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Page 2 INCO TRIANGLE April, 1970

Published for all employees of TheInternational Nkkel Company of

Canada Limited

D. M, Dunbar, EditorD. J. Wing, Assistant Editor

Editorial Office, Copper Cliff, Ont.

Material contained in Irico Triangleshould not be reprinted unless permis8ionha3 been obtained rrom The InternationalNkkel Company of Canada, LimitedCopper Cliff, Ontario,

Inco Building onStrong Base toAdapt to Future

"The key to the future forthe Company lies in being ableto build on its present strengths,and at the same time to adaptto the emerging production andconsumption patterns of tomor-row," the chairman and chiefofficer of International Nickel,Henry S. Wingate, said in hisremarks prefacing the annualreport of the Company lastmonth.

Moving from Centralization"We are In a stepped-up proces5

of moving away from being acompany with highly centralizedoperations and with correspondingcentralization of rporbili.ty.With the progress of our majorexpansion In Ontario and Mani-toba, our general managers atthe locaiUons are c&rrylig great-er and greater responsibilities. Re-flecting this, each has been electeda vice president of the Company.

"We have established a newoffice in Austral1 headed by a vicepresident to provide leadership inthe Southwest Pacific area as ourprojects there, notably in Aus-traia and Indonesia, begin tomove from the exploration to theearly development stage. We havea]sø Increased the authority of andstrengthened our &taffs in Parisand Guaitemala, who deal with ourNew Caledonian and Guatemalanprojects; and we have providedfor more effective co-ordination ofservices from our headquartersstaffs in support of our overseesprojects."

Extensive Training ProgramsMr. Wingate said the Company

is proceeding rapidly on a varietyof management training and mo-tivation programs throughout theCompany at nearly all levels. "Togive special attention to these pro-grams in Canada and to strength-en our industrial relations in everyway we can, the Board recentlyelected an additional vice presi-dent. He and an enlarged staff willdevote their full attention to theseindustrial relations and personnelprograms.

"Additionally, we have consider-ably expanded our engineering or-ganization, which is responsib'efor the design and construction ofour expanding facilities. We havealso increased our technical and

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scientific staffs, particularly thoseinvolved in process research andthe application of our technololgyto evolve optimum extractive pro-cesses for the wide variety of oresavailable to us."

Environmental ProjectsThe chairman noted that, as

stated in recent annual reports,your Company has done a greatdeal to eliminate, treat or containpollutants affecting the plant andanimal life, water and air nearour facilities. "It is clear, how-ever," he went on, "that nearlyeverywhere past standards are nolonger acceptable. Industry, gov-ernmental bodies and the publicmust all be involved in Improvingenvironmental conditions and inrecognizing the financial burdensinvolved.

"The Company's major environ-mental problem Is in Canada, par-ticularly in the Sudbury area.Here, we are working in closecollaboration with the Ministry ofEnergy and Resources Manage-ment of the Province of Ontarioto determine an effective and ra-tional program. For the near term,we are taking furth and costlysteps to decrease pollutants andtheir adverse effects.

"These will bring about a signifi-cant Improvement in the area'senvironment. But beyond themthe longer-term answers arc notsimple, and many are st.ill un-known. To succeed requires adeterminition to make environ-mental protection a key objective,just as safety of operations, effi-ciency and produetion have beentraditional and achieved objectiveswith us. We have that determina-tion. There can be no spectacularovernight breakthroughs, but

several which have been required atabout 1,100 miles east 0/ Australia.

rather there must be a well-con-sidered program drawing upon ad-vanced technology, a program thatinvolves a proper balance betweenmeeting environmental goals andcontinuing the development of thearea's mineral resourc and thusinsuring large and continuing em-ployment.

A $1.1 Billion Program"Our current program to expand

our Canadian production startedin 1966. It has now reached theperiod of peak contruetion ac-tivity. By the end of 1972, weestImate, we shall have invested$1,100,000,000 in this program,which is greater than the com-bined total of all the capital ex-penditures of the Company priorto 1966. But this is not our entireprogram of production expansion.Beyond it lies our participation inprojects outside of Canada. Noprecise t1metble nor foreca.st ispossible, but investments by us andby our associates in them could bein excess of $500,000,000 over thenext half decade.

'To support programs on thescale of the within and withoutCanada, to attract the capitalneeded, and to justify the risksinvolved. International Nickel mustsubstantially improve its earningsand its earnings prospects. Thiswas one of the considerations thatled to the decision in November toraise the price of our primarynickel products.

"Ahead, then, we ee a periodwhen the emphasis will be on newproduction and heavy capital investment, The nickel industry shealthily growing, largely becauseof what International Nickel hasdone in the past. Our objectiveis to compete aggressively and uc-

cessfully in this growing market.To do this we are adapting ourorganization and strengthening allour human, physical and financialresources."

McNeice. who were married InBelfast, Ireland, or March 19.1920.

Mr. McNeice came to CopperCItif in 1926 to work wt the smelt-er, from which he retired on fullservice pension in 1957, a popularand highly respected general foreman in the reverberatory depart-ment. His wife, the former Elizabeth Crowther, and their famIlYjoined him in 1929.

They have two ma.rried daugh-ters, residing in Toronto, and oneson, Wes McNeice jr., whoassistant superintendent of triUls-portation at Copper cliff. TheYhave nine grandchildren TheyresIde in Sudbury.

Golden AnniversaryA family dinner party at the

Copper Cliff Club followed by areception at the home of their son,celebrated the 50th weddIng anni-versary of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley

_vI -..John DeCicco came to Canada from Italy in 1965 with his wife

Ida and three children, Frank, now 15, Mary, 12, and Joe, 10; Vin-cenzo, 3, has since arrived on the scene. John started to work at thePort Colborne nickel refinery in 1967, and is employed in the electro-lytic department.

Mike Beskorowany, born in Caliento, Manitoba, spent 12 years operatingand maintaining bulldozers before joining Inco in 1953 at Frood, where he isa driller on 2200 level. He is a member of the Valley East volunteer firebrigade. With him and his wife Jeannine in our picture are: (standing), Carol,13, Pauline, 18, Linda, who is married to Raymond Ranger, a driller at Stobie,and Doreen, 16; (seated), Robert, 7, Mark, 5, Michael, 9, and Denis, 10. Mikeand his sons often go for pickerel off Iron Island on Lake Nipissing.

Following in his father's footsteps, Gary Fraser, a Copper Cliff boy, is acraneman in the smelter. His wife Mabel came from Blame Lake, Saskat-chewan. In their handsome family are Connie, 17, whose ambition is to bea professional ice show skater, Clifford, 14, Susan, 9, Richard, 5, Evie-Anne,12, and young Garry, 2. They live in New Sudbury, where ambitious Garyoperates a lodging house and restaurant on the side.

The father of this good-looking family is Thompson mine shaft inspectorKen Spencer. Born in Markstay, Ken left his job as forest ranger to loin Incoat the Coniston smelter in 1959, and transferred to the Manitoba division in1963. His wife Isabel came from Hespeler, Ontario. Their children areHazel, 14, Elaine, 15, Neil, 12, Craig, 11, and Margaret, 8.

A third generation Incoite, Coniston first-aid attendant Jack Cor-rigan started his career with the company in 1956 at the copperrefinery. He moved to the safety department in 1962, and has workedat Coniston since 1966. With him in this happy group are his wifeLorraine - who doubles as busy mother and school secretary - Kathy,9, Bonnie, 8, and Jackie, 6. A keen gardener, Jack also enjoys oilpainting.

A native of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Frank Wilson came to Incoin 1950 at Creighton mine, where he is a stope leader at No. 6 shaft.Apart from holidaying back West, Frank's favorite pastimes are gar-dening (with lots of help from wife Gerry) and the odd round of golfat Lively. Their charming daughters are Louise, 15, and Linda, 19.

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London Bridge had better NOTcome falling down, or there's goingto be one awful combobulation ofpeople and petticoats In this pic-ture of the Port Colborne OperaticSociety's company that stagedLionel Bart's Oliver!"

For a solid week commen,ingMArch 14 the Society delightedcapacity audienc gathered fromall over the Niagara Peninsula

Versatile Artist ShowsArt of Making Decoys

Approaching fall is the timewhen mo6t duck hunters start pre-paring their gear for the annualpilgrimage to the lakes and theswamps. There are others who getoff to an even earlier start.

SInce January a class of 15 hasbeen attending a course on carvingand painting duck decoys atLoekerby Composite School, as partof the Sudbury Board of Educa-tion adult education program.

Under the expert Instruction ofOrest Andrews, Inco's artist extra-ordinaire, the students have ap-plied themselves every Mondayevening for three hours.

For most carvers, the first de-coy the basswood for which was

with its 24th annual productionby local amateur talent. Througha wide range of Gilbert & Sullivan,and many Broadway hits, it hasbuilt itself over the years into ahighly profesionsl organization.

This year the Society movedfrom Its old home at the IncoRecreation Hall, nostalgic with allits triumphs, to the ultramodernaccommodatjons of the spankthg

new Dr. E. C. Butcher auditoriumat Lockview Park SecondarySchool. They made excellent useof a stage turntable to prentthe many scen from 1th cen-tury London involved In CharlesDickens' touching tale of OliverTwIst.

"Oliver" proved to be a brightand lively show with "Dot" Fortas director-producer, Dot Blakeley

Closely watching instructor Orest Andrews as he starts painting a carveddecoy are Jim Cook. Tom Peters, Frank Atwood, Wes Davey, Chris Bischoff(behind Orest), Pete Watson, Grant Palmer, Bud Feick, Cy Leclair.

included in the $12.00 course feewas completed in six sessions. Re-peat efforts would take less time.and once they get the swing ofthe thing they'll be able to rattle'em out in a couple of hours,'prophied the instructor.

Painting the decoys takes a littlelonger, depending on the dedica-tion of the artist. Four hourswould be required for a detailedjob with cunningly blended colorsand feather markings.

Why take such pains whenprices of styrofoam decoys are sorea&nable? Orest had the answer.

"Most duck hunters take pridein using their own gear," he ex-plained. "Bringing the ducks into

your own decoys rather than thosein the next bay is also very satis-fying. Ducks aren't fooled thateasily, a decoy doesn't only haveto look right it's got to rideright, and for that you cant beata well-balanced wooden decoy."

Spring and summer is a busytime for outdoorsxnen, and some ofthose in Ort's class may nothave the opportunity for furthercarving this year.

"If you're travelling down thelake next fall and see a singlelonely decoy bobbing around infront of a blind," said the instruc-tor with a grin, "you'll probablybe passing a member of my classof '70."

April, 1970

as choreographer, Marie Glaves aschoral director, and Mark Fair-child as orchestra conductor. Soci-ety president was Ed Kalallieff.

Starring were David McDoflldas "Oliver", Ken Prosser as"Fagin", Tony ManCUSO as "TheArtful Dodger", Dick White as"Bill Sykes", and Lois Leach as"Nancy". Unnamed but also instarring roles were the backstageworkers who helped make the showmove so smoothly.

Among the Inco-connected peo-ple taking part in this great pro-duction were Donna Cutler, LenoreEllsworth, Wilma Tennier, RaeWilcox, jeld Bech, Don Home,Gwen Goss, Elaine Brown, CarmenBonfoco, Gary Pinelli, Kenny Goss,Paul Sesto, Grant Barker, TomBooker, Karen Bell, Michael LaMe,Jackie Crawford, Linda Doan,Bonnie Laplante, Joan Piper,Dominic Favero.

Jeff Burgess, Frank Getin, LloydOoss, David Goss, Douglas Force,Ron LaPlante, en Evoy, JimCrawford, Pat Goss, Muff Cross,Marilyn Force, Phyllis Nixon, Rox-anne Lee, Gail Sauder, Mary Way,Nick Ceply, Barbara Ceply, MurzaArmbrust, Shirley Pettit, LarryRoach, Cheryl Barker, MarilynMacDonald, Dick Goss, MargaretBorbely, Karen Martine.

John Gould SucceedsAs Inco's Comptroller

W. John Gould, an employee ofInternational Nickel since 1937,has beer' elected comptroller ofThe International Nickel Companyof Canada, Limited and of itsUnited St&tes subsidiary, The In-ternational Nickel Company, Inc.,Henry S. Wingate, chairman, an-nounced March 11.

Mr. Gould succeeds Walter A.McCadden, who retired on March

15 after 35 years of service withInternational Nickel.

Mr. Wingate also announced thatIan McDougall, assistant comp-troller, will succeed Mr. Gould asdeputy comptroller.

Mr. Gould, a member of the ac-counting department for 33 yearS,has been deputy com.ptroller since1960. He was chief x accountantfrom 1949 to 1955, when he wasappointed assistant comptroll ofboth the parent corporation andthe U.S. subsidiary.

Mr. McCadden had been comp-troller of International Nickelsince 1955. He joined the Com-pany in 1935 as a tax accountant,following several yea.rs as senioraccountant at Price Waterhouse& Co.

Mr. McDougall joined Interna-tional Nickel in 1947. He has beenassistant comptroller of The In-ternational Nickel Company ofCanada, Limited since 1968 and as-sLtant comptroller of The Inter-national Nickel Company, Inc.since 1966.

Port Colborne Society Hit New Heights with "Oliver!"

PEOPLE YOU MAY 1EET ON A COPPER CLIFF

Andy Courville finds fishing"too frustrating", so moose andpartridge are now his exclusivequarry. Born in Parry Sound,he came to Sudbury as a young-ster. A craneman in the con-verter aisle, he started withinco in 1960 and is shown hereat the controls of one of themain aisle converter cranes. Hiswife Michelle is a busy womanwith four children to look afterin the house Andy built lastyear in Han,ner.

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An avid outdoors enthusiastand family man, Tom Mychal-kiw gets a lot of pleasure out ofhis Rutter Lake summer homenear Hagar. A transport manin the coal plant control room,Tom came to Canada from theUkraine in 1947 and commenc-ed working for Inco in 1948.He is shown aerating a tank inpreparation for shooting coalover to the reverb furnaces.Tom and his wife Olga and twochildren live in New Sudbury.

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Born in St. Boniface, Mani-toba, Gilbert Lafreniere hasbeen an incoite since 1943.After six months in transporta-tion, he transferred to thereverb furnaces where he worksas a tapper; he is shown takinga reading of the shaft speed ona coal feeder. Gilbert and wifeAlice and three children live inHagar where he keeps busy onthe side as a motel operator.When time permits, they enjoyan outing with their new snow-mobile.

Born in Yugoslavia, MildenAndric worked in rural Englandnear Birmingham before com-ing to Canada and Inco at Sud-

OMER ROYBetween commuting 35 miles

to work daily from his home-tead near St. Charles, helping

his wife Rhea raise their broodof eight children, and operatinga clothing store in the nearbytown, Omer Roy doesn't havetoo much spare ti/ne on hishands. A pumpman in the FBRbuilding, he is seen here adjust-ing the discharge volume on No.2 roaster. Omer has been withInco since 1951.

bury in 1951. He and his wifeAnka delight in their two-year-old son Nicholas and in theflower garden at their Sudburyhome. A gnnderman he'per inthe separation building, Mildenis shown checking the feed andpoles on a rotary magneticseparator.

Coming to Canada fromPoland in 1949, Alec Tymoczkojoined Inco in 1951 after work-ing for two years in Quebeccopper mines. An active hunterand fisherman, this converterskimmer built a brick house forhis wife Mary on EdmundStreet in Sudbury. Here we seeAlec skimming slag off No. 10converter.

Alfred DeLuca plans to re-visit his relatives in his nativeitaly soon, for the second timesince coming to Canada in 1949.A pumpman in the reverbs,where he has worked since1950, Alfred is seen shaping aclay bud to plug the slag streamfrom the tap/zole on No. 9 flashfurnace. His wife Mary andtheir three daughters know hi/flas a keen gardener, traveller andice fish er,nan.

A summer cottage on Fair-bank Lake and family snow-mobile outings fill the recre-ational bill for Robert BeaudryBorn in Sudbury, he joined Incoin 1966 after working for theCPR. His father, Oswald Beau-dry, a welder at Copper Cliffsmelter, is justifiably proud ofthe two granddaughters thatRobert and wife Jeannine havepresented him. Robert is seenin the oxygen control roomrelaying a pressure reading ona reverb header.

Seen inspecting the calcineflow in a roaster, furnacemanhelper Andy Wozniak arrived inCanada from his native Polandin 1949. After a brief stint atfanning near Ottawa, he cameto Sudbury to work in theroaster department, and becamea star forward on the PolishWhite Eagles soccer team. Andybuilt his wife Helena a hand-some home in Sudbury. Theyhave a married daughter inToronto.

NORMAND HAMELA tran.s'port truck driver be-

fore coming to Inco in 1966,powderman Normand Hamelwas born in Sudbury andbrought up in Ffagar. He likesto stalk the mighty moose orany other game. He's shownoperating the s-mall "Husky"loader which is used for clean-ups in tight places in the con-verter aisle, Normand and hiswife Gilberte live with their twodaughters in Sudbury.

ROBERT BEAUDRY

ANDY COURVILLE

GILBERT LAFRENIERE

ALEC TYMOCZKO

ANDY WOZNIAK

TOM MYCHALKIW

MILDEN ANDRIC

ALFRED DeLUCA

The future, in dozens of its facets,beckoned to thousands of Sudbury areasecondary and senior elementary schoolstudents, and many parents, who con-verged on Sheridan Technical schoolAprft 3-5 for Careers Expo 70. Stagedjointly by the Chamber of Commerceand the &'ard of Education, the elabor-ate exposition, first since 1967, featuredcareer opportunities ranging throu?h thesciences and vocations from minrng tonursing, telephone technology to hair-dressing, chiropractic to policemanship,contract estimating to chemistry.

Nobody can say the kids don't get agood choice these days.

Norm Green, Falconbridge publicrelations supervisor, and Ed Norris,EMO director, both representing theChamber of Commerce, were co-chair-men of the very successful Careers Expo70, and along with Eleanor Wainwright,

Heather Jeremaz punchesin a data request to alive computer in Torontoand with class matesElizabeth Macintoe andJosephine Crivici (Grade8, Churchill) awaits thecomputer's reply on theprinter. With them areBM's Bob Mornan, Inco

computer tape librarianRaija Luoma, and Incodata processing chiefJim Grassby, who ex•plained some of the com•Dlexities of computerDperations.

&pomaster teacher of guidance, bad theassistance of a large and active com-mittee.

Sudbury area's major industry naturallyput on a good show'. A huge load-haul-dump machine, typifying modern miningmethods, stood near the entrance to thebuilding, and inside was a highly inform-ative display of models, materials, photo-graphs, flow sheets and charts coveringgeology, mining, milling, smelting, re-fining and data processing.

Sudbury branch of the CanadianInstitute of Mining and Metallurgy, withthe co-operation of Cambrian College,Laurentian University, and equipfllcnlsuppliers, arranged the ezhibit. It wasmanned in shifts by personnel fromInternational Nickel and FalconbridgeNickel, who fielded the steady barrageof questions from the students. Inco'smotloit pictures of its operations drewlarge audiences.

Falco mine research expert talksmining careers with Marino Tausand Sauro Camiletti (St. CharlesCollege).

Inco asst. mill supt. George Mitchell explains a flow sheetto Dick Gagnon, Joe Frescura, Bob Daggett and DonMaclntyre, all in grade 12 mechanical technology atSheridan Tech.

Macdonald.Cartier guidance head Claude Tessierand students Francois Lapalme and SuzanneBelanger hear about smelting from Inco processengineer Tony Fritz.

Inco process technology engineer Stu Sanmiyatalks copper refining with Ernest Chaput )Sudbury High) and Bruce Pietila (Cambrian College).

Falco geologist Phil Belyea explains use of scin•tillometer in aerial exploration for ore to GaryDelorme and Jan Roejskjaer (Lo.Ellen) and KenLouvel (Sudbury High).

Committee in charge of arranging the CIMM display is shown below withmodels of modern mining equipment: Dr. Bob Cameron, geophysicist atLaurentian; Bob Sandberg, proect engineer at Inco's copper refinery; StuWinter, chairman of mining and geology at Cambrian; CIMM chairmanCharlie Hews, Inco safety superintendent; CIMM vice chairmcin Ray Holmes,general superintendent, Falconbridge area; CIMM secretary and Expo sub.committee chairman Len Kitchener, Inco mines research engineer.

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Mine Drainage ClarificationIn Pollution Control Program

An example of International Nickel's continuing polJution con-trol program is the system installed at Garson mine for the cleaningand clarification of mine drainage water before it is pumped to surface.

The amount of fine material decanting with water from hydraulicsand-filling operations in mined-out stopes is greatly reduced, andalong with mineral salts precipitated from other mine drainage wateris collected in large underground sumps and removed by vacuumfilters. The filter cake is hoisted with regular mine ore.

The clarified water Is pumped working places, containing in sus-back up to a storage tank on penSIon very fIne particles ofsurface, where most of it Is held cement and sand.for re-use. The overflow goes to a Threefold Tasksettling pond where particles, so At Garn, Mr. Conibear's papersmall that they paed tbrough staed, the fill mining method con-the filters, settle out before the stitutes 95% of the mine's opera-water Is allowed to return to the tions, and 60% of the hydraulicnatural waterways of the area, fill contains cement. The eng!-

Sand Fill Plant Described neers were faced with the three-A description of the two-year-old fold task of improving the clarIty

automated sand plant at (jrson, of drainage water by retainthand the development of sand fill within the filled openings a maxi-handling arrangements, was pre- mum amourt of the fine materaisented by Ken Conibear, area engi- contained In the hydraulic fill,fleer of the Garson, Klrkwood and co11ecUng and conducthig thisMaclennan mines, at the annual water to the mine's settling sumps,meeting of the American Institute and conditioning the settledof Mining Engtheers at Denver, sludges to produce a caked ma-Colorado, in February. teriad that could be hoisted with

Hydraulic fill was Introduced at mine ore.Inco In 1948 as a method of filling Improvix water clarity involvedmined-out stopes and stabilizing a series of tests with variousunderground workings. It was a chemicals, from which t was de-major Improvement over the de- termined that intFoducing a 1%velopment rock, gravel, dry sand, dilute lution of a water-solubleand crushed smelter slag prey!- synthetic polymer to hydraulic f,ously used. The subsequent In- at or near the pour point In thetroduction of cemented sand fill, a stope, resulted In a reduotion oflean mixture of cement and sand 81.6% of the suspended materialwhich stabfflzed the fill mass and In the drainage. A further resultreduced ore dilution, made possible was a more even distribution ofthe development of Important new the eemen throughout the fill.mining techniques. In the Garson arrangement sand

Along with it advantages the fill water Is p}ped from the dathydraulic system presented the boxes at the pouring elevationmines department with the pro- directly to the dranage pipe sy-lem of controlling large volume6 tern on the level below. Fmmof drainage water from the filled there it d1scharg 1rito 9-Inch

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Carved out of the rock, this is ane of the two settling sumps at Garson.The picture, taken before initial flooding, shows the wooden baffles thatdeflect incoming mine drainage water toward the bottam of the sump.Overflow water decants into the slotted topside of the pipeline seenat the top of the picture; settled materials ore drawn off through drain-holes in the bottom of the sump. Drain plugs are operated from thegangway above.

boreho1 which carry all mine Metal Salts Precipitateddrainage water to two set1thg When the hydraulic fill water,sumps located on the 3,000- and still containing lime from the4,000-foot levels. (Continued on Page 14)

These vacuum belt filters on the 4,000-foot level at Garson mine extract settled materials from the mine drainagewater and produce a filter cake dry enough to mix with ore for hoisting to surface. Inspecting the installation ismaintenance co-ordinator Frank Horsfall.

Collected on a belt conveyor thealter cake drops through a boreholeto the crushed ore bin 45 feet below.Standing by is mine area engineerKen Conibear.

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- APPOINTMENTS -Appointnients have been an-

nounced as follows:TORONTO

By F. Foster Todd, executivevice-president:

William H. Armstrong, executiveassistant-metallurgy;

Ralph L. I1awkin, executiveassistant-mining; formerly chiefengineer of the Manitoba divbsionat Thompson, he will be mainlyconcerned with mining problemsrelating to our foreign projects.

E. II. 6. Cornford, administratorof educational.affalrs, office of theexecutive vice-president.

By Dr. C. E. O'Neill, assistantvice-president--process research:

Hugh C. Garvin, process man-ager, New Caledonia;

Richard H. Lloyd, process man-ager, Austral-Asia.

Eugene J. Michal, process man-ager, Guatemala.

Mr. Garvin and Dr. Lloyd willbe located at the Toronto office,reporting to D. Kelly, director,process development. Dr. MichalIs located In the New York office.

* * *ONTARIO DIVISION

By J. A. Pigott, Vice-presidentand general manager:

R. C. Hamer, director of publicaftafrs.

By G. 0. Machum assistant gen-erl manager (processing):

R. N. Browne, assistant superin-tendent of mills; in this capacityMr. Browne will be primarily re-sponsible for production operationsat all mills.

BY J. B. McConnell, manager,reduction plants:

E. H. Capstlck, superintendent,Copper CUff mill;

K. R. Kay, technical assistant tosuperintendent of mills;

M. J. Furo, assistant superinten-dent, Levack mill;

J. W. Butweft, assistant superin-tendent, Levack mill;

G. A. Mitchell, asststant super-intendent, Copper Cliff mill.

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MANITOBA DIVISIONBy J. McCreedy, vice-president

and general manager:W. P. Clement, chief engineer;B. E. Maxfield, a.lstant chief

engineer-design;N. Peters, assistant chief engi-

neer, construction.

W. H. ARMSTEONGFollowing his graduation from

Queen's University In mining andmetallurgy in 1930, Bill Armstrong,, joined the Company

at Copper Cliff andspent a brief butmemorable initia-tion in the smelter,wielding a sledge

- hammer on ladleskulls.

He then becamethe first smeltertest engineer under

I G. H. C. Norman,W. H. Arrrntroiig and a year later

moved to the metallurgical depart-ment as assistant to the chiefmetallurgist, J. F. Robertson.

Appointed plant metallurgist In1946, he was In charge of the sub-sequent co-ordination of samplingand assay procedures throughoutthe reduction works, and super-vised the setting up of similar or-ganizations in the new plants asthey came on the scene.

In 1964 he was tranfej-red tothe Toronto offices as chief metal-

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dated Mining & Smelting Com-pany of Trail, B.C.

lurgist, the position he has helduntil his new appointment

He was born at Brandon, Mani-toba

His marriage to Ina MacPhailtook place at Copper Cliff in 1933.He has three chi!dren and 11grandchildren.

His pastimes are golf and bridge.

RALPH HAWKINSA 35-year career with Inco that

spanned the complete life of theManitoba division as well as longprevious experience in the Sudburyarea, lies behind Ralph Hawkinsas he takes up his new responsi-bilities at Toronto.

Born at St. John's, Newfound-land, he graduated in 1934 fromNova Scotia Technical College with

the degree of B.Sc.in mining engineer-ing, and after ayears practice as aconsultant joinedInternationalNickel, working Inthe mine engineer-ing departments atFrood and Creigh-ton mines.

He served fiveR. L. Hawkins years In the aero-

nautical engineering branch ofthe RCAF in World War II, andheld the rank of squadron leaderon discharge.

Returning to Creighton he be-came assistant mine engineer, thentransferred to Stobie where he suc-ceeded Frank Learned as mineengineer. He moved Into the minesengineering departnient at CopperCliff as assistant to the thiefmines engineer in 1956, and shortlythereafter was sent to Thompsonon a reconnaissance assignmentcovering all details of the Mani-toba mine and plant project. Hewas there When the diamond drillholes revealed the extent of theThompson orebody, and when thefirst tree was cut down for theplant site in January, 1957. Hisfamily joined him that summer,living In a tent beside ThompsonLake; they moved into a house onJuniper Drive In October, 1958. Ata farewell party in their honorlast month, vice-president JohnMcCreedy referred to them as"the first family of Thompson".

Ralph Hawkins became chiefengineer at Thompson when theplant went Into production earlyin 1961, and remaIned in that capa-city until his new appointment.

He was married at St. John's,Newfoundland, in 1938, to NathalieBrown, and has three children.Curling and bridge are his favoritepastimes.

ERNEST CORNFORDBorn at Brantford, Ontario,

Ernest Cornford received an honors[ degree in geologyand mineralogyfrom the Univer-sity of Toronto in1938, and a master'sdegree in economicgeology from

tt-. Queen's UniversityIn 1940.

Prior to joiningInternationalNickel as a geolo-

E. H. G. Cornfoct gist at Copper Cliffin 1943, he had wide experience infield geology with the Ontario de-partment of mines and Consoli-

He was mine geologist at Mur-ray mine, and senior researchgeologist at Copper Cliff beforebecoming technical advLser to thechief geologist. He was trans-ferred to the Toronto offices inFebruary, 1970, and has since beenincreasingly occupied with tech-nical educational surveys, pro-grams and Dfrsoflfle1.

xie was Juan-lea au raI1Llurain 1943 to Doreen M. Juby, andhas four children.

He lists nature, niusic, golf andcurling among his recreational in-terests.

HUGH C. GAR YINHugh C. Garvin's association

with International Nickel datesback to 1951 when, having grad-uated in chemical engineering

from the Univer-sity of Glasgow, hejoined the researchdepartment at Cop-per CLiff.

Born in Mukden,Manchuria, the sonof Scottish medicalmissionaries, he re-ceived his earlyschooling in Scot-land and England,

H. C. Garvn completed highschool on Canada's Pacific coast,and returned to Scotland for hisuniversity training.

Much of his early Inco researchwork was done at the old No. 3pilot plant at Coniston, which hefollowed through during the start-up period of the new iron orerecovery plant at Copper Cliff.

Transferred to Port Colbornein 1959 as a test engineer at No. 1research station, in 1968 he be-came an assistant superintendentof the Port Colborne research com-plex, which had grown to threestations. He was engaged on de-velopment of the Inco carbonylprocess, moved to the J. Roy Gor-don research laboratory at Sheri-dan Park, and then joined theprocess development group at To-ronto.

He was married in 1958 atKapuskasing to Betty Forbes, andhas four children. His recreationsare curling and golf.

RICHARD H. LLOYDPrior to joining International

Nickel in 1964, Dr. Richard Lloydwas assistant superintendent ofthe American Smelting and Refin-

ing Company atTacoma, Washing-ton, for seven years.He also taught ex-tractive metallurgy

' " at the universitylevel for threeyears, and had beenengaged in exten-sive industrial re-search.

He was appointedR. H. Lloyd acting superintend-

ent of research at Copper Cliff inlate 1966, and in January 1968was transferred to the J. RoyGordon laboratory at SheridanPark as a research associate. Hethen became a member of theprocess development group at To-ronto engaged in co-ordinatingprograms for the Company's newworld developments.

A bachelor, he enjoys photo-grphy. music, and non-fictionreading, especially Byzantine his-

\pril, 1970

tory. He has recently taken upflying.

Born in Trenton, NJ,, RichardLloyd received the degree ofbachelor of science n chemicalengineering from Tufts University,his master's degree from the Ufli-versity of Washington, and hi.sdoctorate from Columbia Univor-.sity.

It. C. IIAWERRobert C. Hamer, who has been

supervisor of public affairs withthe division since 1968, will, in hisnew position, have full rponsi-

bility for the Com-pany's public rela-tions and mforma-tion services in theOntario division.These include su-pervLsiofl of plant

- tours, communityrelations, public re-lations, advertisingand other informa-tional services.

R. C. Hamer After joining In-ternational Nickel in New York in1965, Mr. Hamer was moved to theCompany's Toronto office In 1967and to Copper Cliff In 1968.

A native of Montreal, he waseducated at Cambridge University,England, and the University ofCalifornia.

He is married to the formerDonna Ross of Saratoga, Cali-fornia, and resides in Copper Cliff.

R. N. BROWNERobert N. Browne was born in

Montreal but resided in England-, for many years.

He graduated fromCamborne Schoolof Mines, Cornwall,In 1955.

__ He came to Inter-national Nickel In1957, starting in the

' Copper Cliff mill.He was transferredto the Levack mill,where he was ap-

R. N. Browne pointed assistantsuperintendent in 1964. He be-came assistant superintendent ofthe Copper Cliff mill In June,1967, and superintendent in De-cember, 1968.

He was married in England in1957 to Margaret Quinn, and hasthree sons and one daughter.

E. H. CAPSTICKHolding the rank of captain

after service overseas with theRoyal Canadian Engineers inWorld War II, Elniore "Cappy"

Capstick went intomilitia work atSudbury and in1960 was appointedfor a term as corn-

- manding officer ofthe 58th L.A.A.Regineflt, R.C.A.,with the rank oflieutenant-Colonel.

Born in Winni-peg, he attended

E. H. Capsflck school in Calgaryand Orillia before gra.duating fromQueen's University, Kingston, in1933 with a degree in chemicalengineering.

He joined Interna tional Nickelin the mill at Copper Cliff, wherehe became a general foreman in1958, assistant to the superin-tendnt in 1967, and assistantsuperintendent in rvtarch, 1969.

His marriage to Melba JeanStout took place at Kincardifle.

April, 1970

Ontario, in 1938, and he has afamily of four, with four grand-children. His son Ron is a mem-ber of the electrical department atCopper Cliff.

Participation in Canadian Le-gion affairs and golf are his out-side interests.

K, R. KAYBorn in Winnipeg, Ken Kay

spent hts boyhood on McKenzieIsland near Red Lake, Ontario.Graduating in 1958 from McGill

University with his- engineering degree,• he worked as a

metallurgist at El-- hot Lake until he

joined the Interna-tional Nickel re-

• search departmentat Copper Cliff in

1960. has since heldthe positions of re-

K. R. Kay search engineer atthe Iron ore plant and at the cop-per retlnery and test engineer atthe Copper C11ff mill No. I pilotplant.

In June, 1967, he was appointedassistant superintendent, Frood-Stobie mill.

He is married to the formerElizabeth Lineham of Copper Cliffand has one son and one daughter.

MARTIN PUROAssistant superintendent at the

Levack mill since 1968, MartinPuro joined International Nickelas a research engineer at the

2Company's P0 rColborne nickel re-finery immediatelyfollowing his 1961graduation f r 0 mMichigan Techno-logical Universityas a metallurgicalengineer.

IHe left the Com-

pany in 1964 towork for an electri-

M. J, Puro cal firm at Brock-ville, returned as a process engi-neer at the Copper Cliff mill in1966, moved to the Levack milllater the same year, and workedas a shift boss until his appoint-ment as assistant to the superin-tendent in 1967.

A native of Sudbury, he marriedLinda Heino, also of Sudbury, in1962, He has two sons.

Golf is his favorite sport.

JEFF BUTWELLBorn in Manistee, Michigan,

Jeff Butwell graduated in metal-lurgical engineering from Michi-gan Technological University in, 1961, and two years

later obtained hismaster's degree inmining engineeringfrom ColumbiaUniversity, New

- York.Following bro&d

experience in cop-per, lead and zinc,and iron ore min-

- Ing operations inJ. W. Butwell the United States,

he joined International Nickel inthe process research departmentat Copper Cliff in July, 1967, anda year and a half later becameassistant to the superintendentat Copper Cll.ff mill.

His marriage to Sue Garthe tookilace in 1965 at her home town

Leland, Michigan. He has one son.His favorite pastimes are fly

fishing and bird hunting.

INCO TRIANGLE

GEORGE MITCHELLSudbury was the birthplace of

George Mitchell, and during ev-eral of his student ,ummers hewas employed at InternationalNickel. He graduated from Michi-

gan TechnologicalUniversity in 1962in metallurgical en-gineering, thenjoined the Com-pany in the specialprojects depart-ment.

He returned to

I Michigan Tech, inthe fall of 1963 toobtain a bu1nessG. A, MtcheIl administration de-

gree, after which he qualified foa master's degree in mineral en-gineering.

After spending a year with ataconite mining conpany in Min-nesota he returned to Inco inApril 1967 at Frood-Stobie mill,and later that year moved overto the Copper Cliff mill as assist-ant to the superintendent.

He was married at Whitefleld,Michigan, in 1962 to Nancy Hill,and has three children,

Hunting, fishing and woodwork-ing are his recreations.

W. P. CLEMENTCopper Cliff was the birthplace

of Bill Clement, who attendedpublic and high school there andthen went on to the University of

Toronto, fromwhich he receivedhis B.Sc. degree inmechanical engi-neering in 1954.

During his schoolvacations from 1947

.-. to 193 he was em-- ployed in the smel-

ter and the mech-anical departmentat Copper Cliff.

W. P. Clement Following hisgraduation he joined the Incomin mechanical department withwhich he worked at Levack andClarabelle as well as in the CopperCliff office.

He was transferred to Thompsonin 1963 as assistant mechanicalsuperintendent, and in I96 be-came chief maintenance planner.He was appointed chief mechani-cal electrical engineer of theManitoba division in December,1961.

He was married at Oshawa, On-tario, in I96 to Patricia Carey,and has two children.

BLAKE MAXFIELDImmediately following his grad-

uation from the University ofWestern Ontario in 1960, with adegree in electrical engineering,

Blake Maxfleldjoined Internation-al Nickel at Thomp-son, where he be-caine senior electri-cal engineer in

He transferred tothe engineering de-partment in late1967 as section en-f983.gineer - electrical,

B. E. MaxfeId and in October,1969, became supervising engi-neer - design.

His marrIage to Martha Harleyof Thompson took place in De-cember 1964. He has two sons.

Duplicate bridge, collectingstamps and coins, and fishing arehis recreations.

He was born at Forest, Ontario.

Plastics HobbyHas Snow balledOn Milt TenEycke

Great o&ks from little acornsgrow," goes the old saw, and MiltTenEycke, process technology ana-lyst at the copper refinery, is infull agreement.

He isn't in the tree-growingbusiness, he's a plastics hobbyistwhose creative curiosity in 1961regarding the behavior and usesof polyester resin and his earlyattempt6 to emd local rocksamples, has snowbUed so thattoday in his spare time he is pro-viding his expert services to Inter-ested customers from British 001-umb4 to Labrador, and manyplaces in between.

"It's a sonewhat cockeyed caseof economics," he explained tothe Triangle with a wry grin. Inthe beginning my sa1 supportedmy hobby expenses, but now theyleave little time for me to workon my own projects."

Milt's abffity to solve trickyproblems ha.s led to many diverseassignments, including one orderfor individual embedment of 300lamprey eel fingerlings fo anorganIzt1on promoting protectionof Great Lakes commercial fishing,

Other calls upon his talentshave involved preserving desert

NORMAN PETERSDuring 10 years' experience with

English Electric Company NormanPeters was engaged on steelworkconstruction projects in several

countries includingNorway, Sweden,France and Spain.He aLso spent three

, years as chief elec-trical engineer of asteel company InEngland.

Immediately prior

Wto Joining Interna-

4 tional Nickel atThompson in Octo-

N. Peters ber 1969 as super-vising engineer - construction,he was chief engineer of the Mani-toba Rolling Mills at Selkirk.

Born at Reading, England, hegraduated from the University ofLondon in 1951 with a degree inelectrical engineering.

He was married to Sylvia Parryin 1952 at her home in Pyle, SouthWales. He has four children.

His hobbies are bridge, andwater sports of all kinds.

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Busy at his base-ment workbench,and working underthe wide eyes of acouple of colorfulplastic clownplaques that hecreated, Milt Ten-Eycke is assemblingan all-plastic deskset sporting cut andpolished rocksamples, one of themany beautifully fin-ished articles thathe produces for astream of steadycustomers from allacross Canada.

flowers for a botanist, assemblingdisplays of valuable coins fornumismatists, and mounting pre-cious stones for gem collecthrs.

Jack Frost the VillainLong-range operations have once

in a while produced special prob-lems. In one shipment to JasperNationai Park, sub-zero tempera-ture and the differing co-effic1entsof expaision for plastie and theembedded ibject combined toreate dlisaster, with nearly all thework rriv1ng in a shattered con-dition. That was four full dayseffort down the drain," observedMilt with a sad shake of his head.

The hoby1st's basement onAttlee Street in Sudbury is packedfrom floor to ceiling with chem1-c&s, dyes, resins, rock samples,melds, curing ovens, current ordersawaiting shipment, and a varietyof grinding and polishing equip-ment needed in the productiion ofpastAc products.

Milt's latest mechanical aid, andone of which he Is very proud, Isa high speed diamond saw focutting rock samples - most oftenrequested embedment.

A native of Parry Sound, ardan Ineolte sInce 1940, Milt feelsthai plastics will play an evenbigger role in the fubure than theydo today. People talk of thecurrent years as the plastic age,"he said, but the full potential ofthe material has yet to be reaiized- that's what so ohallenglng aboutthis hobby, yu can never tell justwhat's around the 4OrflEr, but Iaim to find out".

Glittering samples of Sudbury's oresare always in demand as souvenirs,and Milt supplies severcl local touristestablishments with plcstic mountedpieces. Cutting thin sections with hshigh speed diamand saw, he will latergrind and polish the flat surfaces tobring out the lustre of the ore.

THE SWING IVAN WIMAGIC R

It must have been quite a shcparochial art fanciers to find at onethis month another major exhibition- "of all places" - Sudbury.

Whatever impression the aveitario has of the vast region beyonnot as a cradle of culture.

Yet this is the milieu in whicstriking young individualists is wiimore surprising is the fact that it isthe Pre-Cambrian Shield, nor inmining industry, that he has foundstead, Ivan Wheale is painting a iearly 1900s who wrested homesteclose-fisted grip of the frontier Nofrom the land.Ivan Wheale

THE LETTER

I -. f -

THE LATCH

LA MMI'SFARM

TEALE' SEALISMek to some of Toronto's moreof the city's important galleriesby an artist living and working

age denizen of Southern On-the Muskokas, it certainly is

h one of Canadian art's mostIning acclaim, Perhaps evenriot in the rock ruggedness of

ie romance and might of thehis medium as a realist, In-ribute to the pioneers of theads or small farms from thenh, and made their grubstake

Photos byRene T Dionne

Exploring the PastHere and there up and down the line from

Massey as far south a Huntsville. with count1eside-road pilgrimages, Wheale had sought out thesimple monuments to many who fougit that hardand lonely battle - dilapidated barna and build-[rigs, succumbing to ru1n, laud revexted to wild,unkempt grass, Imp ement riddled wtth rust.

But his story Is not of melancholy failure.1ather, the stark desolation of some of his scenebstrongly underlines the unqutIon1ng courageand spirit of the men and wonen who took upthe challenge of that fom1dable country to wintheir llttie triumphs, And it tells how nature onthe other hand, beaten back and subdued for afew yeaz by the Invaders, h& relent1sly re-turned to clathi her victory, as she must overall men,

Ivan Wheale's realism, while intensely honestand uncompomstng, Is never really harshCYfljCl becau5e it Is imbued with reverence brIfl&fl and nature in their tlmels classic conflict.He adds the "magic" forgivthg touch - coum-'nate skill with the sensitive play of light, orgentling divemions of small figures objectslike the exuberant boy explorers In 'The Swing"

Realists, hi bru1j and hI total dedication

WALFORD FARM

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THE RED ROOF

I

True Grit When their temporary original run at the gravel pit was literally dug out fromunder them, Thompson Ski Club two years ago moved over to a fine hill on the

Moak Lake Road, lower part of which is shown in this picture. Under the inspiring leadershipof "originals" like Bert Ingebrigtsen, Fred Hartman and Frank Newman, an excellent facilityhas been developed. Generous donations from local industry and business, along with carraffles, a fashion show and other projects, plus a lot of volunteer hard work by the members,made the project possible. The finishing touches were being added to a handsome chalet whenit burned down the night of November 23, but with true Western spirit the club bouncedright back with plans to start building a new one in May, twice the size. In the meantimethey "made do" by hauling in three trailers.

Expert Coaching A regular class in the Nancy Greene Ski League is seen here receivinginstruction from Brent Mclvor. A highlight of the past winter was

a three-day ski clinic held at Thompson by a National Ski Team coach, "Butch" Boutry ofRossland, British Columbia, which attracted young and not-so-young skiers from many pointsin Northern Manitoba. The club has its own senior racing coach in "Chuck" Leishman of Inco,a former Copper Cliff boy.

Buy Second LiftFrank Shatz is shown onthe poma lift arriving atthe top of the ThompsonSki Club hill, which has avertical drop of 200 feetand a downhill run of1800 feet. Club presidentTrev Fregren says a ropetow will be added thissummer, and after thisseason of unusually lightsnowfall they're also talk-ing snow-making equip-ment. The club has up-wards of 200 rarin'-to-gomembers, and there's noholding them.

SOME SCENES FROM A

BuAg WüttutAt Tkmnprntt

PHOTOS BY FRED SHEPPARD

A Roaring SuccessRight on the bit with all the refinements ofmodern living, Thompson naturally has a full-scale epidemic of snowmobile fever. The 90members of the town's Power Toboggan Clubstaged a snowmobile rodeo on March 22 whichthey billed as a Hullabaloo, and it drew a totalof 139 entries, 30 from out of town. Needlessto say the event was a roaring success. Pictureshows a daring rider in one of the jumpingevents, which drew big crowds.

- Badminton

Tennis Actionand

Both badmintonand tennis arepart of the bigwinter sportsprogram in theRecreation Hall.Shown in actionon the badmintoncourt are BrianElder, driller atT-3 shaft, and hiswife Sharon.

Curling Had a Great SeasonWith a packed schedule of bonspiels and regularcompetition, Burntwood Curling Club is winding upa banner season under the presidency of Wint New-man. Membership was 270 men and 145 ladies.Guy Marsden's rink of Bill Hoe, Jack McGinnis andWint Newman copped the grand aggregate, decidedon total points over the season's play, and with therunncr-up Tom Suchy and Glen Hogarth rinks nowawait a winner in the shift league to battle it out forthe club championship and the J. R. Gordon trophy.The Marsden rink also won the zone championshipin the British Consols playdowns. The ladies arejust coming down to the wire in their title events.Picture shows some action in one of the season'spopular mixed bonspiels.

Buccaneers Shift Hockey ChampsRefinery Buccaneers topped the standing in thehotly contested six-team Inco shift hockey league,and their man Jack Elcombe was the loop's leadingscorer. They're in action here (white sweaters)against Refinery Maroons, with Henry Menardputting the heat on goalie Dave Leel; other playersseen are Randy Gustafson, Dave McLean and KenCurrey of Maroons, and Doug Rondeau and JackElcombe of Buccaneers. Referee is Tom Farrell.Other teams in the league were Bombers, Hornetsand Royals from the Smelter and Canadians fromRefinery. The provincial championship triumph ofThompson Bantams, from the town's 350-strongMinor Hockey League, is reported elsewhere in thisissue, and next month we'll have a story on the finerecord of Thompson Hawks of the Pre-CambrianLeague.

Readying for CarnivalWith about 200 members, Thomp-son Figure Skating Club is a thrivingorganization now busily preparingfor its big ice show at the Arenaon April 11-12. The extravaganzais to be called Centennial 70 intribute to Manitoba's 100th an-niversary in Confederation. Pictureshows the "German Beer Maids"training for their act under theclub pro, Rochelle Gladu.

Will Enter Provincial PlaydownsWith the enthusiastic promotion of "old-timers" like MikeBabulic, basketball is steadily gaining popularity in Thompson. A three-team league of Celtics, Pacers and Bandits hasoperated this winter, and an all-star lineup will enter theprovincial senior men's playdowns at Brandon. Picture showsa game between Celtics (black jerseys) and Pacers, with G.Ferris arcing in a scoring shot. Others in the action are J.Buller, M. Nihill, D. Manthorn, J. Spack, and T. Kimmel.

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Huge Installations Involved in New IPC Plant

Ivan Wheale(Contthuefl from Page 11)

seem to proclaim, need not behidebound by the unkindness ofrealism. So he indulges occasion-ally In the odd bit of waywardwhimsy without in any way sacri-ficing his credibility.

Warm Rather Than SombreHis colors, while largely re-

stricted to nsuted browns, greensand greys, become warm ratherthan sombre, especially against thebare white pigment of his skies.

Adapting a kind of watercolortechnique to the medium of oils,he is able to zero in for meticulousdetaIl of weathered textures, suchas In the window looking out to-ward "The Red Roof". Thisstartling clarity, somehow beyondthe reach of photography, is foundtoo in "The Latch", but here asubtle touch of philosophy catchesthe attention: that faithful olddoor fastener is still a sturdy andstaunch safeguard, but the brokenwindow leaves the shed wide opento the elements - and how manyhuman lives are like that, appar-ently secure but actually sadly vul-nerable.

In "The Letter" Wheale reachesa high point in his approach torealism. Under his superb skillthe wood wears the soft patina ofgreat age, the break in the plasterlooks almost mellow in the re-flected light, the contrast of dia-gonal lines with horizontals andverticals is sharply arresting, andthe opened letter, tossed care-lessly on the ledge, creates anaura of mystery.

Inspired by Van GoghIvan Wheale came to Canada in

1957 at the age of 22 from Sunder-land, England, where he had re-ceived some formal training inart. He was a hobby painter,content enough with doing pleas-ant pastoral scenes. He had beenworking in Sudbury for CarringtonLumber until the day in 1962 whenhe was inspired by a Van Gogh

exhibition in Toronto and resolvedon the spot to become a full-timeartist, come hell or high water.

He had been dabbling In abstractrealism, with considerable success,but promptly turned under theVan Gogh influence to pure real-ism, and has matured so rapidlyin this field that his work oftensuggests the genius of Canada'sAlex Colville or the Americanmaster, Andrew Wyeth.

He was "discovered" by theprestigious Waddington Art Gal-lery in Montreal, and has givenexhibitions there and at theGalerie Dresdnere in Toronto. Hisshow this month at the Dresdnerehe regards as his most importantto date, with some 25 new paint-ings on display. He has sold ex-tremely well, and galleries in theWest are seeking to arrange ex-hibitions of his work. He has

won several prizes in Ontario artfestivals; one of his award-win-ning paintings, of an old farmbuilding near Whitefish, was pur-chased by Alan Jarvis, former di-rector of the National Art Galleryat Ottawa, and now hangs in theRothman collection.

Likes Northern FreedomHe remains in Sudbury because

life in this part of the North in-vigorates him, the people haveshown a genuine interest in hiswork, and he likes to be free fromthe pressure of the gallery market.He is doing what he wants to doand hugely enjoying it. He ismarried, with four children.

He operates The Art Gallery onCedar Street, but does his paint-ing in a bare old garret roomnearby, beyond reach of people ortelephone. It was there, by theway, that he did "The Letter".

April, 1970

Mine Drainage(( ont Inued from Page )

cement, mixes with other minedrainage water containing dis-solved nickel, copper and iron thelime precipitates these metals asfinely divided salts.

The fine materials settle to thebottom of the sumps, and thispulp is directed to two vacuumbelt filters which remove thesettled materials in the form ofa cake which is discharged intoa vertical borehole leading to thecrushed ore bin 45 feet below,and hoisted to surface along withregular mine ore.

The clarified water is pumpedto surface where it is stored in a125,000 gallon tank for re-use inthe hydraulic sand fill operationsor, after further settling in anoverflow pond, is released to thenatural waterways.

Don Munn, assistant general man-ager of the Manitoba division, makesthe final cut-over to connect Thomp-son with the rest of Nlorth Americain direct distance dialing telephonecommunication. Thompson is nowthe only community in northern Mani-toba with DDD service. Behind Mr.Munn is Bill McGowan, supervisor ofsales for the Manitoba TelephoneSystem.

Thompson Buntams Win Manitoba Championship

An indication of the size and complexity of installations for the IPC (Inco pressure carbonyl) section of the new nickelrefinery now under construction at Copper Cliff, to cost in excess of $100 million, are these huge pressure storagetanks for process gas. Manufactured in Toronto, the 120-foot tanks each required three railway flat cars for shipment,and were delivered from the railway to the plant site on specialized lowboy equipment. Fifteen tanks of this sizeare involved in the installation.

Defeating Stonewall 10-6 in total home the championship bacon are Block, Wilf Cleveland (president,goals of a two-game final series, shown above back row, 'Red" Sang Thompson minor hockey), Earl TimThompson A-Bs won the Manitoba ster (Thompson recreation director), mans, Chuck Naish, Peter McKenzie,provincial bantam hockey champion Barry Levesque, DonaEd Fenske, Dave Greg Neudorf, Mcsrk Harrisonship and the Harold Mummery trophy. Buchhoz, Lance Reinheimer, Rick (coach), Archie Loynachan (manager),A gala party was staged by the town. Martin, Doug Hicks, Rick Harrison, Garry Cook, Roger l

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Coniston Band Starts 35thYear Under Totino's Baton

With a splendid concert in St.Paul's School auditorium on March15, the Coniston Band celebratedits 35th season under the batonof its popular and gifted director,Dan Totino.

A program of classical and semi-classical compositions, topped offwith some modern rock-and-rollbeat, showed the usual high stand-ard of musicianship for which thispopular organization has beenknown throughout the district overthe years.

Many of the original membersof the band, the majority of whomwere taught to play their instru-ments by their youthful director,were in the appreciative audienceat the concert, and two or threetook part in the performance. Theycould well recall the evening inthe summer of 1937 when theiryoung band, still relatively un-known in the district, made adashing debut in their new uni-forms - red and blue capes withwhite trousers - at an Inco Ama-teur Nights program at StanleyStadium, Copper Cliff.

Long Musical ContributionSince then they have appeared

in countless concerts, parades andcelebrations in the area, givinggenerously of their time and talentto assist charitable causes, andgenerally supplying that Inspiringboost to community pride that onlythe town band can.

In the beginning, of course, the

members all bought their own in-struments and uniforms, addingto their equipment in later yearsas funds permitted. They enjoyedstrong local support from the start,especially from the large music-loving percentage of Conlston citi-zens of Italian or French-Cana-dian birth or descent.

Coniton's continuing pride andsupport was demonstrated whenone of the first projects approvedfor its official 1967 Centennial cele-brations was the purchase of newinstruments and uniforms for itsband.

Director Totino's efforts andenthusiasm in maintaining thestrength of his organization Isshown in the large number ofyoung musicians appearing in theranks. Many of these juniors nowplay in the senior band of 28 mem-bers, while another 15 or so inthe "incubation" stage form thejunior band. All took part in therecent concert, to the great satis-faction of their parents, relativesand friends aseembled.

Group Photograph at ConcertIn the group photograph, shown

above, are the combined seniorand junior bands, left to right:front row: Nicole Labelle, EddieBon, Brent Zuliani, Gerard Caver-son, Cathy Baggio, Franca Squar-solo, Brenda Modesto, David Soro-ko, Mark Bon, Kevin Keenan,Dennis Gervals, Richard Gervals;second row: Colleen Barnes, Karen

One of the Conis-ton band's origi-nals, and still anactive member, bassplayer Gino Sartoris shown with oneof its bright newgeneration of musi-cians, cornetist Den-nis Gervais, goingover a score withdirector Dan Totino

Conlon, Joan Duncan, Mary Cook,Barbara Armstrong, FrancineCore, Ivy McNamara, Frank Wil-liams, John Williams; third row:Laura Veno, Lillian Bezzubyk,Susan Modesto, Karen Muraska,Pauline Comacchio, ChristopherBarnes, Wayne Cook, RichardPaluch, Enlo Pidutti, ZygmondPaluch, Walter Soroko; back row:Franco Brunatto, Randy Lalonde,Bernard Oliver, Ann Marie Alber-ton, Gino Sartor, Redente Bulfon,Dan Totino, David Venturi, John-ny Pidutti, Jimmy Benedetti,Harold Smith.

The Band In 1944Most of the Coniston band's

"originals" are seen in the photo-graph published in the Trianglein August, 1944. Maestro Totinois seated front and centre. Be-hind him is Miss Adeline Briggno-ho, and at his sides are two newpupils, J. Tessier and A. Blake.Others in the front row are F.Benedetti, H. Martin, J. Meslinskl,G. Tessier, W. Mattistuzzi, andM. Soiski. In the second row areU. Comacchio, N. SoIski, A. Gobbo,B. Toniolo, J. Comacchio, W.Shelegy, J. Cerantolo, F. Totino,

Quarter Century ClubThursday, June 11, is the date

for the annual dinner of theSudbury district Inco QuarterCentury Club in the SudburyArena. New members from boththe 1969 and 1970 classes will bepresented with their gold badges

L. Poirier; third row, F. Pugliese,G. Modesto; back row, M. Dochuk,A. Modesto, D. CaversOn, N. Bat-tistuzzi, G. Sartor.

THE BAND POSES FOR THE TRIANGLE CAMERA AT ITS SPRING CONCERT

THIS WAS HOW CONISTON'S PRIDE LOOKED IN 1944.

Maestro Totino leads his fine com-munity band in a concert that drewa large and appreciative audienceto signal its 35th season.

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Paralyzed from the waist downin 1962, due to a back ailment,Gordon gritted his teeth and deci-

HENRY SCHNEIDERA Levack maintenance depart-

ment employee for all of his 22Inco years, HenrySchneider has re-tired on servicepension.

Born in Pem-- broke, he came to

the Company in1947, and has beena plateworker forthe last 10 years.

A marriage cere-mony in 1929 unit-

H. Schneider ed Henry and IdaHazel, who through the yearspresented her husband with afamily of five. Mrs. Schneiderdied in 1969. Daughter Esther isthe wife of Levack dryman DonBriggs.

With 15 grandchildren dividedbetween Sudbury and Minnesota,Henry plans to stay busy travel-ling and keeping tabs on hisfamily.

SVANTE SALOSvante Salo would have added

16 years to his Inco service had hestayed with the Company afterhis 1932 start at Copper Cliff. In-stead, he left for Yellowknlfe andgold mining, but returned toMurray mine in 1948 where he

Mr. and Mrs. Salo

worked until his retirement ondisability pension. He was aslusherman for the last 15 years.

A native of Copper Cliff, Svantegrew up in Whitefish and marrieda Crean Hill girl, Kerttu Wauh-konen, In 1941. They have a sonand a daughter and two grand-children.

Ice fishing and hunting and asummer camp on Paddy Lake willkeep Svante as busy as he wantsto be during his retirement years.

VICTOR MANGERBorn in Welland in 1916, Vic

Manger moved with his family atthe age of 10 to Port Colborne. At15, he went to work in a lumbercamp in Algonquin Park. He then

.' LMr. and Mrs. Manger

worked a short time at the gov-ernment elevator in Port Colbornebefore joining the nickel refineryin 1936.

Four years later Vic left Incofor construction work and spent

a year and a half in the merchantmarine before returning to therefinery in 1943. Ill health forcedhis recent retirement as a boxmanin the electrolytic department.

Anne Mary Torok and Vic weremarried in Welland in 1944, andhave two children and one grand-son; their daughter Elaine is mar-ried to Ted Creighton, also of thenickel refinery.

Vic enjoys hunting, boating andfishing and will also help Mrs.Manger in operating their grocerystore.

TONY Di PIETROA transportation department em-

ployee at Copper Cliff during his23 years with Inco, Tony Di Pietrohas retired on service pension.

A switchtender for the past sixyears, Tony came to Canada from

Mr. and Mrs. Di Pietro

Italy in 1927, and joined the Com-pany in 1948. Nicoletta Muffobecame his bride in 1951; theyhave one daughter.

A keen gardener and amateurwine-maker, Tony plans to de-vote his leisure time to growingflowers and vegetablea and fer-menting the grape.

MIKE BEHUNA trip back to his old home

town in Czechoslovakia and amove to southern Ontario featurein the plans of new service pen-sioner Mike Behun.

An Incoite since 1942, Mikeworked at Creighton for all of his

Mr. and Mrs. ehun

28 Company years, and was achute blaster since 1964.

Married to Mary Stolicna in1925, Mike came to Canada in1930. His wife joined him herein 1963. Their daughter and fivegrandchildren live in the oldcountry.

JESSE MORRISONAt one time or another during

his 41 years with the Copper Cliffconverter department, Jesse Morr-ison has tackled and made a suc-cess of just about all the jobs thatthe operation can offer.

A shift boss since 1958, he hasretired on early service pension.

Born and educated in CopperCliff, Jesse started with Inco in1928. was married to Mary Fleuriein 1932 and is the proud father

of a family of six. His Companyconnection will be maintainedthrough his daughter Claire, who

Mr. and Mrs. Morrison

is the wife of Outer Bellinore, atransportation department loco-motive engineer. Six grandchil-dren complete the family.

A very active curler, fisherman,hunter, golfer, and well-known tohis friends as anything but athunib-twiddler, Jesse suffered avery short period of retirementrelaxation and is already back inharness as a full time constructionforeman for a private firm.

PATRICK CLEMENTSPlant personnel officer Patrick

Clements, disability retiree, hasended a 40-year association withthe nickel refinery at Port Col-borne.

Born in Coat-bridge, Scotland, in1909, Pat becameemployed at thenickel refinery in1929. His parentsand family followedhim out to Canadathe following yearand his late fatheralso became a nick-el refinery man un-

Pat Clements til his retirement.Pat operated a double hoist

crane used in charging the cupolasin No. 1 building. He sailed theGreat Lakes during the depressionlayoff. Upon his return to Inco,he went into the electrolytic de-partment where he became headboxman, and was promoted toforeman in 1963. In 1966 he wasappointed plant personnel officerin the shearing-shipping areas.

During World War II, Pat servedthree years in the Royal CanadianNavy. He was sick bay attendanton the famed "Grey Ghost", Can-ada's first cruiser, HMCS Uganda.

He and the late Frank "Doe"Chalmers were instrumental inestablishing the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Port Colborne.and he is a former superintendentof the local division.

Sports rank high on Pat's listof varied interests. A former soc-cer player, he has been trainerand first aid man for many localteams. He enjoys gardening, andIs active in church and other organizations.

A bachelor, he heartily endorsesretirement as a way of life.

GORDON HENRYThe will to win over physical

handicap has been dramaticallydemonstrated by Gordon Henry,a newcomer to the ranks of Incopensioners since his retirement ondisability pension after more than40 years with the Company.

Mr. and Mrs. tienry

ded that come what may he wasgoing to walk again. He tri-umphed, and with the aid of histwo trusty sticks is able to movearound under his own power.

Gordon was born and grew upin Copper Cliff, joined Inco as anapprentice welder in 1928, spentthe following years with themechanical department at CopperCliff and moved to the generaloffice as building superintendentin 1957. He has worked in thetime office at Clarabelle since1964.

He and his wife, Lorna Black-well when they were married in1936, have a family of four boys,one of whom, John Jr., is a clerkwith the insurance department atCopper Cliff.

PRIMO CAMiLUCCIThere have been some great

changes in the smelter since Istarted in the old sinter plantback in 1925," observed Primo

Camilucci, 'andgreat improvementsin working condi-tions." He workedfor the Companyat Copper Cliff formore than 44 years.

A dryman at theNo. 1 changehousefor the past 18years, Primo - bet-ter known to his

P Camilucci friends as Minnie"- has retired on service pension.

Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut,he came to Canada and CopperCliff with his parents in 1917. Asingle man and a red-hot hockeytelevision fan, he is planning totreat himself to some live actionby attending NHL games.

Minnie" is very proud of thefact that he and his two brothers,Johnny at the separation buildingand Romolo at the Copper Cliffmill, have a combined totalsome 113 years of service withInco.

GERALD JENKINSWith over 29 years' service

Gerald Jenkins is retiring at age

65 as a stationary engineer fromthe power house at the Port Co1borne refinery. Born in Napaneehe moved to Port CoLborne in 1923.Before starting with Inco in 1940he worked for Robinson CorkWorks, Ontario Hydro, and ValleyCamp Coal.

Sports and athletic_S have always

Mr. used Mrs. ienkns

.pri1, 1970

been an important part of Gerald'slife, and he played in local hockey,soccer and baseball leagues.

He coached the local girLs soft-ball team to the Ontario cham-pionship In 1935 and again in 1952.

Now with pension status GeraldIs certain that between maintain-ing his home and property on thelakeshore, a n d enthusiasticadlyboosting the local ball and hockeyteams, he won't have too muchidle time.

Gerald and his wife, the formerBernette Smith, have two childrenand two grandchildren.

CLIFF WINGA well-known and popular

figure at Copper Cliff, where hewas employed as a plateworkerfor the 33 years that he worked

Mr. and Mrs. Wing

for Inco, Cliff Wing has retiredon disability pension due to circu-lation problems.

Born in Edmonton, Cliff wasthree when his parents movedeast to settle in Smiths Falls, andhe was managing a butcher shopthere when he was offered a jobat Inco and a chance to playsome fastball in the shift league.

Edith Mathison became Cliff'swife in a ceremony in Smiths Fallsin 1937, and they have a family ofthree. Their two Sons are em-ployed at Copper Cliff's StanleyStadium, Rollie as manager andDennis as a stadium operator.Daughter Sondra is the wife ofLevack thstrumentman Bill Han-nan. Two grandchildren alreadygrace the scene.

Determined to stay active, Cliffwill continue to operate the re-freshment booth at StanleyStadium.

JACK CIY1HBERTJohn Douglas Cuthbert, amiable

bricklayer foreman and one timehockey and softball player, betterknown as "Jack", has retired fromthe Port Colborne Nickel Refineryon service pension.

His family sailed to Canadafrom England in 1912 and settled

Mr. and Mrs. Cuthbertn Port Colborne that same year.Jack's first assoctation with the

Inco refinery was in 1923 as amachinist apprentice, He return-ed to school later that year andthen worked as a boilermakerhelper the following year. Heagain left in 1925 to play hockeyin Guelph, returning the thirdand final time on June 26, 1934, asa cooper. He became head cooperIfl 1941, and was promoted tobricklayer foreman in 1950.

Jack played center ice and star-red in junior, intermediate and

senior hockey until 1935. Some ofhis former teammates includedDinty Moore, Walter Home, ChickHudson, Jerry S h a n non, BillMountain and Vince Upper. Hebecame a referee in 1940 and of-ficiated for the OHA throughoutthe Niagara District two and threenights a week until 1952. "Inthose days," he recalled, "therewas only one linesman, and youdidn't stand there with your armsfolded waiting for someone tobreak up fights, and there were alot of fights." His other athleticpursuits included softball, baseball,tennis and bowling.

Jack married school teacher AdaDeline in Port Colborne in 1927.They have three children and 10grandchildren.

Jack considers building houseshis hobby. He has constructedfour of his own to date and helpedwith several others. The Cuth-berts enjoy long motor trip6.

HUGH J. SULLIVANNow retired on disability pension

following two heart attacks inquick succession, Hugh J. Sullivanis very proud of his Inco safetyrecord. During his more than 27Company years underground at

Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan

Garson, Stobie and Murray mines,he was never involved in a lost-time accident nor required a dress-ing. He has been a Stobie motor-man since 1960.

A native of Antigonish, NovaScotia, Hugh joined Inco in 1942,and was married to Marie Mc-Gonegal of Rerifrew in 1947. Theyhave a family of one son.

Under doctor's orders to take iteasy, Hugh will be content torelax with a good book, or pursuehis other favorite pastime - listen-ing to music.

JOHN FEDIUKFre out from Poland in 1929,

John Fediuk helped to lay trackon the new Hudson

' Bay railroad linebetween The Pasand Churehill inNorthern Manitoba.Little did he thinkthat he was build-

/ ing the track that'- would one day ser-

vice rnco's Thomp-son development, -the same Companywith which he

John Fedluk would work fornearly 28 years at Copper Cliff.

A dryman at the No. 3 change-house for the last 10 years, Johnhas retired on service pension.

Enjoying his newfound freedomto travel when and where hepleases, he will be visiting hisfamily of five and one grandson,who have settled in Ottawa, TheL,akehead, Kitchener and Sudbury.

JOE BIELICHA copper refinery craneman

during his 24 years with Inco, JoeBielich ha,s swapped his loftyperch for the comforts of an arm-chair and the freedom of a servicepensioner.

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Born In Yugoslavia, Joe madehis move to Canada in 1928 joinedInco for the first time in 1930,left for Hamilton in 1945, and re-

Mr and Mrs. Behch

turned to the Inco fold the sameyear.

A marriage ceremony in 1952united Joe and Mrs. Rosa Winzek.They have a family of two withseven grandchildren.

Reading, relaxing, and a summercottage on Whitewater Lake arethings Joe has in mind for whathis many friends and aociteshope will be a long and happy re-tiremnt.

WILFRED BELANGERBeing seasoned travellers with

love of the outdoors, camping andfishing, Wilfrid Belanger and hiswife, Besie plan to get a lot ofpleasure with their new camping

Mr. and Mrs. Belnger

trailer by following the sun fromthe north in the summer to thesouth in the winter.

Wilfred was born in Ottawa in1910 and moved to Port Colbonein 1918. Prior to starting at thenickel refinery in 1935 he spentseveral years in mining and lum-ber camps in northern Quebec.Most of Wilfred's Inco service wasin the mechanical departmentwhere he retired on a disabilitypension from the carpenter gang.

MATTI SAASKIA Copper Cliff painter for all of

his 30 Inco years, Matti Saaski hasdowned his busy brush and retiredon service pension.

Following the completion of afour-year painter and paperhangerapprenticeship, Matti left his na-

Mr. and Mrs. Sask

tive Finland for Canada in 1926,plied his trade in the Ottawa area,and came to the Company in 1942.

Matti and Sin Lehtonen ex-changed marriage vows in 1932,are the proud parents of seven,and have a matching number ofgrandchildren.

A one-time painting contractor,Matti is considering hanging outhis shingle again. Nothing toobig," he confided, "just enough tokeep me out of mischief."

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GEORGE KAI'4PMANAdmitting that his legs are a

little tired, but that otherwise heis "fit enough fort h e paratroopers,"

'4 Murray surfaceforeman George

__ KamPman has end-ed a 34-year mining

. career with Inco,- arid has retired on

early service pen-siorl.

Born in Kitchen-er, George started

"s with the CompanyC. Kampriin at Creigh ton in

1935, moved over to Frood in 1936,was promote1 to shift boss therein 1946, was transferred to Stobiein 1959, and has been at Murraysince 1960.

He and his bride of 1936, OliveDunn, have a family of two. SonDon is a shift boss at Murray, anddaughter Carolyn is the wife ofCopper Cliff North mine drillerJerome Whalen.

ALEX LEFEBVRE"A very challenging occupation,"

is the way service pensioner AlexLefebvre described the highly re-sponsible job of mine hoistman,the po€ition he held from begin-ning to end of his 34-year careerwith Inco, which started, at Frood.

Alex was born and grew up inBiscotasfflg, and worked as a rail-

Mr. and Mrs Lefeb're

road foreman before joining theCompany in 1936.

His marriage to Jane Belangertook place in Blscotasing in 1936,and one of their family of four,son Paul, is a stope leader atLevack.

Described by his wife as "aregular Mr. Fix-it," Alex is alsoan ardent f1sherm.n who enjoysmaking his own rods and tyingartificial flies.

"As long as there are trout inthe creeks around here," saidAlex, referring to Levack, the townin which he will continue to liveduring retirement, "I'll have notrouble filling in my time."

GINO FALCIONIQuiet, efficient, and rarely seen

without a friendly smile, GinoFalcioni Is well known to thecount1e& patients who have beencared for at Copper Cliff Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Elcion

An orderly there for 23 of his26 Inco years, Gino has retired ondisability pension due to a heartcondition.

A native of Fano Italy, Ginocame to Canada with his parentsin 1925, grew up in Copper Cliff

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and started with the Company atthe smelter in 1944. He transfer-red to the hospital staT in 1947.

A Copper Cliff girl, Elsa Perlini,became his wife in 1935, and theyhave a family of two sons and adaughter.

With strict doctor's orders totake it easy, Gino will have toforgo his favorite activity of gar-dening, and plans to recoup hisenergies during long periods ofrelaxation at his summer camp atMcFarlane Lake.

STAN LIAUDLNSKASA ear repairman at Copper Cliff

during the last four of his 21 Incoyears, Stan Liaudinskas is enjoy-ing the freedom of an early ser-vice pension.

A Lithuanian bybirth, Stan was liv-ing in Germanyprior to his move to

___ Canada and Incoin 1948.

..• A mason for 17- years, he transfer-

red to the car shopin 1965.

Married in theold country, Stan is

S. Liaucflnskas the proud father ofthree daughters, has 12 grand-children, and recently qualified asa great-grandfather. Content torelax with good books during thewinter months, Stan is lookingforward to a summer visit withhis daughter and her husband,who own a farm near London."I'll be out in the sunshine tryingmy hand at picking tobacco," hesaid. "Should be quite a change".

FRANK HOLZSCRUSTERAfter 25 years with the Com-

pany, Frank Holzschuster has re-tired on disability pension. Bornin Austria, he came to Canada in1926 and joined Inco at FroodMine in 1944. WorkIng at No. 3

Mr. and Mrs. Holzschustei

shaft, Frank saw service as amucker and a switchman; thenin 1950 he moved to the yard of-fice where he worked until hisretirement, charging out the tim-ber used underground.

He was married in 1933 toMartha Vyyrylainen. Frank'sWinter interest in NEL hockey ismatched in summer by workingaround the summer cottage hebuilt in 1951 at Fairbank Lake, orin the flower and vegetable gar-den at his Sudbury home. A birdlover, Frank daily feeds the gros-beaks, starlings and grackles thatabound in the winter months nearhis home.

1%flLLS AUSTINForty-one years to the day since

he joined International Nickel atPort Colborne on April 8, 1929,Mills Austin retired on early ser-

vice pension fromhis position asassistant to thecomptroller at theTcronto ofilce.

He was transfer-red to Toronto in1959 to assist insetting up the ac-counting services atthe new Thomp-

I son, Manitoba,MiII Austin plant, and since

that time has been largely en-gaged in special liaison assign-ments between the accounting de-partment and the executive ofllcesof the Company.

He got his initiation at PortColborne on No. 1 sinter machine,then became a plant clerk, under-studying Webb Dearing. He wastransferred to the copper refineryat Copper Cliff in 1930 as metalaccountant, moved over to miningand smelting division accountingin 1935, and went back to PortColborne in 1948 as assistant worksauditor. He returned to CopperCliff in 1953 as works auditor, theposition now designated as divi-sion comptroller.

He was born in the farmingvillage of Galetta, in the OttawaValley. By a very long stretch ofthe Imagination his succeful as-sociation with the mining industrymight be traced back to a summerhe spent in his youth as campcookee at a lead mine.

The warm esteem in which heis held by his colleagues through-out the Company was expressed atdinners and prentations in hishonor at Toronto and New York.

His marriage to Lucy Vankough-nett took place in 1932. He hasone daughter. He will continueto ride in Toronto.

A. 6. McLEANGord McLean has gone back to

his old home town of Meaford,Ontario, to enjoy retirement after33 years With Inco at Copper Cliff.

The assumption among his closefriends is that he wili hang outhis shingle as a cribbage master,and with such potent peggers asMetcalfe, Luck, Fraser and Zur-

brigg numbered among his grad-uates over the years, he could haveno more Impressive credentials.

Prior to joining the Company inMarch, 1937, Gord was employedwith the Bank of Montreal fornine years. He started with Incooriginally on the security force,then transferred to the accountingdepartment.

He served four years with theRCAF overseas and shortly afterhis return was transferred in 1947to the personnel department, withwhich he has remained as thepopular personnel ofilcer at theCopper Cliff plant,

He has served as secretary ofthe Copper Cliff Athletic Associa-tion for 21 years and was an activemember of the Copper Cliff CurlingClub for 30 years until sloweddown with a heart condition fromwhich he is xnaking an excellentrecovery.

His marriage to Kathleen La-Rochelle took place at Sudbury in1936.

JOSEPH LOVSINUpkeep of the house he built in

Dowling, along with occasionalfishing and hunting trips, keepJoe Lovsin fully occupied on earlyservice pension.

Born in Austria, Joe came toCanada in 1928, and after workinginitially in western Canada as a

Mr. and Mrs. Lcvsn

railroader and farmer, he came toInco in 1929 at Creighton Mine. Hewas mucker, pipe fitter and drillfitter before becoming a drill fitterforeman in 1951, the job he helduntil termination of his service.

Married in 1931, Joe and hiswife, the former Helen Kicenka,have one son and two grandchil-then. Joe delights in recallingthe many challenges he met onspecial assignments underground;he looks forward to keeping intouch with his former workingmates in his retirement years.

ED BERUBERapidly getting used to the life

of a gentleman farmer is thehappy role of Ed Berube following

Mr. and Mrs. Berube

his retirement from Inco on dis-ability pension after 30 Companyyears at Frood.

Ed was three when his familyleft Ste-Cecile, Quebec, or a 120-acre farm at Hanmer, and he join-ed Inco in 1939. He has workedas a tool fitter for the last 12 years.

His 1935 marriage to Nora Minortook place in Mattawa, and thecouple have been blessed with afamily of five. Three of their foursons are Inco employe: Fern isa drill boss at Stobie, Rollie is achute blaster, also at Stobie. andAlan works in the reverb buildingat Copper Cliff.

Established on the family farmfor the last 20 years, Ed proposesto till only enough land to supporta kitchen garden, and is consider-ing turning the rest of the acreageover to livestock.

HARRY TARKINWith hobbies that include golf,

oil painting, and both playing andmaking violins, service pensionerHarry Tarkin is all set for a busyretirement.

Born in the Ukraine, he moved

with his family to Canada andWinnipeg when he was six. Hejoined Inco at Frood in 1937, andworked underground there for all

Mr. nd MN, Trk'n

33 of his Company years. He hasbeen a level boss since 1963.

He and his bride of 1926, OlgaDugloski, brought up a family oftwo. Mrs. Tarkin died in 1963.

Harry's second marriage to M.r.Lena Kaviuk took place in 1965,and added two girls to the family.Daughter Olga is the wife ofClarabelle transitman Don Mc-Ginn. Four grandsons are alreadyon the scene.

BERT PRARANDBlessed with excellent health,

and with almost 41 Inco years be-hind him, Bert Pharand has de-cided to reap the rewards ofretirement and has gone on specialearly service pension.

A Frood miner since he left hisfather's Blezard Valley farm in

Mr. and Mrs. Pharand

1928, Bert has worked as a powder-man for the past 11 years.

Lena Paquette and Bert weremarried in Sudbury in 1936, andhave seen their family of fourgrow up and enter the world.

A firm believer in the theorythat hard work and good healthgo hand-in-hand, Bert the hobby-carpenter is planning to build acomfortable recreation room andden in the basement of his homeon Melvin Avenue, and when heneeds a rest he and his wife willvisit their three grandchildren inOttawa, and the fourth close tohome in Sudbury.

JOE DUflIEWith a grand total of 41 years

to his credit, Joe Dubie has re-tired on service pension and ended

a partnership with( the Company thatstarted in 1929.

A Frood minerfrom first to last.Joe was a pillar

. leader for most ofhis time, and hasbeen operating the2800 level tipple forthe last four years.

Born in Green-Joe Dub;e field, Ontario. he

moved to Coniston in 1925, andmarried Rose Blake of VictoriaMine in 1930. They have one sonand three grandchildren.

Joe and his wife will continueto reside in Sudbury, plan to spendmost of their summers at theircamp on the FrencJ River, andare currently looking forward toa holiday in Spain.

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1-Just a little shy, and maybe a trifle wabbly an thase blades, AnnMarie lawe'en Cats laak as if it was their night ta yawl; their caach was Mrs. FayBertrand was ane af the cute Marning Glaries. 2-The bewhiskered Hal Paff. 3-The crawdpleasing Rabble Burns Highland lassies.

Another Brilliant CarnivalSuccess for Skating Club

More than 250 young members of Copper Cliff Skating Clubstaged a Holidays on Ice Show at Stanley Stadium that drew almostcontinuous applause from a packed house. The big annual eventof the club's year brought out Santa and his Elves, Valentine Sweet-hearts, St. Patrick's Colleens, Maypole Girls, Canada's Birthday Girls,Hallowe'en Cats, Christmas Belles, and many associated groups ina profusion of color and movement that was a delight to watch.Senior members, like the Carscallen sisters, Debra Vagnini andShelley Jack, gave dazzling figure-skating exhibitions.

Roger Uuemae, former member of the club who shared tophonors in the 1970 Canadian novice pairs championship at Edmontonin January, and placed third in the junior men's class, was the gueststar. Mickey Hansen led a group in an impressive novel display ofpower skating.

A mountain of credit is due Arnold Hansen, chairman of thecarnival, and his host of committee workers, amateur coaches, whomanaged the groups of skaters, loving mothers who made the beauti-ful costumes, and the talented professionals, Joyce Salo MacKenzie,Sue Metcalfe and Alan McPherson.

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-kW:\ "Z A 'J') pright, all heart far sure, are the Valentine Sweethearts and their smilingcaaches, Mrs. Rita Ceccarelli and Mrs. Jan Brawn.

On the left are The Maypale Dancers in their smart and calarful castumes,with their caaches, Mrs. Margaret Hauley and Mrs. Barbara BeU, On the

Same af the tireless cammittee warkers, amateur caaches, guest stars andclub prafessianals wha scared anather brilliant carnival success far the CapperCliff Skating Club appear in this picture: left ta right, Rager Uuemae,Mickey Hansen, Mrs. Aini Rautianinen, club president Jim Metcalfe, Mrs.Elvi Phillips, Mrs. Bette Byers, Alan McPhersan, Sue Metcalfe.

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Champions Decided in Athletic Associations' Shift Hockey Loops After Big Season

Coniston Strom's team edged out Cresswell's for the honors in thenew shift hockey league in a best-of-three playoff. Picturedabove are the Stroms: front, Dan Paquetfe, Jed Woollcombe, Francois Paquetfe,Bob Brunette (captain), Rod Billard; centre, Jim Seawright (coac