en,one of their three children, worksat Garson mine. They also havetwo grandchildren. The Hoganslive in Val Caron but in summeryou're more likely to find themat their cottage on Lake Nipissing,where Oliver will step up his longbattle of wits with the pickerel.Next winter, they will visit rela-tives in California.

GEORGE GIBSON"My involvement with music

started in Regina when I was 12years old; I joined the Boy Scoutband at that time and I'm still

flplaying." GeorgeGibson was lookingback at a one-timecareer and an ac-

- - tive hobby that' continued through• his 33 years at

Inco. After severalyears playing trom-

V . bone in variousGeorg. Gibson bands across the

country, George traded his placein the orchestra pit for one in theopen pit - Frood, that is - in1938. He later moved over tothe Clarabelle pit where he was amaintenance mechanic 1st class.

He was born in Falkirk, Scot-land but grew up in Regina, hav-ing moved there as a boy of seven.Married there in 1926 to BerthaRoss, "Gibby" is the father oftwo, with six grandchildren andone great grandchild. His wifedied in 1960. George is still mak-ing music as a member of theSudbury band. The Sudbury areawill remain his home. Taking afull service pension, he is enjoy-ing top-notch health.

JAMES DICKSONIf you spot a tall, mustachioed

gentleman bicycling on the oldConiston highway. it might wellbe Jim Dickson, who is retiringon early service pension fromMurray mine, where he was ahoistman for most of his 38 Com-pany years. He was born at

Mr. and Mrs. Dkkson

[.archwood and before coming toInco worked in bush camps northof Capreol for five winters andalso tried farming in westernCanada.

Jim married Hilma [.eppanenat Sudbury in 1935. Mrs. Dick-son grew up in Nairn and Sud-bury but was born in CopperCliff. They are parents of fiveand grandparents of eight. BothJim and his wife are active intheir church's affairs and wereinvolved in the Boy Scout andGirl Guide movement for 10years in the Minnow L.ake area.

As for his health, Jims exerciseprogram on the bike, combinedwith skiing and snowmobiling,keeps him "sitting on top of theworld". The Dicksons plan tocontinue residing in Sudbury.

TOMMY SIMMS"I've always lived within sight

of smelter stacks," remarkedTommy Simms on his full serviceretirement from the Company.

He was born at• Victoria Mines, the

townsite that grew- up around the

) Mond Nickel Com-' panys smelter west

of Sudbury. Hisfather, the lateFrank Simms, waspurchasing agent

Mrs. Smms for the Mond atConiston, where the Simms familymoved after the relocation of theMond smelter. Tommy startedhis nickel company service in1923 at Coniston, and came overto Copper Cliff in 1931. He wasan area foreman in the plannedmaintenance department on in-

MAY, 1971

spection of electrical contractingwork.

Muriel Carwallen, from AppleHill in the Cornwall area, becameTommy's wife in 1935 at NorthBay. They have two children.Mrs. Simms likes sewing and pass-ing leisurely hours at their cottageon Lake Wahnapitae. Tom "staysout of trouble" keeping thegrounds at his smart new CopperCliff home in good shape, andbringing a "rec" room projectnearer to completion. The Simmsmay spend part of next winter insunny Florida. Energetic Tommydescribes his health as "hunky-dory".

ALF PELLATI'Hampered by a circulatory

problem, AIf Pellatt has taken adisability pension with the Com-pany. He started with Inco in1940 at the Frood open pit andworked his final seven years atthe Clarabelle pit where he wasan operator on the rotary drills.

. ,

Mr. iiid Mrs. Pellatt

AIf was born in Scarborough, nowpart of Toronto, and worked onconstruction for five years in theSudbury area before joining Inco.

His marriage to Jean Padgett,who was born in Medicine Hatbut grew up in Toronto, tookplace in 1932. They have twochildren and six grandchildren.

The Pellatts will maintain thesummer cottage they have had onL.ong L.ake for the past five yearsbut plan to winter from now on inFlorida. For recreation, both liketo read, and are active lodgemembers. AIf also enjoys fishingand taking the grandchildrenhorseback riding.

Completing his last shift as planned maintenance area foreman at CopperCliff, Tommy Simms was given a rousing sendoff by his associates ashe stepped into the relaxed life of retirement after 47 years with Inco.Beside Tommy in the picture are general foreman Malcolm Finlayson(left and maintenance electrician Leo Villeneuve who presented thepensioner with a purse of money on behalf of the personnel in hisdepartment.

Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson

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Traditional Get-TogetherRevived for Cliff on 24th

Time was when the whole dis-trict joined in the 24th of Maycelebration at Copper Cliff andplans are nearing completion fora 1971 revival of this traditionalcommunity festival.

A. J. Pianosi is chairman, andArmy Didone, Dr. J. H. L. Jonesand Remo Canapini are co-chair-men, of the enthusiastic commit-tee in charge of preparations.

On the evening before the 24that 8:00 p.m. an ecumenical ser-vice will be held in the curlingrink, in which a floor has beenlaid; the congregations and choirsof the town's four churches willparticipate.

On the big day itself action willget underway with a parade start-ing at the Inco office parking Jotand winding up at Nickel Park.Floats, bands including the Sud-bury Blue Saints and the CopperCliff Highlanders, majorettes,youth groups, decorated bicyclesfor which prizes will be given,horses and ponies from districtriding clubs, ethnic groups in na-tional costume, and even home-grown National Hockey Leaguestars will be among the featuredentries.

At 11:00 o'clock games andraces will be staged in the park.along with a track meet betweenthe top high school athletes ofLively and Copper Cliff. At2:00 o'clock a sports spectacularwill be the Old Timers baseballexhibition, with many a star of

yesteryear cavorting on thediamond under the managerialgenius of diamond sages BertFlynn and Alton Browne.

Special AttractionThe Ontario Folklorist Group,

which will be in the big show atthis year's Canadian National Ex-hibition, will be the headliner ofan open-air entertainment in thepark; among other numbers willbe dancing groups, a gymnasticdisplay, and music by the Locker-by High School Band. Duringthe afternoon tea will be servedin the Community Hall, wheredistrict art and coin clubs willhave displays; out in the park re-freshment booths will featureItalian and Finnish delicacies,and there'll be a fish pond forthe kiddies.

It'll all wind up at night witha fireworks display and three freedances, one for the teen-agers atthe curling rink and two othersfor those less athletically inclinedat the Italian Club and the RoyalCanadian Legion Hall.

Invitations have been sent tomany former residents to minglewith old and new residents of thetown and surrounding area in agood old-fashioned communityget-together.

Medical science has developedso amazingly within the past fewyears that it is now almost im-possible for a doctor to find any-thing all right about a patient.

Skateathon Boosts Minor HockeyThe coffers of

the ConistonMinor HockeyAssociation havebeen swelled by a -'healthy $3,289.The cash wasamassed by thefirst fund-raisingstunt of its kindstaged in the Sud-bury area, anenergetic Skate- -athon held onthe ice at theConiston Corn-munity Centrethat involvedsome 160 skaters.Sponsored by gen-erously co-opera-tive townspeople on a time basis,many of the skaters put in asmany as 16 hours of ice timeduring the one-day affair. Rulesallowed a 10-minute maximumrest period per hour. Wives anddaughters of association mem-bers were on hand to provide foodand drink for the horde, and theSt. John Ambulance Brigade stoodby in readiness for any first aidrequirements.

Winners of prize money total-ling $55 that went to skaters in

various age groups who skatedlongest and brought in the mostloot are seen in our picture group-ed around Skateathon commit-tee chairman Pete Daypuk, Conis-ton security officer. Also in theback row are George Evershed(3 hours, $184), and MickeySarazin (16 hours, $101). In frontare Kelly McNamara (16 hours,$106), Bruce White (16 hours,SI (JO), and champion fund raiserDonna Boyd (16 hours, $220).

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CRASH-LANDED GEESE GETTHE HEIGHT OF HOSPITALITY

This is one migration that threecertain Canada geese will remem-ber for some time to come.

Breaking the long return jour-ney to their northern breedinggrounds, the weary birds selectedthe peace and safety of Inco's milltailings disposal area at CopperCliff for an overnight breather.Although there was lots of waterfor a setdown, the trio must have'undershot the runway", and onecrash-landed.

On routine tailings line inspec-tion at 7:00 a.m. the followingday, dam boss Slim Carriere spot-ted the birds. They were onland, honking loudly, and obvi-ously in some sort of trouble.

Using his portable transceiver,Slim reported his findings to per-sonnel at the nearest pumpingstation, and within the hour arescue party was on the way.

Though able to fly, the threehonkers did not take to the airwhen they were approached, andafter a brief chase and great dealof hissing, allowed themselves tohe picked up.

It was then that the reasonfor their odd behavior becameapparent the heavier and ob-viously senior bird had a badlybroken leg, and apparently out ofloyalty the junior duo refused toforsake their injured elder.

Following a bumpy truck rideto a nearby pond oi the tailingsarea - during which the statelybirds travelled in the arms oftheir rescuers and remained sur-prisingly cool, calm, and collected

- the two youngsters were re-leased into the cool clear waterand rapidly swam out to get theirbearings from a brace of duckswhich had just dropped in to seewhat was going on.

Now Has Walking CastAfter first aid treatment at the

pumping station, in which tonguedepressor splints and a bandagewere applied to the woundedbird's broken and bleeding leg, itwas quickly transferred to the sur-gery of Sudbury veterinarian Dr.F. H. Flowers, where, as a guestof International Nickel, it waslast reported to be wearing awalking cast and resting comfort-ably.

Since the Company's agricul-tural department initiated its tail-ings area seeding program in thelate '50s, the hitherto barren anddesolate 1,400 acres of inert pul-verized rock have been trans-formed into gently rolling greenpasture country and meadowsfrom which rye and hay areannually harvested.

"In the spring and the fall ofthe year," said Inco assistantagriculturist Tom Peters, "it'snot uncommon to see flocks of300 to 400 ducks and upwards of200 Canada geese on our threeponds up there. They enjoyeating the tender young Canadablue grass."

The thing about contemporarymovies is that some of them areso bad they are giving sex a badname.

Tailings area foreman Fred Guindon (centre) holds the 18-pound Canadagoose with the broken leg, while tailIngs dam men Ray McKinnon andGerry Nadeau quiet the two younger birds which refused to desert theirinjured mate.

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"What Safety Means toINCO TRIANGLE

My Family andMAY, 1971

Myself" geofl, secretary Marcia Carroll,treasurer David Carroll, and pub-ic relations officer Margo Oliver.

GOLDEN WEDDINGResidents of Coniston since

they were married 50 years agoon May 2, Alex and Laura Des-loges enjoyed their golden wed-ding anniversary as guests ofhonor at a dinner party at Sud-burys Holiday Inn. The celebra-tion was attended by 21 members

WINNER HAS FIVE BROTHERS ALSO INCO MEN

Box seat tickets for two to a Boston-Toronto National HockeyLeague game and $50 in expense money, was the prize won byLarry McLaughlin, Levack diesel loaderman, for his entry in themine essay contest on "What Safety Means to My Family andMyself". Garry Moore, area safety supervisor who sparked thecontest, was enthusiastic about the interest shown - over 40 we//-written entries were received. The winner, who comes from thewell-known Creighton family of the late Leo McLaughlin, who had34 years of Company service, has five brothers working for Inco,Bob at Crean Hill, Dick, Bill and Leo "Tuner" at Creighton, andDoug at the iron ore plant.

"BEING THE FATHER andhead of the family," wrote LarryMcLaughlin, "my biggest concernfor safety is on the job. I don'tbelieve there is a man alive wholikes to go to work and get hurt.Just the same, accidents do hap-pen, through carelessness andthoughtlessness. If a man wantsto enjoy his family and all thethings that they enjoy together,such as hobbies, sports andespecially holidays, then he mustalways have safety uppermost inhis mind both on and off the job.

"Now here are some other ideason safety from the rest of myfamily:"

Gordon, Age 9"I think that safety means to

stay alive or stay out of danger.I think we are very lucky to haveso many people and things tokeep us safe. For instance - firedrills. If we didn't have them, ina real fire at school, people wouldget all excited and do foolishthings like jump out windows orsomething like that. Withoutsafety patrols we would probablyget run over by automobiles ortrucks. If we didn't have mats,we would slip and fall and gethurt. If we didn't have all ofthese things, we would have manyaccidents every day."

Larry, Age 12"Safety means knowing my

bicycle signals and using them,keeping my bike in good condi-tion and having a light and re-flectors on it. Safety means not

playing on the road. Safety isbeing careful around the lawn-mower. Safety is not climbinghigh trees or wandering off with-out telling my mother where Iam going. But most of all, safetyis coming home without injuries."

Lone, Age 12"Safety while baby-sitting is

knowing what to do in case of anemergency, and knowing where toreach the parents by telephone.Safety is leaving the iron standingup instead of laying it flat downwhen I leave the room. Safety isunplugging the record player when1 am finished with it. Safety caneven mean not tying up thephone for hours talking to mygirlfriend. Safety is tying yourlong hair back with a ribbon whendoing chores."AS A MOTHER", summed upHelen McLaughlin, "Safety meanshaving the family sitting aroundthe dinner table after a day atwork and school. When our chil-dren were toddlers, it meant keep-ing medicine out of their reach,teaching them that electrical out-lets were not to be played with.Safety meant seeing them off ontheir first day to school, knowingthey understood the rules of cross-ing streets safely and walking fac-ing traffic. These rules stillapply, but as they grow older,new rules are added to the oldones. They have listed severalof these above. My own ideasabout safety in the home includeusing oven-mitts, turning the pot

handles in toward the stove, hav-ing a first-aid kit available in thecar as well as at home, remember-ing to turn the dryer off if I amabout to leave the house, beingcareful how I lift the vacuumcleaner, and of course, changingthe furniture around for the 100thtime."

"Safety to us is all of thesethings, and trying to practice itevery day," was Larry's closingparagraph.

40 Exhibitors at Art ShowCelebrating its first anniversary,

the Lively Art Club held an in-teresting exhibition of the workof its 18 members and alsoseveral guest artists of the district.The 40 exhibitors displayed oiland water paintings, charcoal andpen-and-ink sketches, pottery andcostume jewelry.

Instruction at the clubs bi-weekly workshop sessions duringthe winter was contributed byIvan Wheale, Orest Andrews, andother established local artists.

Club president is Dennis Pid-

WinningThese smilingfaces belong tothe wnnlng cap-tans and coachesin the Copper CliffAthletic Associa-tion's minor hoc-key house leagueIn front are BruceBasso, captaIn ofthe ChicagoSquirts, MontyMore of MontrealAtoms, Kevin Krukof Montreal Pee-wees, and TedLucky of BostonBantams. Theirrespective t e a mcoaches are JimTaylor, ClarenceWeist, Dick John-stone, Tom Howe.There were 250boys in the league,16 coaches.

of their immediate family. Laterthey received the congratulationsof their friends at the home oftheir daughter, Mrs. LorettaRenaud, Coniston.

Born in Ottawa in 1901, Mr.Desloges grew up in Sudbury andjoined Mond Nickel at Conistonin 1920. He was transportationforeman when he retired on Incoservice pension in 1966 after morethan 45 years with the Company.In her 71st year, Mrs. Deslogeswas born in Copper Cliff, theformer Laura Durette.

They have a family of threesons, one daughter, 11 grand-children, and two great-grand-children. Sons Cyril and Freddieand son-in-law Rollie Renaud areemployed with the mechanicaldepartment, and grandson Fred-erick is a converter puncher, allat Coniston.

Copper Cliff Captains and Coaches

Helen McLaughlin Gordon, 9 Larry, 12 Lone, 12 Larry McLaughlIn