VOLUME `16 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, OCTOBER, 1956 NUMBER 7

(SEE PAGE 10)Sharing the Spotlight

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iNCU 1.1t1ANGLe'Published for all employees of TheInternational Nickel Company of

Canada , Limited.Don M . Dunbar, Editor.

Editorial Office Copper Cliff, Ont.

Toivo KauppinenLong at Levack

"Strictly for the wolves" wasToivo Kauppinen's first impressionof the Sudbury district, and after45 years in this part of the countryhe still feels it is for the wolves- the Sudbury Wolves that is.

He wouldn't trade the happinesshe has enjoyed at Levack for allthe rice in China or coffee in Fin-land.

Coming to Canada alone in 1911,knowing not a word of English, afew years and several correspon-dence courses later saw him Le-vack's chief electrician with acommand of the language enviedby many a native-born resident.That all this did not come easilyToivo is ready to admit, but whilehe studied he also helped sinkshafts, repaired drills, and ranhoists and compressors amongmany other mine jobs, and gra-dually success smiled on him.

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The Surface Plants at Inco's Creighton Mine

George HunterThis striking aerial view shows the surface plants at Creighton mine and part of the town. On the left,is No. 3 shaft, alongside the old open pit which Is now part of the mine's caving operation. In the back-ground is No. 5 shaft, serving the lower levels of the mine, and at the right Is No. 7 shaft, in which oremined by the caving method is hoisted directly into the concentrator. The trestle leading into the fore-ground carries the tailings disposal line and also the pipeline in which the concentrates are pumped 7Ymiles to the reduction giants at Copper Cliff.

retirement. He likes to recall thatin the early days he was the elec-trical department himself, with twohoists, two compressors, the rock-house, underground lights andphones in addition to the pole lineto maintain. With the installationof new larger hoists and otherequipment at Levack additionalelectricians teamed up with Toivo'sinfluence and eventually a fineelectrical department was built upthere.

a farewell gathering recently hismany friends at the mine and intown indicated the esteem in whichhe is held by presenting him witha 21-inch TV set. The memoryof that event will remain with himfor the rest of his days.

Toivo will miss his work at themine, as it will miss him, but allassociated with him hope that heand his wife spend many long,happy years together in retirement.

Kindness is becoming at anyage.

AppointmentsR. D. Parker, vice-president and

general manager, on June 30 an-nounced that R. R. Saddingtonand E. G. Stoneman had eachbeen appointed assistant managerof reduction plants, to assume theirnew duties July 1.

J. C. Parsee, manager of reduc-tion plants, announced the ap-pointment of J. N. Lilley as generalsuperintendent of smelters, effec-tive July 1.

Born in Finland in 1891, Toivo His 35 years in the departmentwas 20 when he landed in North saw him supervise the installationBay, although why there he never of three underground and five sur-has been able to determine. Within face hoists, four compressors, threea matter of days, however, had substations and five pump stations,found his way to Sudbury and was along with innumerable routinerunning a drill helping sink Frood installations. He was one of theNo. 4 shaft. The fact that he few men retained during Levack'shadn't even a nodding acquain- shut-down period and performedtance with drills or shafts pre- = a number of varied maintenanceviously didn't prevent him from jobs in addition to fire guarddrilling the cut helpers in the duties.round on his first shift. The next Reflecting contentedly on thethree years were spent there and present pretty town nestling in theat Kirkwood mine where among deep wooded hills, Toivo recalledmany other jobs he became a that only a few rough boardinghoistman after roughly one hour houses and a handful of otherof instruction. Twelve-hour shifts dwell'ngs made up the town whenwere the vogue in those days, with he arrived. Selma Norrena, whomone hoistman doing a 24-hour he married in 1919, was themarathon every Sunday on the daughter of one of those pioneerchange of shifts. Toivo recalled boarding housekeepers, a man whooperating the hoist for 48 hours also helped sink old No. 1 shaft atstraight on one occasion when his Levack. Mrs. Kauppinen recalledpartner failed to show up. No that her mother insisted she giveindicators in those days either, he Toivo special care as he was suchsaid, just wire marks on the hoist- a nice, quiet studious man, so sheing rope.

Early in 1915 Toivo was told toreport to Levack, where the lateFrank Eager was superintendent.Operating the compressors thereand studying electricity at home,he then took a six month courseat a New York electrical school.

made a life occupation of it. Theyhave two sons, Edwin, a machinistat Levack, and Howard. Threegrandchildren add much to theirhappiness.

The caretaking duties at No. 8men's club in Levack are nowhandled by Toivo and his wife, so

Shortly after this he was placed between that, his camp at Windyin charge of Levack's electrical Lake, and television he feels hework, where he remained until his { will have very little idle time. At

Critical Manpower Shortage Discussed

At a conference unique in Canadian history , the country 's criticalProfessional manpower shortage was discussed by leading Industrialistsand educators, and representatives of government, labor , and the pro-fessional societies. Initial steps were taken toward encouraging morestudents to carry on from high school into university , particularly inthe science and engineering courses, and expanding facilities for theoutput of a larger force of skilled technicians. Among those attendingwere. left to right above, James S . Duncan , Toronto ; Dr. W. A. Mudge,special representative on educational programs, Inco; Honorable C. D.Howe, minister of trade and commerce and defence production , Ottawa;Crawford Gordon, Jr., president, A. V. Roe Canada Ltd., Malton.

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Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Young ( Garson mine ) Mr. and Mrs. Orvil Martin (Port Colborne Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bilecki (copper refinery)

with Patricia , 3% mos., Timmy, 4, and nickel refinery ) with Elinor, 7, Karen, 6 mos., with Peter, 1, and Joey, 4.

Rickey, 8. and Margaret Rose, 7.

Mr. and Mrs . Andy Luoma ( Creighton mine ) with Inga , 16, Julia, 14, Jackie, 8,

Elaine, 3 weeks, Mails, 6, Eddy , 18, David, 2, and Martti, 11.Below are Mr. and Mrs. Rod Hill (Copper Cliff smelter) with

Jack, 14, and Brian , 11, and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Brown

(Levack mine) with Alan, 4, Gary, 5, and Bobby, 1.

11r. and firs. Roland Brunet ( Frood - Stoble mine) with Colette, 3, Diane, 11,

Ronald, 8 and Gilles, 12.

The clean-cut surface plant of the Stobie section of Frood -Stobie mine stands about 200 feet from the spot where James Stobie made hisdiscovery of ore in 1885 . The property was afterwards purchased by the Canadian Copper Co. It was opened in 1886 and continued inoperation until 1901 , the workings being mainly open cut. The ore, though not rich, consisted largely of massive sulphides and hence wasuseful in mixing with more siliceous ores.

Blasthole stopes are being mined through from underground to thebottom of the Stobie section of the open pits, where surface mining wasconcluded in 1951.

of its outstanding features to Inco

Stobie Section drill research work for the blast-l^ i hol

ee mining program at Stobie.

Now BiggestInco Producer

With a daily production of 14,500tons, the Stobie section of Frood-Stobie mine has swung into thelead as the biggest undergroundproducer in the history of Incomining. Previous holder of thetitle was Creighton no. 7 shaftwith its daily output from thatmine's caving operations of 11,500tons.

Although the Stobie section hasnot yet hit the maximum pro-

The accompanying picture ofthe Stobie section of the Frood-Stobie open pits shows how under-ground mining by the blastholestoping method has taken overfrom surface mining in the com-plete recovery of the orebody.

When surface mining had pro-gressed to the point where it wasno longer economical, in Augustof 1951, the Stobie section was1,400 feet long and 1,000 feet wideat yard level, and 338 at its deep-est point. From it had been taken1212 million tons of ore, in thesafe mining of which it had alsobeen necessary to extract 10 mil-lion tons of rock,The openings now showing in

the bottom of the pit are blast-duction for which it was designed,development work has reached thestage where all three main pro-ducing levels, 600, 1,000, and 1,400,are pulling their share of the loadon a firmly stabilized basis. Thisunit of Inco's mining activities isnow capable of its scheduled pro-duction for many years to come.

The Stobie plant is viewed withparticular pride by the minesdepartment because it incorporatesso many of the major develop-ments in Inco mining over thepast few years - automatic hoists,bottom dump skips, huge under-ground transportation equipment,twin shafts for flexibility in hoist-ing schedules, ice stopes for airconditioning the ventilation sys-tem - to name a few, which haveall been subjects from time totime of feature stories in the Tri-angle. Even the 41_-inch longholecarbide drill now in general usethroughout the world owes some

hole stopes which have been minedI through from the 600 level of the

underground operations. The net-work of supporting pillars left be-tween the stopes will later bedrilled, blasted, and removed. Thetwo churn drills are drilling holesfor the recovery of ore which hadbeen tied up by the main haulageroad out of the pit.

The indentation to be seen alongthe far side of the fourth stopeis what is left of one of the driftsfrom which drilling was done inthe mining of the stope. Thesedrifts run along each side of thestope for its full length, therebeing several such pairs from thebottom to the top of the scope,one above the other, 100 feet apart.From the safe vantage of thedrifts are drilled fans of blastholesvarying in length from 30 to 150feet which, when blasted, willresult in a 6-foot slice of ore being

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broken the whole height and widthof the stope face, which is 90 feetwide. Falling to the bottom of thestope the ore fills the . boxholesfeeding the slusher drifts, fromwhich it is scraped directly into icars to be hauled away to thecrushers.

There are from 30 to 40 of thesehuge stopes regularly in produc-tion in the mine.

The daddy of all understate-ments is to say that Inco 's miningoperations are no hand -to-mouth Iproposition . And there couldn't bea better example than the Stobieof how true this is.

It was back in 1940 that thenCompany 's executives studied theirlong-range ore depletion sched-ules, took a look at the steadilyrising curve of nickel's usefulnessto mankind , and reached for theirgeological maps and reports. De-velopment of the Stobie propertywas quickly decided on , setting inmotion a program which wouldrequire years of work and theexpenditure of millions of dollars ? Stainless Steelbefore a pound of ore would beproduced.Although an extension in the

life of the open pit operations,and the scarcity of manpoweravailable for development work inthe new mine during the SecondWorld War, resulted in a revisionof the original schedule for theStobie section, nevertheless it wasdue to the Company's policy oflong range planning that thisgreat mine was ready to swinginto production when it wasneeded to maintain the flow ofnickel to the free world.

THESE WILL I REMEMBERThese will I remember

When winter comes again:Tall grass rolling in the wind

And glistening in the rain;Wooded slopes and mountain

peaks,And white clouds flying:

River days and ocean waysAnd the sad gulls crying.

I will hug my firesideAnd draw my shoulders in,

Spread my hands and watch thegold

Of summer leave my skin;Shake my head and bite my lip,

And fall to dreamingOf beach days and ocean ways

And the mad gulls screaming.LEN G.SELLE

(In the Toronto Star)

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Copper Cliff Dairy's herd of purebred Holsteins grazes within sight ofCopper Cliff smelter's three stacks and , on the right , the new iron orerecovery plant.

At Cliff's DairyTo make sure that the milk they

market is pure, many up-to-dateCanadian dairies use milk-handlingand processing equipment madefrom stainless steel containingabout 8% nickel.

This stainless steel has a hard,corrosion-resistant surface that iseasy to clean.

Logically enough, complete stain-less steel equipment has been in-stalled at the Copper Cliff Dairy,which stands within mooing dis-tance of the huge reduction plants Iwhere nickel is produced.

"Naturally we're proud of ourplant," says Bill Johnson, thedairy manager. "We went all-outto make it an all-stainless opera-tin"

The dairy's gleaming milk -handling and processing equipment featuresstainless steel containing nickel that was milled and smelted in the re-duction plants nearby . Leo Nurmi is seen adjusting the clarifier andseparator, and George Hill is operating the bottle filling machine.

Right from the raw milk dumptank and accumulating tank,through the pumps, pipes , and fil-ter to the 500-gallon refrigeratedholding tank and then on to theflash process pasteurizer, thecoolers, homogenizer, bottle fillerand capper, and all other equip-ment features stainless steel. The

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hot milk clarifier and separator Mrs. Weisenheimer - Are youcontains approximately 150 parts the young man who jumped intothat come in contact with milk, the river and hauled my son outand they're all made of stainless. ' when he fell through the ice?

Laurie Boulet Pitches Machine Shop to Shift Softball Title

Behind the sensational pitching of evergreen Laurie Boulet . Machine Shop were invincible in the playofffor the Copper Cliff shift softball league championship . They trimmed Nickel Reverbs three straight forthe title . In this picture their captain , Owen O 'Reilly, receives the Darrach trophy from the league presi-dent . Tony Bertrand . Members of the team shown are : front row, Mike Narduzzi, Bill Yeo , Rusty Duberry,Ron Matte, Bill Osterwalker, Leno Antoniazzi , Art Wulff; back row, Harry Belay, Eddie Kotulyk , LawrenceCavanagh . Joe Sauve, Bernard Leclair , Charlie O'Reilly , Laurie Bouiet . Seven teams were in the league.

Young man - Yes, ma'am.Mrs. Weisenheimer - Where's

his mittens?

QUICK QUIZ

1. The mineral-rich Canadian,or Precambrian, Shield occupieswhat proportion of Canada's totalarea?

2. How many cases of measleswere there in Canada last year?

3. Ranked by value, name thefive leading products of Canada'smining industry.

4. Which of the provinces hasthe greatest area of fresh water?

5. Ranked by population, whatare the five largest cities inOntario?

ANSWERS: 3. Crude petroleum,copper, nickel, gold, zinc. 1. Nearlyhalf. 5. Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa,Windsor, London. 2. There were56,922 cases of measles reportedto Canadian medical health offi-cers in 1955, 20,000 more than1954. 4. Quebec, 71,000 squaremiles.

,Materlai prepared by the editors of^nIek Canadian Facts.t

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Inco Club Again Season' s Host to Port Colborne Teen-Agers

The Triangle camera "stopped" some fast action in these pictures taken during the opening teen-agers ' night of the season . In the first shotthe badminton bird was caught by the lens in the split second as It turned after being struck by the racquet . In the second picture the ballseems to have paused for a rest on the bat In the table tennis match, and in the snap on the right another bird is just going to get it - but good.

350 AttendedOpening Night

Port Colborne teen-agers areback at the old stand for whatshapes up as another rousinglysuccessful season.

No special advertising was need-ed to drum up a crowd for theopening night's activities at theInco Recreation Club on October13. During the week the wordspread swiftly over the teen-agergrapevine, and 350 boys and girlswere on hand to get things goingin a big way.

Every other Saturday throughto April, with time off for Christ-mas, the Inco club will be hostto the town's teen-agers, often asmany as 500 at a time, invitingthem to make full use of itsfacilities including badminton,bowling , table tennis , and danc-ing. For the grand finale onApril 19 an orchestra will be en-gaged.

"They're a fine bunch of youngpeople , and we 're glad to havethem back with us again," saidAlex McNay , the club manager.

The check room will again beoperated by Thos. Lannan chap-ter. IODE , on teen-ager nights, aservice much appreciated by boththe young people and the clubmanagement . Mrs. Owen Segerand Mrs. Fred Schulze were onduty en opening night.

Members of the Recreation Clubcommittee and their wives taketurns helping with the teen-agerprograms . Chris McPhail, thechairman , and Mrs. McPhail, werepresent October 13.

Although most of the youngpeople come from Port Colborne,the Inco teen-ager parties oftenattract visitors from Dunnville,Welland, Niagara Falls, and othernearby centres . Their presenceseems to point up the fine ccm-munity :.er%,ice which is being ac-

On the left, two young stags leave their jackets at the check room operated by the I.O.D.E. On theright a quartet enjoys "the pause that refreshes" between dances.

complished by this popular pro- Part of the opening night crowd is seen in this view of the auditorium as the dance session swings intojeer, high gear. Both "sweet 'n' slow" and "rock 'n' roll" numbers are popular with Port Colborne's teen-agers.

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Special Reception Held for New Quarter Century Club Men

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25-Year ClubWelcomes 222New Members

Another fine evening of fellow-ship went into the records of Inco'sQuarter Century Club September28 when more than 1 ,200 attendedthe annual dinner meeting andconcert at the Sudbury Arena.

Given a standing ovation werethe 222 new men who qualified toenter the select circle of 25-yearInco employees . They had receivedtheir club membership buttons inan earlier ceremony at the arena,with Henry S. Wingate , president,and Ralph D . Parker, vice -presi-dent and general manager ofCanadian operations , doing thehonors.

"You are the nucleus of theNickel Company ," the presidentsaid in expressing the Company'sappreciation to the members ofthe Quarter Century Club, bothold and new, and the pensioners."You are the central group whichhas made possible the interna-tional good reputation our Com-pany enjoys today."

It was the biggest banquet inthe history of Sudbury. The gen-eral women 's association of St.Andrew's United Church cooked1,800 pounds of turkey and servedit smoothly and smartly withdressing , cranberry sauce, gravy,turnips , potatoes, sliced tomatoesand rolls , topped off by two kindsof pie. There were 80 womenwaiting on the tables and another70 busy in the kitchens set up atboth ends of the huge auditorium.

A concert party from Torontoheaded by Ron Leonard, magicianand master of ceremonies , providedthoroughly enjoyed entertainment.Especially popular was the sing-ing of Betty Weir, an eye-sooth-ing soprano.

The 222 new members formedthe second-largest group yet wel-comed to the Quarter CenturyClub, exceeded only by last year's269. They increased the totalmmbership in Canada to 1576, in-clusive of those qualifying thisyear at Port Colborne. Of theseInco employees with 25 or moreyears of service to their credit,1,251 are active and 325 are re-tired. The club also has 706 mem-hers in the United States and

At a special ceremony in the arena , preceding the banquet, membership buttons of the Quarter CenturyClub were presented to the 25-year men of 1956 . In the first picture , President Henry S . Wingate con-gratulates John Antoia of the Open Pit on qualifying for membership. The centre picture shows CharlieByers of Copper Cliff being welcomed by Vice-President Ralph D. Parker; facing the camera is James C.Parlee , manager of reduction plants. Herb Shoveller , copper refinery is greeted by Mr . Wingate in the pic-ture on the right , after being introduced by Russell Hawglll , centre, manager of the copper refining division.

The new 25-year man exchanging greetings with Mr . Parker in this picture is John Maricjash of the CopperCliff plant ; next in line is Alfonso Bozzer , also of Copper Cliff, and after him is Nelson Bellmore of Murraymine . In the background Is Herman J. Mntz, manager of mines.

785 in the United Kingdom andEurope, making a grand total of3,067.

The incoming members for 1956did not necessarily join the Com-pany in 1931, R. D. Parker pointedout in his brief address. Most ofthem had become Inco men earlierbut during the depression were ontemporary layoff which did notcount in their service records.That they returned to their jobswhen times picked up again, hesaid, reflected their good judgmentend also spoke well for the Com-pany which attracted them backinto the fold.

Along with other developmentsthe past 25 years had seen theOrford process moved from PortColborne to Copper Cliff andeventually replaced by a new pro-ct' s. the introduction of flashsmelting, a new mill built atCreighton, the iron tare recoveryplant put into operation, and the

open pit come and practically go.Production from the mines hadincreased from 11_ million tons in1931 to 15 million tons annually.Inco's international organizationhad grown from 6 ,0000 employeesin 1931 to 26,000 . In 1931 theCcmpany sold 55 million poundsof nickel, in 1955 five times thatmuch.

In countless ways during thiseventful period, Mr. Parker said,Inco's products had helped pushback the frontiers of richer andfuller living - new and improvedhousehold equipment, for example,television, wonder fabrics likenylon and dacron, jet aircraft, orthe life-saving miracle drugs.

Prospects and problems of thefuture were discussed by thepresident, Mr. Wingate. "Unfor-tunately the demand for nickeldoesn't just sit there and waituntil we can catch up with it,"he said. The producers of several

other metals were looking forevery opportunity to take businessaway from Into by supplying sub-stitutes for nickel. "That's thereason we have our army of re-search workers out fighting tohold the ground."

Another serious source of com-petition , said Mr . Wingate, is seenin the development of the nickeldeposits in Cuba, which are biggerthan those of all the nickel com-panies in Canada put together.Although the ore is more difficultto treat than Canadian nickelores, the project is getting helpfrom the United States govern-ment in the form of processresearch as well as in otherforms. This encouragement isbeing given because the US. isanxious for strategic reasons tohave an important source of de-fenee-vital nickel other thanCanada. The low standard of liv-

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With the Triangle Camera at the BiggestInco Quarter Century Club Meeting Ever Held

Although this year's gathering of more than 1,200 was comfortably accommodated with something to spare , It didn't take acrystal gazer to predict that the day will come when even the Sudbury Arena won 't be big enough to hold the annual dinnermeeting of Inco 's Quarter Century Club for the mining, reduction , and copper refining divisions . Above Is a photograph ofthe 1956 party. On the stage Is the Coniston band , performing under the baton of Dan Totino, while behind the screensat either end of the rink the busy ladies of St. Andrew 's Church get their assembly lines In action to serve the biggestbanquet In the history of Sudbury . Colorfully Impressive as was this scene , It became one of solemn beauty when thelights were dimmed, and a silver spotlight picked up the big Quarter Century Club crest, and everyone stood up for themoment of remembrance.

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Russell Hewgill, mdivision, and Normrelations, rigged outtrick spectacles, weiroars of laughter w

Nearest the camera In the snapshot on the left is Barney Hamilton of the electrical department at Copper Cliff. On the of Copper Cliff, appe:right , getting a big kick out of the stage show , are Teddy Moroz of the copper refinery and three Froodians . Steve had credited service of`ykilczyk , Pete Zelonka , and Joe Martin . he was pensioned in

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,f the copper refining;e, manager industrialclan Ron Leonard withwith the gag and drewantics.

table shots showing adance . William Zinklebove at bottom right,rs and 2 months when

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"The Other Half of the Team

The first man to join the Quarter Century Club from the new iron orerecovery plant was Alex Blanchard . In their home at Lively his wifeand two of their daughters , Nancy, 7, and Lynn , 12, admire their roses.

Wives of the 222 new members each of the new 25-year men priorof Inco's Quarter Century Club to the big banquet at the Sudburyshared the spotlight with their Arena.husbands. The wife of one of the new

"I would like you to know that members, Mrs. Hjalmar Stavang,we recognize, and deeply appreci- appears on the cover of this issue,ate, the part you have played in and others are seen in the accom-establishing this very fine record," paying pictures. As the vice-presi-wrote Vice-President R. D. Parker dent has said previously, theyin a letter accompanying a bouquet represent the other half of theof roses sent to the partner of team".

Reading Mr. Parker's letter is Mrs. PeteOleksiuk of Creighton mine.

Three sisters whose husbands all became Quarter Century Club menthis year were Mrs. Reno Serafino ( Copper Cliff carpenter shop), Mrs.Victor Alberton (Coniston smelter), and Mrs. Tony Franceschini(Murray mine). Christened Julia, Angeline and Jean , they are daughtersof the late Wm. Chezzi of Coniston , who was an employee of MondNickel Co. for several years.

Wife of the storekeeper at Levack mine , Mrs. Ted Lawrence wasphotographed with her mother , Mrs. May Walker.

This is Mrs. Dick Wlinika , whose husband is Representing the Copper Refinery in thisemployed at the Open Pit. group is Mrs. Jack Duncan.

Mrs. Danny Parker 's husband is a well -known Mrs. Fred Desjardins is the wife of a popular Arranging her bouquet of roses is the charm-Frood - Stobie man . topman at Garson mine. ing Mrs. Alex Rivard, Coniston.

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Cuneo's "Portrait of Inco" a Masterly Effort 25-Year Club(Continued from Page 7)

ing in Cuba, where rates of payare greatly inferior to those atInco, would also strengthen thecompetitive position of the Cubannickel industry, Mr. Wingatepointed out.

"Our job Is to keep the demandfor nickel so big that no matterwhat happens in Cuba we willhave a market for all we produce,"the president declared, addingthat he was confident this couldbe done through selling plus re-search.

Speaking briefly of the Com-psny's never-ceasing activities tomaintain its ore reserves, Mr.Wingate said he was very op-timistic of important nickel pro-duction being obtained from an-other location in Canada otherthan Sudbury. This was appar-ently a reference to the Com-

Copper Cliff Club (above ) and the Inco Employees Club in Sudbury took on an art gallery

showings of the Terence Cuneo paintings , which were greatly admired by all.where a large deposit of low-gradeore has been located.

"We have had a wonderful 25years," the president said. Hehoped that there would be reason-ably comparable growth duringthe next 25 so that men, manage-ment and shareholders of theCompany would all be that muchbetter off.

Congratulating Mr. Wingate onhis vigorous address, R. H. Wad-dington, assistant to the vice-president, spoke for the entiregathering when he said it wasboth gratifying and reassuring toknow that the Company's futurewas being approached "with suchforesight, optimism, courage andconfidence."

"Instead of losing touch withone another because our Companyhas grown so large, we have in asense been brought even closer to-gether over the years throughsharing the job of building the

atmosphere pany's exploration program atMoak Lake in northern Manitoba,

Triangle readers will remember the above photograph of the distinguished British artist making hispreliminary pencil sketch for a painting of the converter aisle in Copper Cliff smelter. At the right isa reproduction of the dramatic finished canvas , which many regarded as the best of his Inco group.

19 Canvases TellDramatic Story

A portrait, on 19 separate can-vases, of the International NickelCompany at work in Canada, theUnited Kingdom, and the UnitedStates, won unqualified admira-tion from the hundreds who sawit on exhibition in Sudbury andCopper Cliff this month.

It had long been felt that theimportance of the Company'soperations warranted a suitableand permanent record-one whichwould portray the industry butwould at the same time be adapt-able for other uses. Last yearthe British artist, Terence Cuneo,was commissioned by Inco to paintthe mines and processes in Can-ada and the United States to sup-plement the canvases he had al-ready made of the Company'soperations in the United Kingdom.

The masterly sense of color andvitality that Cuneo brings toceremonial and industrial sub-jects alike is at its glowing best inthese paintings that run the fulldramatic range of Inco from a drill

scene in a stope 2,000 feet belowground to the massive action offorging hammer and extrusionpress in its great end-productworks.

Particularly impressive is theversatile Cuneo's ability to indulgehis almost photographic gift fordetail without sacrificing the at-mosphere or stature of his subject.

The Frood-Stobie open pit,miners drilling in a square-setstope at Frood-Stobie No. 3 shaft,miners leaving the cage in thecollarhouse at Creighton No. 5shaft, casting horizontal wire barsat the copper refinery, the decom-poser aisle at the nickel refineryat Clydach, Wales, the chemicalsdepartment at Clydach, and thewet process section of the preciousmetals refinery at Acton, England,all respond to the magic ofCuneo's brush in this portrait ofan industry.

Other scenes in the UnifiedKingdom are the extrusion pressat the Hereford works, the melt-ing shop, universal mill, and rodmill at Birmingham, and the ex-trusion press at Glasgow. At Hunt-ington, West Virginia, Cuneochose the forging hammer andthe rolling mill, and at Bayonne,

New Jersey, the ramming mould.Testing of magnetic alloys in anInco development and researchlaboratory, the atmospheric cor-rosion testing station at KureBeach, North Carolina, and thesea water corrosion testing sta-tion at nearby Harbor Island, com-plete this powerful portrait of anindustry.

Ten other paintings by Cuneo,loaned for the Inco exhibition,included the visit by Queen Eliza-beth to lay the foundation stoneof Lloyd's new building in Londonin 1952, and a reproduction of hiscanvas of the coronation cere-mony, personally autographed forhim by the Queen.

Those who knew of Cuneo'shabit of hiding an extra "signa-ture" in most of his paintings inthe form of a very mischievous-looking little mouse, enjoyed thegame of discovering it in its care-fully camouflaged positions. Theyalso noted with amusement thefull dress portraits of Bngsdier-General Sir Terence Vole-Souris,hero of the 'traps' and commander-in-chief of the 43rd Rodent LightFoot, and his lady, Catherine Vole-Souris, 16th Duchess of Roquefortand Brie.

International Nickel into the greatenterprise it is today," said H. J.Mutz, manager of mines. "In avery personal way our Companyrepresents our life work, our hopes,our ideals, the happiness andsecurity of those we love, and ourfaith in our fellow men. Westand for it and it stands for us."He proposed a toast to the pen-sioners of Inco who , he said, "ledthe way and blazed the trails wenow follow ." "To them we owe toa large degree the comradeshipand mutual understanding thatembodies the spirit of our QuarterCentury Club."

C. O. Maddock , formerly of themechanical engineering depart-ment at Copper Cliff, replied tothe toast and expressed the pen-sicners' sincere appreciation ofthe Company's solicitude for theirwelfare. He praised the Inco re-tirement plan as being "away outin front."

The arena lights were dimmedwhile a moment of remembrancewas observed for deceased mem-bers of the Quarter Century Club.

The Ccniston Band. augmentedby some members of the SudburyBand, played a pleasant selectionof numbers during the dinnerunder the baton of Dan Totino.

All who assisted in handling themultitude .)f details in connectionwith the big event were fully en-titled to the satisfaction of a job

well done. It was a very success-

ful party.

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Four StraightFor Creighton

As Don Mackintosh quoth in hiscolumn next day, "Revenge issweet, despite what they say."

When big Bill Kasepchuk'smighty blow sent the ball sailingover the left field fence in thebottom half of the 11th, CreightonIndians evened an old score withCopper Cliff Redmen.

In 1954 the Redmen licked theIndians in four straight games forthe Nickel Belt senior baseballchampionship and the Moneltrophy. Kasepchuk's clout thenight of September 25 gave theIndians their fourth straight vic-tory over the Redmen in the 1956championship series.

So lightning sometimes strikestwice in the same place, but itdoesn't necessarily hit the samepeople.

The win was doubly sweet forCreighton because, like ConistonRed Sox, last year's champs, theywere a fourth place club at thestart of the playoffs. They sud-denly caught fire and won eightconsecutive games.

A life member of the Nickel Beltbaseball league, Harry Towns ofMurray mine, presented the cham-pionship trophy to the Creightoncoach, Earl Brandy.

Proud of His 27Years of ServiceWith a sincere "thank you" to

both the Company and all hissupervision, Jack Semeniuk retiredrecently on service pension, proudof his more than 27 years of happyand profitable association with

Inco. His one re-gret is that he

he first came tothis country.

From a farmin the Ukraineto a friend inMontreal cam eJack in 1914.seek-in his fo tuneg .r

In Toronto and Hamilton hespent the next six years at variousjobs. Then, tiring of city life, hetook up farming near Dill andremained there until early in 1929when he was hired by Inco atCopper Cliff. All of his 27 yearswith the Company were spent inthe transportation department,and a more dependable trackmanwould he hard to find.

Jack was married in 1918 buthis wife died in 1932. Of their fivechildren Michael and Olga are inLondon, Bill is employed at theiron ore plant. Fred at Frood-Stebie no. 3 shaft, and Nick inthe converter department atCopper Cliff. Jack lives with his.on Fred in Sudbury. He has ninegrandchildren who are the joyof his life.

In excellent health, he is think-ing of taking a part-time job tofill in the time. He's not even con-..idering a holiday trip back to theland of his birth because, as hesees it, Canada is the best Countryin the world -- so why leave?

1, didn' t join when

An Autumn Sports Scene at Queen's Athletic Field

Under the lights at Queen 's Athletic Field the Sudbury and Copper Cliff high school juniors are seen herein an interscholastic football match which Sudbury won 16 -5. On the play following the one In the picturethey went over for their third touchdown , to the delight of their cheerleaders , who are poised for actionin the foreground . St. Charles looms as the likely winner of the junior league , while Tech seems sure tocop the senior title.

tifrs. Hartwigsen points out a picture of a familiar scene in Bergen toher brother and his wife . It was their first meeting in 30 years.

Happy Reunion for the NelsonsBen Nelson of the engineering

staff at Copper Cliff never quitegot around to taking a trip backto his old stamping ground in Nor-way. so he hadn't seen his sister,Mrs. Erna Hartwigsen, in 30 yearswhen she came to visit him Lastsummer. It was quite it reunion.

Ben and his wife and sister wereall born in Bergen, a Norwegiancity of about 130,000 peoples Abranch of his family was one ofthe original families foundingDurban. in South Africa, and Mrs.

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Hartwigsen had visited therebefore coming to Canada, givingher an extra budget of news tobring to the Nelsons.

A gift Ben will long treasure.and one that helped bring him up-to-date on doings in the old hometown, was a pictorial souvenirbrought to him by his sisterentitled "Det Gauile Ecrgen- iTheOld Bergen). A tatted table centrepiece made by Mn. Nelson'sbrother almost 30 years ago wasanother prized memento Mrs.

Hartwigsen carried with her. Tat-ting gets its name from the Ice-landic word "tata", meaning "topick", she explained in conversa-tion with the Triangle; it is a fineart in Norway, where it is verypopular among the women.

If every Norwegian is as great abooster for his country as Mrs.Hartwigsen, Norway has no needof a travel bureau. "My countryis the best in the world today fora vacation at any time of theyear," was her opinion. Themountains are a mecca both win-ter and summer, she said, and thehospitality is unexcelled anywhere.She found northern Ontario muchto her liking because scenically itreminded her a good deal of home.Both Canada and the UnitedStates )which she visited briefly),were much as she expected - withone exception . The discovery thateveryone here doesn 't own twocars rather surprised her; in Euro-pean countries it is a commonimpression that nearly every housein America is adorned with adouble garage - loaded.

Ben and Mrs. Nelson spentmuch of their vacation showingMrs. Hartwigsen some of thebeauty spots of Ontario, in whichthey take pride like hers for Nor-way, and they think she wenthome convinced it is a pretty niceplace too.

ALL ABOARDFive S,-otsmen decided to go

horse back riding , so Sandy wentto bargain v ith the stable owner.Sandy inquired the price of ahorse, and the stable owner, beforeuswerii:g, asked:Stable u'snor: "How long?"

Sandy: The longest ye've got.There'll be five of us going."

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base; R. Nadon. 1st base; R. Book-of-the-Month Club selectionStorey, outfield; R. Cucksey, 2nd last October.base; Martin Callaghan, manager; Last year he and two compan-Frank Doyle, coach; Nick and ions had to set adrift in Hudson'sSteve Doyle, batboys. Bay in a freight canoe after their

GARSON: A. Purala, outfield; large boat broke down and wasR. Rivers, shortstop; B. Thompson, swamped. He has commissionedpitcher; J. Presniak, pitcher; R. the building of a new boat atNoonan, 3rd base; D. Richard, Goderich made entirely of steel,outfield; D. McRae, 1st base; J. about 60 feet long and weighingMcLeod, pitcher; B. Jones, 2nd close to 60 tons, and powered bybase; R. Pietz, catcher; A. Dore, twin screw diesels developing amanager; A. Noon, coach. total of 200 h.p. The keel is a

Arctic DoctorClub Speaker

A speaker of unusual interest atCopper Cliff Rod & Gun Club'ssmoker this month was Dr. J. P.Moody of the Dominion depart-ment of Indian affairs, whoshowed a color film he made inthe eastern Arctic while on oneof his regular trips as medical doc-tor to the Indians and Eskimos.Called "Arctic Wonderland", themotion picture is an impressiverecord of life in the far north.

Dr. Moody, who makes his homeat Manitowaning, Manitoulin Is-land, last year published a book,"Arctic Doctor", which was the

Undisputed champions of Nickel Belt pee wee baseball this year wereLevack Shamrocks, seen here as they received the T . M. Gaetz trophyafter defeating Garson Bluebirds in a double-header at Queen 's AthleticField. Frank McAteer, superintendent of Levack mine , presents thetrophy to the team captain , Richard Cucksey; on the right Is the coach,Frank Doyle.

Levack Shamrocks UndefeatedIn 32 Games During Summer

Winning their 24 regular league ; pee wee teams, and home andgames , six exhibition games, and home games were played through-a doubleheader playoff with Gar- out the season.son without a single loss made Garson had fine midget andLevack Shamrocks feel there was juvenile entries, and both theselittle left to conquer in their class teams won Nickel District andas they proudly accepted the T. Northern Ontario championships.M. Gaetz trophy, emblematic of In the pee wee playoffs atsupremacy in Nickel District peewee baseball. It was whispered,however, that such a winningstreak would be all but impossiblewithout the help and favour ofthose mighty, mysterious sprites,the leprechauns, and the two sonsof Erin, Marty Callaghan andFrank Doyle, who managed andmasterminded the team, are cer-tain that their exemplary livingwas solely responsible for suchfavours.

This past summer, Levack wasas usual a hotbed of baseball andsoftball with three playing fieldsbeing taxed to the limit. In softball a league was operated foralmost every age group, and inseveral cases for both boys andgirls. Baseball was confined large-ly to pee wee and midget with thelocal winner entering the districtplayoffs. Capreol, Larchwood,Chelmsford and Garson also had

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Queen's Athletic Field the strongright arm of Levack's Sanford Mc-Farlane proved a little too muchfor the Garson Bluebirds. Mc-Farlane pitched a 2 hit, 12 to 1victory in the first encounter andthen in a relief role in the secondgame blanked the Bluebirds in thefinal two frames. Doyle, Piccalo,Callaghan and Bishop long withMcFarlane were Levack's powerhitters, giving Garson's JerryPresniak and Jack McLeod quitea shelling on the mound. Richards,Pietz, McRae, Thompson and Mc-Leod hit well for Garson, withMcLeod poling the only circuitclout of the two games.

Lineups were as follows:LEVACK: R. Frolich, catcher;

S. McFarlane, pitcher; D. MacCoy,outfield; E. Bishop, outfield; J.Doyle, shortstop; J. Quesnel, out-field; M. Callaghan,, pitcher; M.White, outfield: B. Piccalo, 3rd

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About 150 attended the Copper Cliff Rod & Gun Club's smoker to hearDr. J. P . Moody. At one of the tables the Triangle camera snapped, fromleft to right, Garnet Gould , Garson mine ; Fred Patterson, Copper Cliffreverbs; Ray Ashick , Garson mine; Lloyd Gould , CNR, Sudbury; KeithAcheson , regional forester , department of lands and forests, Sudbury.

deep one, specially designed forArctic conditions. Other specialequipment is an ingenious hoistthat will lift the ship off icebergswhen it runs aground, whichaccording to the doctor usuallyhappens about twice during hisfive-month voyage.

Dr. Moody has organized a seriesof Arctic safaris which haveproved to be very popular withscientists, and to a smaller extentwith the casual tourist. Bookingsfor next year's trip have alreadybeen made, and will include a fishand bird specialist on the staff ofthe American Museum of NaturalHistory.

Starting from Little Current theboat will travel via the St. Law-rence, around Labrador, where Dr.Moody expects to board her, andthen proceed to the Arctic.

I Meanwhile, back in the kitchen, members of the Italian Club ladies'"I'll let that one go," said Butch Jones of Carson , and sure enough it auxiliary were busy preparing the "lunch barbecued chicken and pork,was one of the very few balls thrown by Levack 's ace chucker, Sanford smoked oysters, cold cuts, onions, radishes, celery, etc., etc. From the leftMcFarlane , in the championship playoff at QAF . The catcher is are seen Mrs. A . Camilucci , Mrs. T . Bertulii , Mrs. A. Didone, andB. Piccolo and the umpire T. Atkinson . Jars. T. Rupoll.

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• neer of the first train to takeHanding out 01,615in Suggestion Plan Awards supplies into Hearst.

He went back to mining again

7T- 7 for a while, then worked In theCAFpaper mill at Espanola for nine

, } years . In 1929 he hired on with^1'•y ; . 1^, Fraser Brace and helped build the

copper refinery into such a fineplant he decided to stay there.He became pipefitter foreman andhandled the job to everyone'ssatisfaction right up until hisretirement. Piping a mould changebecame so familiar to him he

i agrees he could do most of itblindfolded.

In 1915 Florida Lauzon ofBlezard became his bride and totheir happy home came 11children: Edna (Mrs. Hitchcock),Irene (Mrs. Lacourciere) andJanet (Mrs. Prieur) are all ofSudbury, Rose is Mrs. Olien ofWinnipeg, Dolly is Mrs. Pidgeonof Kingston, Eva is Mrs. LeonThompson of Frood-Stobie, Ritais the wife of Len Andrews of thecopper refinery, where Tommyalso works, Lionel is at Tilsonburg,and Pauline and Patsy are still

James C. Parlee , manager of reduction plants , congratulates Johnny Akkanen on his $1,000 suggestion planaward . On the left is Curly Kydd , who received $441, and on the right , Gitardo Roberti, whose cheque atthis three-way presentation was for $174.

Johnny AkkanenIs $1,000 Winner

A record distribution of Incoemployees' suggeston -Ian awards

retired on service pension, Johnny Including these three majoris married and has two children, awards, the total amount whichSharon, 7, and Robert, 5. His has been distributed to employeessister Shirley is on the staff of in the Inco reduction plants forthe paymaster's office at Copper the 1,479 ideas accepted to dateCliff. under the suggestion plan is

was made when Jams C. Parlee, His wife reports that he arrivedmanager of reduction plants, called home from the presentation withthree Copper Cliff men into his the $1,000 intact, which she thoughtoffice and presented them withcheques totalling $ 1,615.

Lion's share of this juicy melonwas the slice cut for JohnnyAkkanen, blacksmith helper. Forhis idea for an iron bending de-vice, he received the top sugges-tion plan prize, $1,000.A second-generation I n c o i t e

whose father, Pete Akkanen, is

Ross Weber of the transportationdepartment and Kathleen Hodginsof the mines department secre-tarial staff, Copper Cliff, weremarried on October 6. Ross is theson of Jack Weber, also of thetransportation department, andKay is the daughter of Wm.Hodgins, a mechanical depart-ment pensioner. Here's wishingthem a long and happy life to-gether.

was a pretty impressive effort fori a fellow with a million dollar ex-

1 cuse for celebrating The mone. ywent into the bank, bringing the

i Akkanen's dream of a home oftheir own a long stride closer toreality.

"Now I know how a fellow feelswhen he wins a sweepstake," hesaid.

A $441 smile of satisfactionspread over Curly Kydd's face ashe took a fast glance at thecheque handed him by Mr. Parlee.Also a family man, he is thefather of three, Linda, 8, Diane, 2,and Grant, 21i months.

His suggestion was for an im-provement in the system of instal-ling cyclones in the flash fur-nace. He had previously receivedawards of $25, Si, and $41 for sub-mitting ideas to improve the effi-ciency of operations, clicking forthe first time away back in 1943.He is now a fitter sub-foreman inthe electric furnace department.

The third award of this unusual"triple header" was for $174, andwent to Gitardo Roberti. utilityman. for suggesting a saving inthe cost of roaster wedges andpins. He was also a repeat win-ner under the suggestion plan,having collected $42 and $117 forprevious "brain •,vaves", LikeJohnny and Curly, when he arrivedhome with that nice tax-freecheque Gitardo got a rousing re-ception from his wife and theirfamily of three, Bob, 19. Mary, 14,and Roxanne. 7.

$36,620.

Refiner 's IzzyYCarrey Retires

The site of an old Sudbury land-mark that recently burned down,the North cafe on Lisgar Street,was the birth place back in 1891of Izzy Carrey, 26-year copperrefinery veteran who has joinedthe ranks of Inco pensioners.

Since his family moved to Mas-sey when he was just a littleshaver, however, Izzy's role as anobserver of the passing scene inearly Sudbury was nipped in thebud.

When he finished his schoolingin 1907 Cobalt was the miningcamp, so Izzy headed there andspent four interesting years as aminer. Then he went with AlgomaCentral Railway and was firemanon the locomotive that laid thefirst track on Lacloche Island, enroute to Little Current, and engi-

at home.Odd jobs around his two houses

on Dell Street in Sudbury, a littlegardening, enjoying the familycamp at Bass lake, and visitingwith his children and his 18 grand-children, will be some of thepleasures of retirement for Izzy.All his old friends at the refineryhope he will long be spared todelight in them.

TOO MUCH TELEVISIONDuring the drawing lesson, little

Billy made a sketch of a stage-coach. When he brought it up tothe teacher she looked at it andthen, puzzled, asked: "But thisstage coach hasn't any wheels onit. What holds it up?"

"Bandits," said Billy.

Most Valuable

Jan "Tarzan" Malik, all-roundstar of the league-leading PolishWhite Eagles, became the firstannual winner of the Musicotrophy for the player judged mostvaluable to his team in the Sud-bury District senior soccer asso-ciation.

The popular Frood-Stobie minerled the poll after voting by mem-bers of the association executive.The trophy was presented thisyear by Frank Musico.

Lou Zizek, goalie of the AdriaRockets, won the Barlow trophy.awarded each year to the playercombining the most ability withsportsmanlike play.

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Standing on the cross-arm of one set of poles of the new line that willsoon deliver high voltage power directly to the copper refinery instead ofvia the Copper Cliff substation , lineman Peter Stos connects the wires tothe insulators.

New Line Will Give BetterPower Service to Refinery

Another major improvement inits service to the Company'soperations is being undertaken bythe Inco electrical department inarranging to bring high voltagepower directly from the main dis-tribution line to the copper re-finery.

At present high voltage power istransmitted from High Falls toCopper Cliff substation and thenrelayed to the refinery and thetailings line. The new setup willgo into use in November and willassure a steadier source of powerfor the refinery operations, in ad-dition to eliminating certain powerlines and poles that do nothing inan artistic way for the landscapethereabouts.

Plans and specifications for thenew line, which called for towersas high as 60 feet, got a setbackwhen it was found that no suit-able poles were available in Can-ada for immediate delivery. Thissituation was soon remedied whena local contractor was hired toscout some cloud-reaching redpine trees in the Penage area fromwhich the required 10 poles werequickly produced redy for creosot-ing.

Piles had to be driven in somequicksand areas to support theconcrete bases on which the poleswere erected in pairs at 300-footintervals leading from the HighFalls main line on the north sideof No. 17 highway to the refinery.

Six heavy copper lines carry thepower at more than 30,000 voltsto the refinery transformer stationwhere additional circuit breakershave been installed. These linesare '_-inch in diameter and weigh653 pounds per 1.000 feet. Anotherthree lighter lines carry powerback from the refinery to thetailings line. To protect the nine

power lines two ground wires arei strung atop the poles on steel

pins, their duty being to foil theelements during electrical storms.Another feature of the Installa-tion is the use of a compressedglass insulator which disintegrateswhen line trouble occurs, thussimplifying the task of the trouble-shooter.

Stringing these 11 lines the1,650 feet to the refinery presentedabout as ticklish a problem asveteran line foremen George Robband Bill Taylor care to have servedup. Leaving the main High Fallsline the new hookup crosses sixcircuits of 44,000 and six of 34,000volts, the new and old no. 17 high-ways, the CPR tracks, the BellTelephone lines, the CPR tele-graph lines, a 600-volt trolley cir-cuit and finally a 2,200-volt circuit,before reaching the refinery. Thatthe job was done in a minimumof time without a mishap was acredit to the Inco line crews.

Is Still CheerfulDespite Disability

Sidelined with a case of chronicrheumatism, but still cheerful asa cricket, Urho Punkari reflectedback over 20 years at Inco with agood deal of pleasure and pride.Taking his ease at his own com-fortable little home in Sudbury he

Finland at the beginning of thecentury, Urho in 1926 came toSudbury where his brother wasalready employed. The followingnine years he spot in the manybush camps and on farms of thearea, also was learning to speakthe language. In 1935 he hired toFrood and shortly after trans-

ferred to the Orford departmentat Copper Cliff. The past sevenyears he worked in the loadinggang in the sinter plant.

Not given to rushing thingsUrho did not marry until 1938when he took Saima Rintala ashis bride. They have no childrenof their own but a fondness forall children is evident in both ofthem.

With Urho and the Inco medicaldepartment both working to keephis rheumatism under control heis looking forward to many yearsof happy, if somewhat restricted,retirement.

Who gets credit so often seemsof great importance when in thelong run it seldom is. How muchthe individual gives has the im-portant effect.-Wm. B. Given, Jr.

Deepening Canal for Seaway

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Of unusual interest to Inco workers at Port Colborne's nickel refinerythese days is activity for deepening the Welland canal about 3 feet aspart of the St . Lawrence seaway project. One of the two floating drillrigs In action is seen in the above picture , drilling holes in the limestonecanal bottom . The work is on a 24 - hour basis.

recalled his early years in Canadawhen, in the bush and on thefarm, a man worked from dawnto dusk for plenty of food but notmuch money. In contrast to this

t

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was his introduction to Inco in After the holes have been loaded with explosives and blasted , this steam1935 at Frood where he worked shovel with its 8-yard bucket scoops up the broken rock and loads itonly an 8-hour day and received into scows with a capacity of 700 yards each . The scows are towed outplenty of hard cash for his efforts. into Lake Erie and dumped. It is expected that the deepening of the

Born and raised on a farm in 27!i-mile canal will take from two to three years.

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36 Qualify for Quarter Century Club at Port Colborne

In this fine collection of photographs by Modern Studio of Port Col-borne are the faces of the 36 nickel refinery employees who will bewelcomed into membership in Inco 's Quarter Century Club at a banquetat the Recreation Club on Tuesday evening , November 6.

J. Roy Gordon of New York and Ralph D. Parker of Copper Cliff, bothvice-presidents of the Company, will present membership buttons tothe new 25-year men and address the club.

James Walter will be chairman . The program will include a varietyconcert given by a group of Toronto artists, among them Ted Rush,a clever ventriloquist, and Doug Romaine , master of pantomime.

Retiring Postmaster Is HonoredMHI T CWf flCI ' r•TTS - t"• =t^M i41►1f+°^s,^.rr 4!ce^. „r s

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Members of the Copper Cliff held a dinner at Cassio's restaur-post office staff, past and present, ant for James L. Spalding. the

retiring postmaster, and Mrs.Spalding . In the photo here,standing behind the guests ofhonor, are Mrs. Virginia Hurtubise,Mrs. Isabelle Cherry, Dennis Le-clair, Mrs. Marie Van Exan, LinoVisentin, Mrs. Kay Mutch, MissDamaris Ballantyne, Miss BettyShields, and Mrs. Mabel Dopson,a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Spalding.

When the Orford process ofnickel-copper separation was movedfrom Inco's Port Colborne plantto Copper Cliff in 1931, JimSpalding was one of the key menwho came along with it. Fiveyears later he was appointed thetown's postmaster, a position hehas filled faithfully and efficiently.

Apart from his charter member-ship in the Copper Cliff branchof the Canadian Legion. Jim'schief interest outside his job wascurling, at which he was longrecognized as one of the canniestskips in the district.

Gardening, which was his workas a young man in Scotland, will

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now be Jim's hobby and joy inretirement. He and his good wifehave returned to Port Colborne tomake their home, taking withthem the best wishes of theirmany friends.

Creighton GolfersA team consisting of Norm Sil-

verson, Casey Caul, Art Huff andBill Young turned in the low grossin Creighton Mine Athletic Asso-ciation's annual tournament at theSudbury Golf Club. Their aggre-gate of 380 won them the Rockirontrophy.

A lcw net of 280 captured theathletic association trophy for thequartet of Bob Seawright, CharlieMcCoy, Tom McLean and HurlyHreljac.

Charlie McCoy had the indivi-dual low gross of the meet, asparkling 77, while Bill Youngbrought in the low net, a dazzling70. There were 35 names in thedraw