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"World Brotherhood" Is Theiiie As Sudbury District Wolf Cubs Stage Big Cuboree

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The large grassed area in front of the Copper Refinery swarmed withactivity June 1 when 750 Sudbury district Wolf Cubs pitched their tentsand whooped it up at a Cuboree. "World brotherhoocF' was the theme,each Cub unit presenting a display of a country's flag, costumes,customs, and native foods. Visitors taking this "world tour" weremuch impressed by the interest and imagination shown by the Cubsin putting across their noble theme. A hilarious obstacle race, ci search

• - - ,. was transferred to Thompson asmechanical superintendent. Hespeaks with wa airation of

• i!C I LF the work done by the foremen and• --- men who were on the job during

the hectic period when the newPublished for all employees of The Thompson plant was brought IntoInternational Nickel Company of production.

Canada, Limited. He was married at Halifax InD. M. Dunbar, Editor 1943 to Merle Virtue of Moosomin,

H. L. Meredith, Assistant Editor Sask., with whom he attendedEditorial Office, Copper Cliff, Ont. university. Their family are David,Athorid ecord da maiL by the 18, Shirley, 15, and Barbara, 9.

Dertrnerr. Oaw. ad forHis recreations are curling and

- woodworking,

AppointmentOntario division general manager

T. M. Gaetz has announced theappointment of A. M. Cameron asmechanical superintendent ofmines. He succeeds R. L. Smiley, -who has retired on service pension,

Born at Saskatoon, where hisfather was principal of Nutana -Collegiate Institute, Alan M.Cameron attended the Universityof Saskatchewan from which hegraduated in mechanical engineer-ing in 1943. His university career

was interrupt-ed for twoyears during

f - which he work-ed for the Mas-

- sey HarrisCompany.

On gradua-tion he enlistedin the RoyalCanadian Navy

Iand at war'send held the

( - rank of lieu-tenant-engi-

A. M. Cameron neer.He then join-

td Inco. with which he had hisfirst contact in 1942 as a summervacation employee with the smeltermechanical department.

From 1948 to 1951 he was on thestaff of the Ontario Department ofMines as mechanical inspector ofmines, after which he rejoinedInco, He spent one and a halfyears as assistant master mechanicat Frood mine, then moved toCopper Cliff as assistant rnastrmechanic of mines.

En February. 159, Mr. Cameron

POPULAR VISITORSMr. and Mrs. Edward Vaughan

replied with a Welsh song as agroup of friends farewelled the de-lightful couple on their departureon the Canadian after a visit toCopper Cliff. A director of Inco-Mond, Mr. Vaughan visited thePort Colborne and Sudbury Dis-trict plants as well as the Torontoand New York offices; he and Mrs.Vaughan returned to LondonMay 8.

IIl4o G(ilJ July 13The 1963 Inco golf tournament

will be held July 13 at IdylwyldeGolf and Country Club. J. C.Daley announces.

Arrangements for this year's playwill be identical to those in 1962.The hotgun" method of startingwill again be used, thereby allowing144 18-hole rounds, In the event

of a larger entry, some golfers willbe drawn for a speical nine-holeround. Except for obvious com-petitors for the Beattie Trophy,selection of the nine-hole entrantswill be by lot.

The fee for all golfers Is $4.00and covers golf, lunch or dinner,and dancing after the presentationof awards. The banquet, presenta-tions and dancing will be held atCasslo's Venetian Room.

Richard ValliA miner for 35 years, although

his continuous Inco service datesonly from 1942, Richard Valli hasretired from Stobie on disabilitypension due to a heart condition.

Born 64 years ago on a farm in- Finland he helped install some of

that country's early power linesbefore coming to Canada in 1927.

J The following year he was hiredat Levack and came to Frood in1929 where he helped drive the

I main crosscut on 2400 level. In1932 he moved to Toronto and thegarage business, but was back atCreighton in 1935 and helped sinkno. 5 shaft. He also worked at

$640 Suggestion Bon

- Garson and later with the sinkingcrew at Stobie no, 7 shaft, thenworked on many levels at thatmine. The last couple of yearshe has been on lighter work.

He married Hilma Vickhmd in- 1944 and they have a son Allen

who also works at Stobie, and- three grandchildren.

Ten years ago he made a tripback to Finland which he enjoyedvery much. Very comfortable inhis Byng Street home he enjoysfishing at lake Penage where hehas many friends.

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for silver in "them thar hills" adjoining the area, a re-enactment of thehistoric siege of Mafeking, and a campfire were other features of theCuboree. In the above view the siege is going on in the right foreground, where attackers can be seen creeping toward the embattledfort. The Inco diamond drill setup made a good background prop forthe silver search, in which the Cubs hunted "lodes" planted in therocky terrain nearby. All in all it was a splendid event.

Mr. and Mrs. Valil

Photographs of Port Colborne employees demonstrating the right andwrong ways of performing their jobs are a new weapon in the plant'sdetermined drive against accidents. Louis Bernache is seen studyinga display in the electrolytic department. The Nickel Refinery's safetycampaign is showing excellent results.

COPPER CLIFF: Member of the meter gang in the Copper Cliff electrical department,Len Kaattari is pictured here with his wife Irma and their four bright youngsters.Karen is 9, Douglas, 8, Wendy, 5, and larry, 3. Lively residents for eight years theKaattaris enjoy living there very much,

LEVACK; Leonard Roy has been an lnco man since 1945, all his service at Levack.Here he proudly poses with his wife and their big happy family: front row,Jacqueline (Mrs. Rene Dapierre), Marie'Paul (Mrs. Alcide Chiasson), Pierrette (Mrs.Claude Morin), Mona, 3, on her daddy's knee, and Mrs. Roy; back row, the twins,Francois and Helene, 5; Monique, 8, Giselle, 10, Lise, 6, Marcel, 19, Jean.Paul, 17,Bernard, 11, and Gilles, 20. The Roys live in Chelmsford where the boys do athriving bait business in the shed behind their home.

' THOMPSON: Frank Mclean, who came to Incos Manitoba division from

rpI .. North Battleford in 1960 as a crane mechanic, looks pretty pleasedwith life as he poses here with his wife and their brood: Vernon, 10,

. Edith, 13, Dolores Mrs. Ray Masters), Cameron, 2, and Eileen, 14.

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IRON ORE PLANT: From the Iron Ore Plant we have Al Belfry, his wife Ann., sonAllan who was 14 on May 19, Judith, 10, Jimmy, 6, and Cathy, 5. Al's fatherElwood is an Inco pensioner, as also is Mrs. Belfry's father, Vaino Marttinen, Alis an operator in the pelletizing plant.PORT COLBORNE: Representing the Ontario division Nickel Refinery this month are

Mr. and Mrs. Wilf Russell and their children, Dale, 15, Pat, 9. Cheryl, 11, and Beverly,12. Wilf works in the shearing department, has been with Inco 12 years.

CREIGHTON: Her, are Mr. and Ma. G.ocg. Syvoat ofCreighton with 19.year.old Mary Lou, who is in trainIng as anurs, in Sudbury, and 22.y.ar.old J.rry who has returnedto school after working for a tim, at Creighton. Georgeworks at no. 3 shaft and has been at Creightan since 193&

A "DEED" to on old electric shovel, couched in flowing legal prose and liberallylaced with ifs, onds and buts, sparked a lot of fun when it was presented to BertSmiley by mines superintendent John McCreedy. Assistant general manager JockPigott (right front) spoke for the Company in lauding Mr. Smiley's outstanding recordas mechanical superintendent of mines. At the left ore assistants to the mines

mechanical superintendent, Jock Dowson and Buster Dyck, the latter master ofceremonies. On the right Mr. Smiley admires the beautiful working model of onunderground crusher presented to him by Murray Kilby of Frood on behalf of themen of the mines mechanical deportment.

400 Did HonorTo R. L. Smiley

AMONG THOSE PRESENT: (1) R. 0. Dow, Alex Godfrey, Alan Horcourt, Alan Cameron; (2) R. Volod., Fred Beauchomp, TonyXruk, Vic NIt-silo.

(1) JIm Miles and Jim Ferguson; (2) Ollie Lompinon, Bob tombert, Cliff Belonge:; )3) Reg Moore, Walter Dydyck.

The men of the 1mm mines me-chanical department tui'ned out arobust representation to bid fare-well to their retiring superinten-dent, Rupert L. Bert) Smiley ata banquet in the Copper CliffItalian Hall. Friends and col-leagues from other sections of theoperations swelled the gathering to400.

They honored a man who forover 20 years had given his de-partment q u i e t 1 y outstandingleadership in installing and ser-vicing the regiment of huge hoists,crushers, slushers, shovels, andother vitally important equipmentof modern mining.

He was responsible for many in-genious improvements to boostefficiency, or to make a major re-pair job simpler and faster, or toimprove the safety factor, andmanufacturers built his ideas intotheir new models.

He always asked for a highstandard of workmanship, and thishis men gave him.

He read widely to keep abreastof the latest developments in min-ing equipment and maintenance,making this almost a hobby, andoften during his career it paidoff invaluably.

Now, an exceptionally youthful

ABOVE, Harold Borland, Norman Wodge, Bruce Seli.LEFT, port of the long lineup of Bert Smiley's well.wishers, Jim Smith, Romeo Choteloine, Gordon Ruston,Tom Mullen, Lou Loucke, Eric May, Bob MacDonald;seated at rlgbt is Karl Mcintosh. BELOW, GeorgeCorley, pensioner, Mike Droko of Oshowo, BobSeowright, George Stalker.

Romono Couio, Chick Cecchetto, Guido Tol.vi, Linda Cecchatto, Armoldo Cecchetto, Walter Quoiottini, Eddie Cecchetto.

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Se/mo! j La •R (iøinS lopeTo team aboutmining the enterpris-ing pupils of grades3 and 4 at St.Raphaet School,New Sudbury, set upa stoping operationright in their ctass- fed'room. Led by theirteacher, Ron Rheautt,who was a vacationemptoyee underground at Creighton,they buitt a squareset and manned it \with a drilter operat-

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ing a wooden airtegdritt, made a slusherhoist out of a nait keg, and then formed a scraper from a piece of otdsheet metat. A disptay of miner's wearing apparet and battery tamp,and their own drawings of mining procedures, round out the cteverand effective presentation. Shown above with their modet stope aremembers of the two grades whose fathers are miners: on the left,

65. he welcomes retirement becauseit will give him a chance to workup some ideas for new mining re-finements he hasn't had time totinker with. "It has all been won-derfully interesting," he said, 'andI've enjoyed every minute of it, butI'm not through yet by any means.No rocking chair for me."

Born on a farm near Shawville,P.Q., where he attended highschool, Bert Smiley got his firstjob at Renfrew in 1918 as amechanic in a machine shop. Hewent with Hydro on construction,and worked on the big developmentat Niagara Falls, then in 1925hooked up with Fraser-Brace Con-struction and during the next 10years superintended such jobs asadditions to the Port Colborne re-finery, a new sintering plant atConiston, rebuilding the dam atWabageshik, renovations atCreighton 3 shaft, and additions tothe coal plant and concentrator atCopper Cliff.

In 1937 he joined Inco and wassent to Ormiston, Sask., as super-intendent of the Horseshoe LakeMining Company, which producedsodium sulphate for the Orfordprocess at Copper Cliff, There hecompletely redesigned the plantand put it on a paying basis.

Eventually the Orford processwas supplanted, sodium sulphatewas no longer required Zor copper-nickel separation, and the Ormis-ton plant was sold. Mr. Smileyreturned to Copper Cliff In 1942 tobecome assistant master mechanicof mines. In 1956 he succeeded J.C. Ferguson in charge of the de-partment.

Mr. Smiley wa, narried at Ot-tawa in 1933 to Hermonie Cobb.Their daughter Mary, a graduateof McGill University in homeeconomics, has recently joined theteaching staff of Copper Cliff HighSchool, which she attended as astudent.

Mr. md Mrs. Smiley ai'e plan-ning extensive travels, duringwhich he will give full play to hisflair for color photography. They

will live at their summer place atBlack Lake, and in Sudbury.

Armand BrLgnolioArmand Brignolio, who worked

at Coniston smelter since 1934, hasretired on a disability pension,His parents settled In Conistonback In 1917 after moving fromVictoria Mines where Armand wasborn In 1912.

Armand recalled that the Conis-ton of his early youth consistedof a few houses, a store, and theschool. Unless you had a horseand rig you walked to Sudbury,"he said, and we didn't own ahorse." There were no buses, fewcars, and only one road,

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DurIng his years at the Conistonsmelter he worked In several de-partments; he was a skimmer thelast couple of years.

Eda Duhaime became his wife

in 1936. Their eldest son Genoworks at Levack while daughtersJoan (Mrs. L. SarazIn) of Sudbury,Diane (Mrs. G. Blanchette) ofCapreol, Doris and youngest sonRichard at home round out thefamily. Their four grandchildrenare, In Mrs. Brignolio's words, likepieces of gold." And Armandjust worships them," she added.

Armand hopes to do some workon the grounds around his com-fortable Coniston home this sum-mer and next winter he plans ongettIng a part-time job. I'm stilla young man." he said.

A person can add to his popular-ity by sayIng nothIng when he hasnothIng to say.

Levack and Murray Mines Win Awards for High Safety Achievement

Mine superintendent Vern RitzetSmith and safety engineer Johnwon by their mines in 1962.

and safety engineer Bitt Cottis, Levack, and mine superintendent HarryRickaby, vkurray, are shown with the Nationat Safety Councit awards

Inco underground mines again in1962 participated in the NationalSafety Council's contInent-widecampaign to reduce accidents fromfalls of ground.

Each mine competed agairmt itsown 1961 record, and could win theCouncils award only by bettering,during 19(2. its 1961 record by 50

or more.Inco's five entries combined came

up with a frequency of 31 lost-timeaccidents per million hours workedfor 1962, a clear gain of more thaniOO' over 1961, but only Murraywith a year free oZ accidents fromfalls of ground, and Levack withone accident against four for 1961,

showed the necessary improvementin 1962 to qualify for awards,

It is indeed gratifying to recordthat our mines operated from July9, 1958 to January 17, 1963, fourand a half years, without a fatalityfrom falls of ground," commentedSafety superintendent M. E Young

Jo-ann Gribbon, Wtichete Fajcz, Berta Zoratta, Robert Boutot, JimmyBarbro; on the right, Barbara Richer and Irene Kesek; standing withWtr. Rheautt, Gerry and Teddy Vandenberg, Dennis Dubreuit, MJkeFajcz. There are about 40 pupits in the two grades.

Mr. and Mrs Brlgnollo

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wishes of a host of friends will bewith them.

Kien Zelenys

Lloyd MartinA new Inco pensioner, Lloyd

Martin of the Frood electrical shop,ha two unique distinctions. He isone of the youngest looking 65-year- olds to face the Trianglecamera for some time and also, upto his retirement, wa the longest-service active hourly-rated em-ployee in the Company's Canadianoperations, 48 years on the job.

Lloyd joined Inco at Copper Cliffin 1915 and worked In the smelterand the transportation depart-ments until 1926, when he joinedthe electricians. Sent to Frood in1927, just after no. 3 shaft wasunk, he took part in the greatunderground electrical installationsat that mine.

He worked on undergroundmaintenance until 1943, spent a few

years helpingkeep old no. 2crushing plantoperative, thenmoved into theelectrical shop

- where his fortewas the le-furbishing o failing under-ground loco-motives.

Lloyd's fatherWilliam wasalso an Inco

Mrs, Martin pensioner; heretired in 1934

and died in 1940. The Martinfamily moved from Warren toCopper Cliff in 1902 and Lloydstarted with the Company whenhe wa 17. "Warren was a realOrangeman's town in those earlydays," he grinned.

Percy Smith was my first bossat Frood." Lloyd recalled, and ofthe old gang that worked therethen, only Orville Dunsmore andGeorge Hardy are still active."

It was while driving jitney forthe transportation department thatLloyd had one of his most excitingexperiences. He was the driver thatday in 1924 when would-be robberstried to blast the jitney, carryingthe paymaster and $30,000 in cash,off the road between Creighton andO'Donnpll. We were pretty lucky,"

agreed Lloyd. 'Nobody was hurt, the Martins much pleasure.the car wasn't knocked over, and Lloyd enjoys puttering aroundwe made it to O'Donnell." his car and other machinery and

He married Daisy Thorburn ofGore Bay in 1936. Their daughterKathleen is married to HaroldJohnston, son of another veteranInco man, Hilliard Johnston. Avery young granddaughter gives

Riding RanchThe boys In the transportation

department might have difficultyin recognizing the Western gentpictured above a the conductor onthe Frood-Stobie yard locomotive.

Sure enough, beneath that broadsombrero proudly stands NaymanFawcett, happily indulging in ahobby that has been his life-longambition.

My father wa a cattle buyerout of Parry Sound,' said Nayman,'and he always had good drivinghorses, My brother and I learnedto ride when we were kids andever since I've wanted horses ofmy own."

A few years back he purchased 4-year old black, Darky.a 25-acre ranch on Highway 69South at the Wanup road turnoff, For those who like to run theirand after clearing and fixing it up horses Nayman has cleared a 15-

spe1Iu iiiaiiy a pieasan nour aoingjust that.

The Martins plan to move tosouthern Ontario this summer.Wherever this couple decide to setup their retirement living, the best

Life-Long Ambitionto his liking, bought seven ridinghorses and a couple of ponies. Nowhe is contentedly busy evenings andweekends working with his horsesand introducing aplring eques-trians to the spiritual joys andmuscular sorrows of horsebackriding.

Regular visitors at Fawcett'sfarm include several Inco people.Pictured above are two charmingmembers of the Copper Cliff gen-eral office staff ready for a Sundaycanter. Astride Lady Grey on theleft is Lynn Gladstone of the geo-logical department, while on theright executive secretary Brenda

.fi,jine usa a PLh1bCU

Born 65 years ago in what isnow part of Russia, Klen Zelenyscame straight to Sudbury back in1927. There were people from myvillage here," he said, 'but theycouldn't get me a job." The fol-lowing year he got on at Levackand worked there for nearly twoyears.

D u r in g thedepression

' years he foundodd jobs inmany places.

with

- - contractor atJerome Mines

- for quite atime,' saidKlen. He alsorecalled howhe wa out ofwork for many

months too.In 1942 he started at the Copper

Cliff smelter and worked on thecopper reverbs until his retirementon service pension. He wa afettler and a conveyorman.

His family have all remained inthe old land - his wife, HorpenaNofrina, whom he married In 1918,a married daughter Annie, and twograndchildren. A son Alex wakilled in the last war.

A comfortable home in Sudburyplus a good sized garden help keepthis pensioner occupied and happy.

for Nayman Fawcettacre field, and he also has a twomile bush trail over which he takesriding parties. We sometimes takethem on a longer ride on the oldroad to Dill," he said.

A good riding horse is wortharound $200, Nayman stated andit costs about another $100 to equipit. Fuel - hay, grain, etc. - runsclose to $75 a head annually, hesaid.

Naymans two sons, Clyde IronOre Plant) and Dalton (CopperCliff) along with son-in-lawGeorge Sullivan Frood), help outat the ranch as do several of his16 grandchildren who enjoy theuse of the ponies.

An Inco man since 1935, Naymanknows exactly how he'll spend histime when he retires, and he'llenjoy every moment of it!

Realizes

HEAD TABLE GUESTS at Lloyd Martin's retirement Frood-Stobie chief electrician; standing, Georgedinner in Sudbury Legion Memorial Hall were: seated, Hardy, who presented the guest of honor with a pre-R. R. Saddington, manager of reduction works, who cisely machined model of a mine locomotive (seen onexpressed the Company's appreciation of Lloyd's table); George Blackmore, Frood electrical pensionervaluable services; the guest of honor himself; Orville S. J. Sheehan, Frood-Stobie mine superintendent; A. F.Dunsmore, master of ceremonies; A. E. Prince, Inco Beach, Frood-Stobie chief electrician; James Kuzniar,electrical superintendent; Stuart MacKenzie, retired assistant to the electrical superintendent.

As they tumble off the shear conveyor belt the little rectangles of SDnickel are screened before packing to remove any slivers or chaff,assuring a clean as well as a pure product. Seen carefully performingthis operation are John Vittore, Idaco Gervasio, and Steve Gizmar.

spongy corrosion characteristic of by 2 inches by % inch.the regular grade of nickel when Another development of keen in-used In this operation. SD nickel terest to the electroplating trade,

The S symbol of the new SD nickel is grown into the starting sheets at has additional advantages of high coinciding with the introduction ofthe Port Colborne refinery from imprinted stainless steel blanks. anode efficiency and will operate Inco's SD nickel, was the an-Theodore Robert is about to insert a starting sheet in a plating tank, with lower tank voltage," he said. nouncement of a new nickel platingreplacing a full-grown nickel cathode on the surface of which the S Also it is fully active in all types process by two Canadian firms,

of nickel-plating solutions mclud- Atlas Titanium Limited, Welland.symbol can be clearly seen. ing chloride-free, all-sulphate, and and W. W. Wells Limited, Scar-

p . i Latest Product sulfamate plating baths:' borough.The most common form in which The new method consists of using

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Boon to PlatingSD nickel, a new Inco product

exclusively for use by the electro-plating trade, is coming off theproduction line at the Port 001-borne plant.

This new electrolytically refinednickel, containing a small but im-portant amount of sulphur, hassignificantly greater electrochemi-cal activity than the regular gradeof electrolytically refined nickel. ITThis unique property makes itideally suited for use in baskets. orother containers of special design,as a nickel-plating material.

,Developed in Canada by Inco

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patents, SD nickel has been termeda "revolutionary" boon to thenickel-plating industry. Tom Bochslcr

holdsfamed fullback now with the Hamilton Tiger-CatsBob KuntzK. H. J. Clarke manager of theCompany's Canadian sales and

,,one of the titanium baskets developed by Atlas Titanium Lfmited for a

market development, Toronto, told new nickel-plafing process using small pieces of electrolytic nickel.the Triangle that SD nickel is SD nickel and the titanium expanded metal basket are hailed as greatsuperior for electroplating in itcharacteristic smooth uniform cor- advances in the electroplating industry. The picture was taken in theosion, as compared with the manual plant of Kuntz Electroplating Limited, Kitchener

Ted Gravelle s capping a 500-pound steel drum of SD nickel.

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EvE'rybody Happy with Joe Hughes in Charge

JUNE. l)63

at Mixed League's Banquet

Silver-tongued Joe Hughes was again on the job as master of cere- shown on the left above with the donor Doug and Mary Malloy, Johnmonies when the lnco Club mixed bowling league held its annual Killah and Viv Kivi, Fern and Betty Dionne, and John and Jackiebanquet in Sudbury's Legion Memorial Hall, and smoothly conducted Luptak. On the right Eldred Dickie poses with the "A" section playoffthe bestowal of a glittering array of booty on the season's select. victors who won his trophy: Bill and Lucy Demkiw, Frank and BettyWinners of the Stan Dobson trophy for the league championship are Tofe, Stan and Ingrid Dobson, Percy Dowse and Flo Robinson.

John NaydaJohn Nayda has retired from

the Copper Refinery. The last 10years he had worked In the silverbuilding there and previously inthe tankhouse,

He came to( Inco in 1942. Adozen yearsearlier he wasIn Sudbury butwith the de-pression at its

,-. peak, couldn tget a job. BornIn Austria 60

• years ago hecame to Can-

' ada In 1927 andworked on rail-road, farm and

in the bush until 1942.

Still single, John Is by no meansa confirmed bachelor, and readilyadmits that marriage is more thana possibility - "now that I havemore time." He says he wouldprobably have been married longago if it hadn't been for lack ofwork in the Thirties.

John has moved to Winnipegwhere he has many friends, andnow that he has plenty of time,may make that trip back to hisnative land.

Recently he was one of nIneCopper Refinery pensioners whowere honored at a big party heldin the Caruso Club n Sudbury.

OFF HIS FEEDSaid the cannibal to the witch

doctor, "Something's wrong withmy kid, doc. He won't eat anybody."

Norman Creet presented his trophy to the "B" section playoff winners,with whom he is shown here: Murray and Veronica Fraser, Bill andGrace Millar, Arnold and Corrie McGowan, and Mike and OlgaHubiak.

Individual stars ofthe league, shownhere, were Ingrid ,Dobson, ladies' -high triple (910)and high single(352); PercyDowse, men'shigh average(220); Viv Kivi,ladies' high aver-age (208); SpikeBoal, men's hightriple (915) andhigh single (378). Ninety attended the presentation banquet, whichwas followed by dancing.

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another successful season in style small squares of electrolytic nickelEnjoyed Fine Season with an orchestra dance at the in special titanium basket contain-Employees Club. Trophies and prizes were presented to the group's ers.bowling champs, Leo Pevato acting as master of ceremonies. Mrs. The expanded metal basketsOlga Tokaryk, the popular club stewardess, received a gift from the offer a larger constant anode area.

which serves to cut nickel salt con-group in appreciation of her interest in their regular Friday night dances sumption rates, and also r'sult inand Saturday bowling league. About 100 attended. a much cleaner method of plating.

Titanium is used for the basketcontainers because of its uniQuequalities. It is the only metal thatwill properly convey the currentfreely and directly to the electro-lytic nickel it is in contact withbut discharges no current into thesurrounding bath. The titaniumbasket containers are also imper-vious to corrosion from any typeof nickel bath with the exceptionof fluoborate baths

Dad-and-Lad &lnquet Happy HockeyA father-and-son banquet and In last season's three-team loop.

trophy presentation night wound Speaking briefly to the boys at theup the 16th successful season for banquet, Noel stressed the need ofthe Coniston Legion's miner hockey an education In today's world butleague. Proudly surrounding the pointed out it was possible to com-league's most iUustrious graduate. bine this with a hockey career.Noel Price, in the above picture Coniston Legion president Jimare some of the boys who played Packer is shown in the back left-

Ross Win grRoss Winger was waited on by

a delegation of his peers" whenCharlie Bridges, superintendent ofthe yard and shipping departmentat Port Colborne, presented himwith a gift of legal tender on theoccasion of his retirement fromInco alter 32 years' service,

Ross was born in Hagerville in1905. He was employed as a crane-

and one son: Ruth (Mrs. RobertWebb): Vera, the wile of LouisSnider, an Incoite with 12 years'service in the Refinery; Joan, athome, and John, an employee ofthe Crystal Dairy. They have fourgrandchildren.

Charlie Bridges in commentingon Ross's faithful service expressedthe thanks of the management andthe wish of all that he and Mrs.Winger would long enjoy theirretirement with added improve-ment in health,

Rene RivetI quit school and started to

work when I was 13 years old,"explained Rene Rivet. "Maybethat's why I'm on disability pen-sion today." He had worked atthe Copper Refinery since 1946 andwas pensioned in March of thisyear.

'I helped build St. Anne deBrebeuf church in Sudbury," saidRene in talking about his first job.

man in the Copper Refinery atCopper Cliff in 1930. Seven yearsof credited service later he wastransferred to Port Colborne wherehe joined the shearing and shippingdepartment and has performed allthe duties from weigher to f ore-man.

He was a much respected man.His early retirement has beenprompted by a bronchial disorderand arthritis.

Ross married Eleanor Richardsn 1925. They have three daughters Mr. and Mrs Rivet

Finale at Conistonhand corner beside Legion sportsofficer Felix Benoit; on the rightare the three coaches, Wayne Hal-verson, Jimmy Evershed and AllanZanatta. Maple Leafs, Red Wingsand Black Hawks were the compet-ing teams with the Leafs winningthe league and the William Mc-

Later, in 1934, he started to workat Creighton but soon moved over toFrood, He quit there in 1935 andreturned to construction. In theensuing years, between diamonddrilling jobs in many parts of thecountry, he also put in about fiveyears on the converters at CopperCliff.

Rene was born at Aylmer, Que-bec in 1915. He married LauraSouliere in 1938. They have two

Laughlin trophy. Gary Gosselinearned the Dunc Finlayson most-gentlemanly-player award, andJimmy Sartor the Armand Lemieuxmost-valuable-player award; thebest goaltender award presented bythe Legion went to Rene Charette,and John Comin won the NoelPrice trophy for the best defence-man.

grown sons, Ronald and Larry: adaughter, Rose-Marie (Mrs. M.Nault), and a 6-year old sonDenis, all of Sudbury. The Rivetsare very proud of their one grand-daughter.

Rene is rather bored with his en-forced idleness but hopes to spendthe summer at his sister's campon the Vermilion River. At leastI'll get in a little fishing," he said,'and lots of sunshine."

Winner of Inco's inter-club bowling title was this Levack team whorolled a sharp 5670 to top last year's champ Creighton quintet byalmost 200 pins and take the trophy, Last season Levack finished inthe bottom slot, Team mèmbers pktured here are Gaylord Cull,Murray Crane, Fred Fiorotfo, Alex Didur, and John Mihajic. Otherscores in the six-team playoff at the Sudbury Inco Club were: Creighton,5478, Copper Cliff, 5330, Garson, 5267, Frood, 5203, and CopperRefinery, 460L John McKinnon of Garson rolled 1270 to take thehigh fIvegame award,

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Mr. and Mrs. Winger.

Tail-Enders Last Year, Levack Win Ineo Title

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Retiring on pen-sion from theConiston smelter,Fred Spencerleaves the Compony in goodhands - six ofhis nine sons areInco men. Herethey are with theirparents: Leionel(Coniston carpen-ter shop), Aldege(Levock under-ground), Len (Cop-per Cliff mechani-cal), Robert (Cop-per Cliff metallur-gical), Roly (Cop-per Cliff carshop), Wilbert(Copper Cliffelectrical). Fredand his sons haveo combined totalof more than 140years of Inco serv-ice.

Fred SpencerFred Spencer Is a proud and

happy man - proud of his finelarge family, proud of his long as-sociation with Inco, and happy thatsix of his nine sons are also Incomen.

Among the longest service em-ployees at Coniston, Fred is nowenjoying a pension. Only darkcloud in his otherwise bright skyis the heart attack his wife sufferedlast month. However, as Mrs.Spencer philosophically pointedout, "Fred is a good nurse and itis nice that he is on pension nowto help me."

A native of Calumet Island, Fredwas raised in the Warren-Vernerarea, His first job away from home

Lt.r.Col. Capstick RetiresWitnessed by a crowd of some

3,000 at the New Sudbury ShoppingCentre was the colorful change ofcommand ceremony and annualinspection parade of the 58th (Sud-buryl Field Artillery Regiment(M). About 500 militiamen andcadets took part in the march past.

Picture shows Brigadier J. F.Westhead, commander of 16 MilitiaGroup, presenting the commandingofficer's sword to Lt.-Col. AnthonyFalzetta; on the right is Lt.-Col.E. H. Capstick of Copper Cliff. re-tiring commanding officer.

was in 1911 at Sudbury. "I was 13years old then," Fred said, "and Igot a job as cookee with a C.P.R.extra gang." He later worked atMartin's brlckyard in what is nowknown as Little Britain and afterthat at the local flour mill.

"That was a busy place then,"he recalled. "Each of those silosheld 65 cars of wheat and theywere full most of the time, Themill itself was a big, seven-storeyplant, and really turned out theflour.'

Fred served two years in thearmy, then returned to the flourmill ft 1919 where, after a fire andother tribulations, the plant wasclosed down. "And I helped closeher down," he grinned. The nextcouple q years he spent in the

fteno T. !Monne

as Commanding OfficerFor the first time in the history

of the Sudbury garrison, the regi-ment's gun, also known as itscolors, was drawn across the paradeground in front of the retiringcommander in tribute to his fineservice.

On behalf of the garrison officers,who also honored Lt.-Col. Capstickat a dinner, Maj. E. C. Harber,commanding officer of 33rd TechnI-cal Squadron RECME I Ml and 2ndLtd. Richard Behnka presented theretiring commander with a per-sonal sword.

bush and working for DelongchampCartage, then in 1922 he started atConiston,

"I've been a craneman since1925," said this new pensioner, "andI've seen lots of improvements. Theequipment is much better today. Iliked the work and would do it

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again if I had the chance."Mrs. Spencer was formerly Mary

Anne Grimard and they were mar-ried in 1919. In addition to theirsix sons pictured with their parentsthey have three more sons, Ronaldof Winnipeg. Andy and Roger athome, and three daughters, Eve-lyne, who has nine children of herown and whose husband FrankBrady is in the electrical depart-ment at Copper Cliff. AdrienneMrs. M. Rajotte) of Winnipeg, and

Janette Mrs. 0. Fuller of Hamil-ton. A total of 32 grandchildrenand two great grandchildren roundout this happy clan. One grandson.'red Brady, works for the Companyat Thompson.

The Spencers nave lived in Coni-ston over 40 years but this summerwill probably move to Stinsonwhere they plan to build a newhome.

Hunting, fishing and curllng areamong Fred's pleasure pursuits butthe greatest joy to both him andhis wife is their family. "Theyhave been good boys," said Fred."even if I do say so myself." Mrs.Spencer echoed, "That's right, theyhave never given us one bit oftrouble, and we'l'e very proud ofour daughters too."

A nice family indeed are theSpencers as anyone who has metand known them will agree.

ON THE CREDIT SIDEHusband to wife after daughter's

wedding:"Don't feel we have lost a daugh-

ter. Consider that we have gaineda bathroom and a telephone."

Mr. and Mrs. Gualtieri were visited at their home in Sudbury by adelegation of Vincenzo's coal plant workmates and presented with apurse of money as an expression of esteem and friendship. Shownabove with them are "Kilroy" Glodu, Sabino Romani, "Winnie"Romagna, and the Gualtieris' son-in-law, Frank Guzzo, of the CopperRefinery.

Vincenzo GualtieriA familiar face at the coal plant,

where he was custodian of the gatethe past seven years, VincenzoGualtieri has retired on servicepension. Before moving to the coalplant he was on the nickel reverbsfor 19 years.

It was in 1919 that he firstwoi'ked at Copper Cliff but he re-turned to his native Italy in 1921.Many jobs and many years later.1937 to be exact, he returned to thefold at the Cliff,

Arriving in Canada in 1914 heworked on the railroad out ofNorth Bay and underground atCobalt before going to CopperCliff. His return to Italy netted

him two years in the army, threeyears on the farm, and a wife: hemarried Julia Cerenzia in 1923.

Returning to Canada in 1926 heworked at Rouyn, helped build apower plant in Quebec, was twoyears with a railroad extra gang,then on construction at CopperCliff.

The Gualtieris have one son,Gaetano of Sudbury, and a daugh-Guzzo works at the Coppel' Re-ter Clorinda, whose husband Frankfinery. Vincenzo and his wife enjoytheir six grandchildren very much.

A trip to the Argentine, wherehe has i'elatlves, is on this pen-sioner's agenda for 1964. Mean-while he is busy outdoors in hisgarden.

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A continuing upswing in the calibre of festival, which was sponsored by the Lions Club. A Festival HighlightsLevack-Onaping musicianship was noted at the fourth concert held in the Onaping Community Centre drew a capacity

Festival Success annual LevackOnaping iusic Festival audience. Performing above is the children's choir from Immaculateby the adjudicator, Lloyd G. Queen, Conception School, Chelmsford, directed by Wtrs. Andreanne Wtainville,

assistant director of music with the Ontario Department of Education, which for the second year in succession won the DeWtarco trophy in theToronto. He praised the contestants for their interest, spirit, and Grades 1-4 class.talent, and spoke of the fine community effort represented by the - --'- . -

Geza Hali d manager, thanked him for his 28n a years' faithful service to Inco andWhen Geza Halinda arrived in wished him and Mrs. Halinda a

Canada in 1928 from Hungary he long, happy retired life. -.

went west to the foothills of the Geza enjoys fishing and garden- - -

Rockies to help harvest the wheat ing. The tidy lawn and well keptcrop. flower border around his home

Geza returned east in 1929 and vouch for his 'green thumb". An-

' -married Mary Farkas in Port Col- other enjoyment of the Halindas isborne. The big depression of the their 10 grandchildren. :30's was on the way and like most

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people the Halindas had a hardti fi di l t G

Harry Sawchukme n ng emp oymen . ezawith his jovial personality and Because of a bronchial conditionwilling co-operative spfrit got by Ha Sawchuck h taken his doc-the dull times and started with tor's advice to take ththgs in a 1

' Imore leisurely stride than was pos-sible when working full time, ashe has done for the past 31 years.

Harry was born in Rumania andcame to Canada in 1928. He startedwork with Inco in the electrolyticdepartment at Port Colborne andhas been a competent employee asunit man with a watchful eye forthe minor irregularities which canpop up in the complex operation

'of plating nickel. -•

In 1933 Harry married Vera Highest mark of the festival, a 90, was scored by young vocalist TerryEalaschuck. Their two sons both

h schoolset their ambition to be hi Dupuis of Levack; the piano accordion trophy was won by BrendaMr. and Mrs. Halinda

gBurton of Cartier, who received 87 marks. They are shown with

.... Donald WtacLean, festiva' chairman.LSLJ.L1L, juu was

picking up nickel behind the shearsin no. 5 building.

He was transferred to the boxfloor and moved from making boxeson the table to machine man.patching and hemming the variousfabrics. He was industrious, dili-gent in his duties, and pleasant inhis attitude towards his fellowworkers and his Job,

Mr. and Mrs. Halinda have fivesons - Louis and Geza are em-ployed by Robin Hood Milling Co.:Julius is an Incoite and works inno. 5 building Joe is in the saw-mill business in Vancouver andSteve is an announcer in PortArthur and a qualified technicianin radio and television.

At a gathering of workinates andmanagement Geza was presentedwith a wallet as a token of respectfrom his many friends over theyears, James H. Walter, assistant

teachers. William is at presentteaching in Welland High, andHarold has just received his BA.from Western University in physi- I%"cal education.

With complete relaxation andleisure Harry is improving in Just glancing over the concert program, celebrity Terry Dupuis foundhealth and it is the hope of all his himseU surrounded by a bevy of charming young festival performersfiiends that he and Mrs. Sawchuckwill long enjoy their lovely home from Levack and Onaping, Denise Ribson, Jeanetfe Ross, Wtary Janeand grounds for many, many years. Jarvis, Isabel Allen, Louise Allen, and Ann Wtiller.

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Mr. and Mrs. Sawehuck

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President J. Roy Gordon, accom-

Visit panied by vice-presidents JamesParlee of Toronto and Albert P.

Gagnebin of New York, visited the Sudbury district operations onJune 4 and 5. They remarked on the substantial progress which hasbeen made in various projects, notably the $50,000,000 extension ofthe tron Ore Plant, scheduted to go into full production in July.

Alex McCauleyI spent over 45 years on a farm

on the Island (Manitoulin) de-clared Alex McCauley, and it wasa pretty good life too. We wereright on Lake Manitou and thatsgreat country to hunt and fish.'

'TiMr. and Mrs. McCauley

Retired recently from the Incopolice force Alex had worked withthem since 1942.

He was married in 1918 to HannaMonkhouse and they have a sonRay with the Hydro in Toronto.I once thought he might take

over the farm Alex said, butwhen he came back from the armyin 1942 and said he didnt want tofarm, I sold out and came to Sud-bury. Alex himself misses thefarm, especially his horses. 'Inever used a tractor he said.

Alex served with Incos policeforce at Copper Cli Coni.ston,Copper Refinery Creighton andthe last several years at Murraymine.

A capable hand with many typesof tools Alex built his own comfor-table home in Sudburys west endin 1949 and keeps it and his gardenin show-class shape at all times.'I enjoy carpenter work and gar-dening.' smiled this happy pen-sioner. and this summer I may getne a job on one of the local con-truction projects."The McCauleys make regular

visits back to the Island to visitfriends, As Alex laughingly putit. we haw-eaters always go hometo hunt and fish.

JUST AN APPETIZERMissionary: "What do you know

about religion?Cannibal chief: I got a little

taste of it when the last missionarywas here.'

At staff luncheons at the CopperCliff Club the president stressedthe equal importance of produc-tion and sales in the tnco organ-ization, and introduced Mr.Gagnebin as "the man directlyresponsible for selling our nickel".Among those present, right,were a s 5 i 5 t a n t transporation

tn this picture, taken in a sinkcut at Clarabelle Open Pit, Mineand Market meet as vice-presidentA. P. Gagnebin, the man who sellsthe nickel, talks with superinten-dent of mines J. McCreedy, theman who produces the ore. Onthe right is open pits superinten-dent N. R. Creet, who escortedthem on their visit to Clarabelle.

A man walked Into a cafe in astrange town and told the waitresshe wanted two fried eggs and akind word. The waitress saidnothing, but was soon back withthe mans order. The man said,Thanks for the eggs. but how

about the kind word?"The waitress leaned over and

whispered. "Dont eat those eggs."

What is considered the danger-ous age?' someone asks. Manyconsider it the period from birthto death.

Then there was the scientist whocrossed a potato with a sponge. Ittastes terrible but it sure holds alot of gravy.

Picture shows them with their inspection party in the impressive controlroom of the new plant E. G. Stoneman, assistant manager of reduttionworks; T. M. Gaetz, general manager; Mr. Parlee, E. H. Bracken,superintendent tron Ore Plant; Mr. Gordon; J. A. Pigoft, assistantgeneral manager; D. Kelly, administrative assistant; R. R. Saddington,manager of reduction works; Mr. Gagnebin.

Others attending: converterssmelters superintendent 1. N.manager B. K. Seli, industrialGarson mine superintendent B.

superintendent J. R. Feick, assistantPearce, assistant industrial relationsstandards engineer R. T. McAndrew,T. King.

superintendent K. R. Johnson, research group leader A. tllis, seniorassistant division comptroller G. E. Burns, chief test engineer G. A.Frame, assistant chief mines engineer E. 0. Tigert.

Assistant smelters superintendent F. R. Matte with Mr. Gordon;assistant master mechanic F. G. Burchell with Mr. Gagnebin.

THE FRONT COVER

Also among those present: Mr. Gaetz and Mr. Pigott, assistant chiefengineer J. E. Quance, Dr. J. H. Sturtridge, safesy superintendentM. E. Young.

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Elks Club at Windy Lake Scene of Levack Bowling's Gala Season's Wind-up

Levack's well-organized bowling wound up the season in grand stylewith the three leagues joining forces to enjoy dancing to Jim Shea'sorchestra and a fine buffet supper served by the Elks Ladies Auxiliaryat the beautiful new Elks Club on Windy Lake. Presentation of awardswas also made and here are the winners in the various leagues.1. Men's league champs, the Pallumbos: front, Heitor Lauzon, AlexDidure (captain), Tom Behenna; back, Gordon Smith and AIf Mallette;absent Bill Johnson.

1. Mixed league champs were the Bombers, John and ArmandeDonaldson, captain Len Roberts and his wife Jean, Gordon and BeaSmith.2. "B" group winners in the mixed league were the Mohawks, Naish

2. Hardrocks, "A" group winners: front, Stan Zamoski, Eli Maki(captain), Laddie Kavaluk; back, Gaylord Cull, Frank Swiddel; absent,Cliff Roy.3. "B" group winners: front, Paul Thompson, Leo Carriere (captain),Gary Lauzon; back, Roland Watier, Ray Parker; absent, GerryPiakoski. Individual winners in the men's league were Alex Didur with235 for high average, Fred Fiorotto with 957 for high triple, andGaylord Cull, 381 for high single.

and Lorraine Farrow, captain Hector Lauzon and his wife Leona;absent, Ray and Jackie Leblanc.3. The "Jets" were "A" group winners: front row, Stella Wawryszyn,Elizabeth Lahaie (captain), Juanita Taylor; back, Stan Zamjoski,Gaylord Cull, Ray Parker.

1. In the ladies' league the "B" group winners were, front, LenaBrizinski (captain) and Greta Koski, back, Opal Law and Annie Unwin;absent, Kay Pashko and Carol Beggs.2. Playoff winners and also winners of "A" group: front, Anne Karpiak,Jane Lefebvre (captain), Bea Mallette; back, Rita Crispin, TheresaAtkinson; absent, Yolande Bouffard.

3. SteIla Wawryszyn won high average with 202, while Fern Camerontook both Hgh single (348) and high triple (796).4. Mixed league individual winners: Velma Mallette, high single, (343),Juanita Taylor high average (215), and high triple (852) for the girls;Gaylord Cull, high average (230) and high single (373), and FredFioroffo, high triple (824), for the boys.

Those Lucky Thompson Furnaces -

Have Their Cake and Eat It TooThe book says you can't have

your cake and eat it too, but theelectric smelting furnaces atThompson knock that old theoryon the noggin.

They eat cake all day long butnever run out of it. The onlycatch Is that they have to do theirown baking.

The big carbon electrodes whichcarry the electric current into thebath are the cake on which thefurnaces dine continuously.

Six to a furnace, they are 48inches in diameter and approxi-mately 50 feet high, and weigh 20tons each. As they are eaten offat the slag line new sections ofcasing are welded to the top, likelengths of chimney pipe, and filledwith carbon paste which is bakedby the furnace heat as the elec-trode is gradually lowered by theautomatic slipping mechanisms.

Unlike the electric furnaces atthe Copper Refinery, which are thedirect arc type and burn graphiteelectrodes added in 6-foot sections,the Thompson furnaces are thesubmerged arc type and quietly dotheir job without any of the flashor noise set up by their coppermelting counterparts.

The remote location of Thomp-son with respect to fuel supply, andthe availability of ample hydro-electric power in the area, madeelectric smelting the procedure ofchoice. conom1cs also favored theuse of self - baking electrodes.These offered the additional ad-vantages of minimizing operationaldelays and power interruptions, im-portant from the standpoint ofmetallurgical results and avoidingfluctuating loads on the powersupply system.

There are three furnaces with in-side dimensions of 90 feet by 22feet, with a total height of 13 feet.

Calcine charged on top of the slagthrough fettling pipes in the roofis melted and segregates into matteand slag. The slag is continuouslyskimmed and the matte tapped asrequired.

Spaced in line down the centreof the furnace, the six electrodesare submerged about eight inchesin the slag layer into which theycarry the electric current. Actingas a heating element, the slagtransfers heat to the calcinecharge, which floats on the surface.Since matte has an appreciablyhigher conductivity, a substantial

ADDING a section of steet casingto the top of an etectrode cattsfor an expert wetding job thatwitt carry the weight of the cotumnand atso be highty conductive.Wetder is Mike Sotunac.

FESTOONED with power cabtes, copper contact shoes and watercooting pipes, an etectrode is shown here at the point where it entersthrough the roof of an etectric furnace at Thompson. At this stagethe "cake" in its steet casing is baked precisety to the furnace's fancyand ready for the 'round-the-ctock feast. It's 50 feet talt, 4 feet indiameter, and weighs 20 tons.

The fork left truck is fitted with a rotating head. On the right arehydraulicatly operated slipping mechanisms which hotd the 50-footetectrodes and automaticatty feed them to the furnace as required.There are six to each of the three furnaces.

HIGH UP in the 127-foot Thompson smelter Date Paterson is seenfllting an added etectrode section with chunks of carbon paste, the"mix" that melts and then bakes into a solid cake as it is gradualtylowered to the furnace. Jutting above the rim of the steel casingare the fins which add support and conductivity to the electrode.

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depth of slag must be maintainedto avoid short circuiting. The re-action with the molten charge,aided by convection and small arcsat the electrodes, results in a con-tinuous movement of the moltencharge upwards at the electrodes,out to the sidewalls near the sur-face of the bath, down and intoward the electrodes through thelower part of the bath.

Betty Crocker would hardly careto put her name to the cake mixthat arrives at Thompson smelterby the carload. It's in the form ofo-pound blocks of carbon that arebroken into chunks as needed.

First step in adding a section tothe top of an electrode is to weldon a 4-foot length of the steel cas-ing which burns away along withthe carbon in the furnace, generalforeman Art Wrist explained to theTriangle. The welding job Is ex-tremely important both for elec-trical contact and for strength,since the full weight of the elec-trode is held by a clamp some 40feet above the furnace. Weldedlongitudinally to the inside of thecasing are 10 equl-distant finswhich reinforce the electrode andalso function as a conductor in thearea where the paste is semi-fluidand hence a poor conductor. Thecasing section Is then filled withchunks of carbon paste which meltsas it Is gradually lowered to thefurnace, then bakes into a solidcarbon post.

The 50-foot 20-ton electrode isheld firmly above the furnace by ahydraulically operated clampingmechanism which has a slippingdevice that automatically feeds theelectrode to the furnace as re-quired. The electrode is burnedoff in the furnace bath at the rateof about three to four inches aday. Automatic slipping makespossible a more gradual baking ofthe carbon paste, essential for pro-ducing a strong dense electrode.

Current flows from the furnacetransformer to the electrodesthrough copper bus bars, flexiblecables, water-cooled copper pipes,and eight water-cooled copper con-tact shoes per electrode. Power issupplied to the furnace trans-formers at 13,800 volts, and thesecondary voltage on delta con-nection can be varied from 160 to300 volts In 19 steps through on-load tap changers. This refine-inent minimizes load fluctuationson the power system.

Bill FexA long-time member of the

Copper Cliff electrical department,

popular Bill Fex has retired onservice pension after 40 years with

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Boys of All Ages, Sizes (and Faces) Dine in Style at Lively

Inco. His service dates from 1923.the year he came out from abush camp to attend the birth ofhis son Maurice. He decided thento stay closer to town so got himselfa job on the old reverbs at CopperCliff smelter.

A short time later Bill was withthe maintenance electricians, bothon the reverbs and converters."Alex McIntyre had me lookingafter the converters from no. 1 to20," he recalled. He later workedas a crane inspector for a couple ofyears, then went into the windingshop in 1943 and worked there untilhe was pensioned. Bill was happythere and well regarded.

He was born near Watertown,NY. in 1898 but his people movedeai'ly in the century to Blind Riverwhen the lumber business wasbooming. During the war years hisfamily farmed near Iron Bridgeand Bill joined the army at theSoo.

In 1921 he worked with the linegang at Murray, then helped buildseveral power lines in northernOntario.

Elovie Campeau became Mrs. Fexin 1921 and in addition to sonMaui'ice their family includesLucienne, who married Bert Henryof Creighton, Georgette whomarried another Creightonite,Alphonse Turgeon. and Ray at

Yacker Flynn wascoach and JackieEgers captain of - ' 'Lively bantamswho won the NickEvanshen trophyin the Kil ioppsleague; JerryEgers was captain

trophy in the Kuli-opps and the John Bazar trophy in the Nickel Belt hookup.league officials were Bob Fairman, Charlie Jacobson, andBennett.

Kil ioppsGordon

Frood. They have nine grand- Lake is where this couple intendchildren. spending most of their summers

The family camp on McFarlane now,

For suggesting that bars be welded to the wear plates in the roasterconcentrate bins at Copper Cliff, thus greatly lengthening their life,first class maintenance mechanic Arthur Mayer has received an awardof $640.00. Picture shows reduction works manager R. R. Saddingtonpresenting the big Employees Suggestion Plan cheque to the smilingwinner; looking on are assistant master mechanic Fred Burchell,assistant smelter superintendent Norman Pearce, and Suggestion Plansecretary Pat Long. A Chelmsford resident, Art Mayer has a familyof four children.

Celebrating a bang-up season in which 200 boys got their fill of well-organized hockey, Lively's minorleaguers held their annual banquet in Pius X church hall. Picture shows some of the fl5 young rap-scallions who proved to be just as deft with grub as they are with the puck. Bill Duncan, the LivelyAthletic Association minor hockey chairman, and his keen staff of volunteer coaches, can take a bow foran outstanding season's activity.

$640 Suggestion Bonanza for Arthur Mayer

Eddie Giacomin, brilliant net-minder of the Providence Reds,was guest speaker, and WesMcNeice the urbane chairman.

Mr. and Mrs. Fez

In charge of the smelter tour was superintendent J. B. McConnell, seenhere with Lord Amory. On the right the camera comes up with a goodinformal shot of two Inco vice-presidents, Parlee of Canada andChilds of the United Kingdom.

Viscount Amory and T. W. ChildsInterested Visitors at Thomnson

The Thompson plant, spankingfresh and neat with the goodhousekeeping that is an Inco hall-mark, proudly played host In earlyApril to the chairman of the board,Henry S. Wingate, the vice-presi-dent In charge of Canadian opera-tions, James C. Parlee, and theirtwo distinguished guests, the Rt.Hon. Viscount Amory, G.C.M.G.,and T. W. Chllds, C.B.E.

Lord Amory Is the British HighCommissioner in Canada. Mr.Childs has been appointed a vice-president of Inco and chairmanof Inco (Mond) Limited.

Mining, milling, smelting and re-fining departments of the Thomp-son operation were all visited atlength by the party, which alsocalled at the Inco Hospital andtoured the model townsite.

LORD AMORYLord Amory took up his appoint-

ment as British High Commissionerto Canada in the autumn of 1961.He was created a viscount on hisresignation as chancellor of theexchequer, an office which he hadheld since January 1958.

He was educated at Eton andOxford, and was an officer in theTerritorial Army before serving inthe Second World War. He tookpart in the airborne operation atArnhem where he was severelywounded and taken prisoner.

In 1945 Lord Amory was electedConservative member of parlia-jnent for the Tiverton Division of

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Devon, which he represented untilhis elevation to the peerage. Hewas a member of the governmentfrom the time the Conservativeparty returned to powet in theautumn of 1951 until his retirementin 1960.

Lord Amory has held severalministerial appointments.

He was chairman of the councilof ministers of the Organizationfor European Economic Co-opera-tion from 1958 to 1960, and as

I chancellor of the exchequer, he at-tended the Commonwealth Eco-nomic Conference in Montreal inSeptember 1958.

He Is a former director of Im-perial Chemical Industries and ofthe Steel Company of Wales, andwas vice-chairman of Lloyd's Bank.Industrial relations are the aspectof business which perhaps interesthim most.

Lord Amory has been active invarious youth movements and haslong been associated with the BoyScouts in which movement he hasbeen for many years a Chief ScoutsCommissioner.

On completion in October of histerm of office as High Commis-sioner to Canada, a post he hasflIled with distinction, he will besucceeded by Sir Henry Lintott,K.CMB.

T. W. CIIILDSThomas Warren Childs, C.RE.,

of Bermuda, has been appointeda vice-president of The Interna-tional Nickel Company of Canada,

Limited, Henry S. Wingate, chair-man of the board, announced inLondon on May 24. At the sametime, Mr. Wingate aimounced thatMr. Childs has been appointedchairman of The InternationalNickel Company (Mond) Limited,United Kingdom affiliate of Inter-national Nickel.

He is a director of AmericanMetal Climax, Inc. and was vice-president of that company andpresident of its potash division.

From 1940 to 1945 Mr. Childsacted as general counsel to theBritish Supply Council in NorthAmerica and to the British Gov-ernment War Supply Organizationsin the United States. He was par-ticularly active in the inaugura-tion and handling of Lend-Leasefor the British. For these servicesto Britain he was made a Com-

mander of the Order of the BritishEmpire in 1944.

Mr. Childs was at Oxford 1928-31(BA. 1930 and BC.L. and MA.1938). He also holds degrees fromPrinceton B.Sc., Eng.), and Yale(JS.D.) Universities. He will re-side in London.

NOW SHE KNOWSThe first morning after the

honeymoon, the husband got upearly, went down to the kitchenand brought his wife her breakfastin bed. Naturally, she was de-lighted. Then her husband spoke:

Have you noticed just what Ihave done?"

"Of course, dear, every singledetaiI.'

Good. Thats the way I wantmy breakfast served every morningafter this.'

Prnt,d ;n Cacda

Underground superintendent Ed Mclvor gives Mr. Childs a quick run-down of stoping procedure during their tour of the undergroundoperations.

Assistant general manager Harry Peterson explains a phase of themining sequence to Lord Amory and Mr. Wingate; on the left is FosterTodd, general manager of the Inco Manitoba division.

There was time to talk a liffle business too. Here Messrs. Parlee,Wingate and Todd inspect a carload of Thompson nickel.