thetriangleEdtor, Derek Wng

Associate Editor, Bert Meredith

Assistant Editor, Dave Barr

Port Colborne, Les Lewis

IT'S NOWOFFICIAL

CCNR opened mid October

On the cover

To tie in with this month's lead story -the official opening of the Copper Cliffnickel refinery- several thousand nickelpellets lined up for one of those foundermember type pictures. Look closely andyou'll see lots and lots of smiling littlefaces - guess they must be tickled pinkto be the latest addition to the Ontariodivision's family of nickel products.

November 1973 Volume 33, Number 11

Published for employees by the OntarioDivision of The International NickelCompany of Canada, Limited, CopperCliff, Ontario, P0M 1N0. 682-0631

Prints of most photographs appearingin the triangle may be ordereddirect from: Rene Dionne, 170 BolandAve., Sudbury. Or call: 674-0474.Cost: $2 each.

The world's most technologically ad-vanced nickel refinery was formallyopened on Thursday, October 11, asL. Edward Grubb, president and chiefofficer of International Nickel set thepackaging line in operation at thecompany's Copper Cliff nickel refinery.

million pounds of nickel pellets and 25million pounds of nickel and nickel-ironpowders. Electrolytic copper, cobaltcarbonate and a precious metals concen-trate are recovered from the refineryresidue in the electrowinning section.

About 150 guests attended the openingThe new refinery and its ancillary ceremonies representing federal, pro-

facilities, built at a cost of about $140 vincial and municipal governments;million, has an annual capacity of 100 business, educational, and community

Representing federal, provincial and municipal governments; business, educational andcommunity organizations and the medi3, about 150 guests attended the openirg ceemO;at the Copper Cliff Nickel Refinery.

organizations, and the media. Some ofInco's major customers from Canada, theUnited States and Europe were alsorepresented.

The highly automated plant, the onlyfacility in North America producing nickelpellets, incorporates two major tech-nological innovations, the first com-mercial use of the top-blown rotaryconverter in nonferrous metallurgy andthe lnco Pressure Carbonyl (IPC)process.

Inco has used the carbonyl processcommercially in its Clydach, Wales,refinery since the turn of the century.Developments over the years have madethe process one of the most versatileand efficient in the nickel industry. TheIPC process used in the new refinery wasdeveloped at Inco's research facilities inCanada and piloted at its Port Colborne,Ontario, research station.

This new refinery adds metallic nickelto the nickel oxide sinters, copper andother products shipped directly fromSudbury to world markets.

Three information boothslocated in the between

buildings sections of thetour route were used toorient visitors with plant

layout. Equipped withloud-Mailer, process

supervisor Bill Cartledgeexplained environmental

control techniques.

Built near Copper Cliff at a cost of $140 million, the world's most technologically advanced nickel refInery has an annual capacity of 100million pounds of nickel pellets and 25 million pounds of nickel and nickel-iron powders.

Some of the invited guests during a pretour briefing session with Copper Cliff nickel refinerymanager Chris Dunkley and assistant manager Michael Head.

Factsand Figures

Operational movementsof the two top-blownrotary converters in theconverter p/ant weredisplayed. In profile andobserving is visitor JackAustin, Deputy Ministerof the Department ofEnergy, Mines andResources in Ottawa.

Examining a display ofthe nickel refinery's

CAL t three products are: (left)- V. Cavallari, control'' manager Finsider SpA.,

Rome, S. Dainotti,directorsteel divisionFiat SpA,, Turin, IrvingWhynot, business editorfor Canadian Press, andA. Orantes, with

I Guatemalan newspaperEl Grafico.

The Copper Cliff nickel refinery(CCNR), built on a 33-acre site at a costof about $140 million over a period ofthree and one-half years, comprises twomain process buildings:

The NICKEL REFINERY CONVERTER(NRC) plant is a pyrometallurgical plantfor the treatment of primary metallic (MY)concentrates, Sparkler filter cake andleach residues. It is housed in a building225 feet long, 182 feet wide and 90 feethigh and contains one of the refinery'stwo major technological advances; thetop-blown rotary converter (T8RC5).With an assembled weight of about 225tons, the TBRCs have interior measure-ments of 12 feet diameter, 18 feet lengthand cost about half a million dollarseach. The NRC plant was built by DravoConstruction, Ltd. under a "turn-key"arrangement.

Metallic feed from the NRC plant istransported on a belt conveyor throughan overhead nine-foot diameter tube 253feet long to the IPC plant.

The INCO PRESSURE CARBONYL(IPC) plant is a vapometallurgical plant1,062 feet long, 159 feet wide and 44 to149 feet high. Carbonyl was firstproduced at CCNR on March 24, 1973.Pellets were produced April 11 and nickelpowder was produced on May 17.

Prime contractor for the IPC plant wasBlaw-Knox Chemical Plants, Inc. ofPittsburgh, who were involved for manyyears with International Nickel in thedevelopment of the process. Blaw-Knoxdesigned and built the IPC pilot plantat Inco's Port Colborne nickel refineryand also participated in the design of themodernization of the Clydach refinery,in Wales.

The IPC plant is divided into four majorareas:

The REACTOR area houses threecarbon steel rotating pressure vesselsthat measure 12 feet in diameter and 67feet in overall length. With a five inchshell, the reactors are 43 feet long overthe hemispherical heads designed for1,100 p.s.i.g. operating pressure.Mounted 35 feet above-grade for gravitydischarge, they each weigh about 550tons when fully charged. It takes about42 hours to complete each reactor cycle.

The PROCESS area contains duplicate

In the utilities section of the Inco Pressure Carbonyl plant, the visitors are backgrounded byone of the plant's main gas compressors.

distillation systems for separating crudecarbonyl into nickel and ferro-nickelcarbonyl. It a'so houses a carbonmonoxide gas purification system capableof producing 99.9 per cent pure carbonmonoxide from the freshly-generated COand from gas b'ed from the reactorrecycle circuit. The system can produce7,000 cubic feet of carbon monoxideeach hour.

The process area also contains anammonia recovery system that includesan absorbtion tower, gas stripper anddistillation tower to produce ammonia-free gases.

The DECOMPOSER area houses 18units for the decomposition of carbonylinto nickel pellets, eight units for thedecomposition of carbonyl into nickelpowder and two iron-nickel powderdecomposers. Throughout the IPC plant,the atmosphere is changed 10 times perhour, an exchange involving an airflow of 1.6 million cubic feet per minutethrough two monitoring systems.

In the PACKAGING AND WAREHOUSEarea, two overhead bins in each of threesystems (two for powders, one for pellets)feed conveying, surge bin and packagingequipment. After drum filling, at a rateof 172 drums of pellets and 90 drumsof powder per hour, the powder linesconverge into a single lid-dispensing,weighing, crimping and stamping system.The pellets continue through their ownsystem towards automatic palletizingand strapping.

Residues from the IPC plant travel asa slurry through a 5,000 foot pipelineto the COPPER REFINERY ELECTRO-WINNING (CREW) plant at the CopperCliff copper refinery. The CREW plant isa hydrometallurgical plant for the treat-ment of residue to produce high qualitycopper, pure cobalt carbonate and forrecovering virtually all of the company'splatinum-group metals in concentrateform.

The IPC and CREW plants werethe subject of a five volume designreport and estimate prepared by Blaw-Knox at a cost of $351 000 and presentedto International Nickel before engineeringbegan.

Construction of the refinery began inMarch, 1969, but was halted shortlythereafter and delayed until Novemberof that year by strikes. Constructioninvolved a workforce that sometimesnumbered over 600. The refinery willemploy about 350 highly-trainedpersonnel.

L. Edward Grubb(centre) president

and chief officer ofInternational Nickel

moments after heformally opened the

nickel refinery bysetting the nickel

pellet packaging linein motion, Also

attending were (right)John McCreedy, a

senior vice-presidentof International

Nickel, and (left)Gord Machum, On-tario division vice-

president, smeltingand refining

Nickel refinery tourand opening cere-

monies completed, achartered three-coach train with

visitors aboard leavesthe packaging and

shipping area for arail tour of some of

Inco's Sudburyfacilities.

The capping sectionof the nickel pelletpackaging line.Observing the move-ment of the filled500-pound drums ispackaging and ship-ping operatorRon Fletcher.

Four generations of Cayens,lnco pensioner Ed Sr.,

Creighton plant protectionofficer Ed Jr., (ho!dinq the baby),

Creighton garage mochanicDen/s Sr., and Den/s Jr.

If there's any truth to the theory thattalents are hereditary, then little Den isCayen junior's addition to the Inco pay-roll in 1991, or there-about, woulddoubtless be a valuable asset to thecompany. He'd have the accumulatedabilities of his great-grandfather, his twograndfathers, and his father - all four onthe Inco rolls.

The young tad's latent memorieswould tune into the Inco scene in 1923when great-grandfather Ed Cayen joinedthe company at Creighton, donned a setof oilers, and set to with the sinking ofthe mine's No. 4 shaft.

Memories of raise driving at bothCreighton and Frood would fill the nextquarter of a century, followed by powdermagazine experiences that ended withgreat-grandfather's retirement in 1960.

Overlapping experiences began in1951, when grandfather Ed Cayen juniorbecame a member of the Copper Cliffpolice force. He's currently a plant pro-tection officer at Creighton mine.

From his dad, Denis Cayen senior,

Creighton mine number3 shaft and part of the

town seen from the air in1935, twelve years after

Ed Cayen Sr., startedraise drifting there

(REIGHTON'S CAYENS

the younger Denis might remember theCopper Cliff smelter of 1965, and thenrecall flashes of the Creighton minemaintenance department and the work-ing day of a garage mechanic.

More Inco expertise would comethrough his mother Madeline, daughterof grandfather number two, HaroldMaloney, a construction leader who'sworked at Creighton since 1941.

However you like to look at it, whetherby hereditary knowledge or from listen-

ing to tales of Inco past handed downfrom father to son, little Den is will be wellversed in the ways of mining by the timehe's old enough to decide for himselfthe career that he's going to follow. Hewon't go wrong if he chooses to becomea miner and follow in the footsteps ofhis forefathers, members of that dedi-cated and determined breed that havesought, found and harvested the goodearth's resources from deep below thesurface.

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Lino DiPasquale is quite an athlete, playing in the Niagara DistrictSoccer League in the summer and supporting a 180 average duringthe 10-pin bowling season in the winter. His wife Ella works forWallace Transport. John is 7 and Dianna, 12. Lino has been withInco since 1956 and presently is in the yard department.

Copper refinery ladle tender Andy Artindaleand his family are residents of New Sudbury.Taking time out from the task of creating aplayground, for more than 300 youngsters,Marge Artindale (left), with 2-year-oldBrendon on her lap, and Andy Jr. age 5 arelooking forward to the winter of fun aroundtheir new playground. Neither Marge norAndy are native Sudburians. Andy hails from"Old Blighty," and Marge is a prairie girlfrom Brandon, Manitoba.

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There's a lot of Inco in the Jerry Perrin family album picture. On theleft Denise Perrin is the daughter of Inco pensioner AndyDeschatelets. Next to Denise in the front row is Richard, then Jerry,whose father is also an Inco pensioner. In the back row the threeyounger children are Monique, 12, Gaston, 11, and Darquise, 5.Jerry is a sandf ill man at Levack.

This is the large Fern Fex family. Father Fern, a Clarabelle open pit haulage truck driver, ismaking himself a "Sunday Car." He has everything done except the paint job on a "brandnew" 1925 Star. The antique car will be used, so Fern says, only on Sundays. In the frontrow with father Fern, a native of Blezard Valley, are Elaine 11, Denise 8, Colette 7,Jean-Marc 5, and Fern's wife Raymonde. Behind the younger members of the family andthe parents are Cyril 14, Norman 20, Monique 15, Conrad 19, and Roger 16. At this pointnone of the family have followed father's footsteps to work with Inco.

KNOCK-OUTPUNCH

The arduous task of hand punchingthe four copper converters at theCopper Cliff smelter may soon beended as a result of equipment testingnow under way.

n the copper converters, mo?tenflash furnace matte containing about45% copper is blown to almostpure copper and shipped molten byhot metal cars to the Copper Refinery.The converting process involvesblOwing air into the matte through ahorizontal row of tuyeres (tough word-sounds like two ears") or passagesin the back of the converter. The

oxygen in this air then reacts with ironand sulphur in the matte resulting inthe remova) of these impurities.However, at the inside end of the tuyerewhere the cool air enters the moltenbath, a build-up is formed, and unlessthese build-ups are removed, theamount of air flowing into theconverter wifi be reduced.

Traditionally, removal of thesebuUd-ups has been done manually byhammering a steel punch bar throughthe tuyere. In recent years, however,this job has been made easier bynstaIIng an aft-powered punchng

machine on each tuyere. This machinehas been designed specifically topush a bar through the tuyere, thusremoving the build-up, and then to retractthe bar quickly so that it can be cooledby the air flowing through the tuyereinto the converter. All of the 18nickel converters in the main aisle atCopper Cliff use this machine during thefull converter blowing cycle.

A few years ago the use of thismachine was extended to the copperconverters and has reduced the manualeffort required in keeping the tuyeresopen. But it is only possible to use the

Presently being tested and modified at No. 19 copper converter In the Copper Cliff smelter,this air-powered travelling "Gaspe Puncher's will eliminate hand punching of copper convertertuyeres. At the controls is puncher Jacques Larocque. In the background, converter bossEddie Sonier inspects the operation.

machine for a imited time during thecopper converting cycTe and it is stiUnecessary during the finishing period topunch the tuyeres by hand because themachinery now instalTed does not retractthe bar quickTy enough to prevent itsdeterioration in the super-heated matte.

In an effort to fuTTy remove the need tohand-punch on the copper converters,an air-powered machine is presentTybeing tested on No. 19 copper converter.It runs on raiTs behind the converterand has the capabiTity of punching upto four tuyeres at one time. Themachine is designed with a protective

cab for the operator and permits him,by the movement of one of two eversto position the machine as requiredand punch the tuyeres with speciaT bwhich are forged in the bTacksmithshop at Copper CTiff,

The machine has been caUed theGaspe Puncher since the originaT

was designed and proven at thecopper smeTter of the Gaspe CopperMines in Quebec.

Tn the past severaT years, many ofthese units have been successfuUyintroduced into copper smeTters in aTareas of the worTd,

The unit now under deveTopment onthis converter has required extensivemodification so that it can be instaUed

ars on the existing punching pTatform, andthis deveTopment work is stiTT continuingwith the heTp of the converter crewsand co-operation of the maintenance

mit department. Guidance for this testinstaTTation is being provided by converterdepartment supervision and the industriaTengineering department. Tt is expectedthat in the near future the hand punch-ng of tuyeres wifl be compTeteTyeTiminated from the copper convertingprocess at Copper CTiff.

A familiar scene to the many old timers who for many years punched convertertuyeres-hand punching with puncher Mike Bru/ic wielding the hammer. Withthe development of the Gaspe Puncher this scene and the need forhand punching will be relegated to the past.

Forging tuyere punching bars is a steady lobfor the smelter blacksmith shop. On the lobhere is power hammer operatorDanny Fedorochuk.

Twenty Ontario division employeesshared a total of $415 in the latestaward list from the suggestion plancommittee.

Topping the money winners on thisoccasion was Glen Hamilton of Stobiewho suggested some modifications toL.H.D. engine mountings and wasawarded $50. $35 was awarded to RodThompson of Levack mill for a sugges-tion to extend the wood chip chute sidepanets.

Four division employees cashed in tothe tune of $30 each for their varioussuggestions. Kurt Osterlund of Kirkwoodsuggested a hydrautic press to be usedwith mine machine equipment. A sug-gestion of soldering tamp ctamps wasgood for $30 for Cecil Rowe of Coteman,

and Raymond Lachance of the Clara-belle mill picked up two $30 awards -one for stands for men working on millend liners, and the other for stands atthe back end of the milt area. There werea couple of $25 awards, One to HenryEden of Levack mill for some flanges ona water line, and to Carl Moxam ofCreighton for electric hoist for handlingbarrels. One $20 award went to AchilleRicher of Stobie for modifications to thesanitary truck. Six emptoyees cashed infor $15 awards. They were Roger Leclairof Kirkwood who suggested tegs for ablast hote charger. Gordon Ramsay ofFrood, for a carry-lift dumping hook-up.Robert Roy of Little Stobie for a sugges-tion to seat blast hole charges. JohnZatylny of the Copper Cliff mill for awarning horn for pyrrhotite grinding mills

crane. Peter Belanger of Levack mill forimproved access to the bucket etevatorwater values. And Stan Bidochka ofClarabelle mill for his suggestion - im-proving the main doors of the milt andcrushing plants at Clarabelle.

Five employees each picked up $10for their various suggestions on therecent awards tist. They are LeoBourgeois for an ice deftector for thewarehouse roof; Thomas Ross of Stobiefor some canopy arrangements for No. 7shaft doorways; Marcel Derocher andJohn Beange of Frood for hydrautichose piping for fan drill box frames:Len Hirvela of South mine for a sugges-tion regarding hydrautic jack handtes:Boot removers for a changehouse wasgood for $10 for South mine employeeAbram Olfert.

Between FriendsAlmost a year ago a movie crew headedby talented Canadian producer DonShebib turned up in the Sudbury area toshoot a film that has since been titled"Between Friends". The story is reallyvery simple and very basic, but theimportant fact is that Don Shebib's latestcinematic work, shot in the Sudbury areaand in particular around our dormantConiston plant, has been getting ravenotices,

Leading lady and Mexican actress BonnieBedelia, In the movie, a visiting surfer steals Two weeks ago it premiered inher from a short order cook. Sudbury. It has been reviewed by Time

Magazine, The Financial Post, theToronto Star, The Toronto Globe andMail, and all of these reviewers have saidin essence the same thing - it's a simplestory, cinematically a work of art byRonald Lieterman and creatively anotherstroke of the genius of Canadian producerand filmmaker, Don Shebib. The criticssay Michael Parks, Bonnie Bedelia andthe supporting cast turned in first-classperformances.Editors note.' It must be good when all thecritics are saying something nice aboutsomething from Sudbury.

NEITHERRAINNOR

SLEETNOR

DARKOF

NIGHT...

Forty years ago, Percy BurcheH worked

I in the mai' room at the genera' office inCopper C'iff. He had to wear a suit andde'iver mai' by hand.

Today, his daughter He'en works inthe mai' room at the genera' office andsome things have changed. Others

- haven't.

He'en stiH dehvers mai' by hand to thegenera' office, but p'ant de'iveries arenow hand'ed by jitney drivers from thetransportation department and the mai'

p

itse'f ranges from etters through te'exesand teecopies.

Senior c'erk Ron Orasi, in charge ofthe mai' room, says an average monthwiH see about 45,000 pieces of mai'deUvered to the mai' room by the CanadaPost Office. n turn, the mai' roomhand'es about 35,000 pieces of out-goingmai' each month. A month'y postage biHruns to about $2,500, he says.

The mai' room a'so hand'es 350 in-coming te'exes each month and sends

Joann Trowbridge delivers mail in the Copper Cliff general office.

About 35,000 pieces of mail leave the mailroom each month. Without equipment to helpher seal and stamp each piece, HelenBurchell would indeed have a tired tongue.

...SHALLSTAYTHESE

In the vault and delving into theOntario division central files, Joann

locates a requested piece ofinformation.

Ti COURIERS...Jitney drivers like Vito Pileggi take over

responsibility br delivery to the many Incofacilities in the Sudbury District.

out approximately 400. The telecopier,which uses telephone lines to sendwritten messages, receives about 150copies a month, and sends about 100.

"The telecopier is a relatively newpiece of equipment," Ron says. "Anelectric eye reads light and dark patches(the writing) on a paper rotating on acylinder in the machine. The pulses aresent along the telephone line and trans-lated into light and dark patches onlight-sensitive paper at the other end. Ittakes about three minutes to transmit an8Y2 by 11 inch page, although for more

detailed work, like graphs, we canswitch to a six-minute mode."

Mail makes its way to the mail roomeach day by jitney drivers who start theirpick-ups at the various Sudbury Districtfacilities around 7:00 am. Within thehour they're at the general office, leavingfour or five bags of mail to be sortedand taking more for deliveries. Mailhandled by the Post Office arrivesaround 9:30 a.m. and the sorting swingsinto high gear. By 11:00 a.m. the jitneydrivers are back for another pick-up anddeliveries have started in the general

Gary Cosgrave empties a mail bag from the Canada Post Office for sorting by Helen andJoann. Some 45,000 pieces of mail arrive monthly.

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The mail room also maintains the Ontariodivision's central files, sending Helen up theladder to retrieve a file for the transportation

department.

office. The afternoon is spent preparingfor a 3:30 p.m. delivery to the CopperCliff Post Office, in time to make thepick-up there.

Slack times are filled by folding andstuffing purchase orders or cheques fromthe accounts payable department, andsealing and stamping the envelopes,operations all handled by high-speedmachines.

The mail room is also responsible formaintaining the Ontario division's centralfiles and a circulating file for executives.

...ONTHEIR

APPOINTEDROUNDS

One of its more esoteric responsibilitiesis the storage of all cancelled stockcertificates. "Our files go right back today one in the company's history," saysRon. "We're actually maintaining anarchive."

All these duties are handled by a staffof four; Gary Cosgrove, Diane Olivier,Helen Burchell and Joann Trowbridge,

They all refused to name thegentleman who received a pair of largewhite undershorts, complete with redhearts, on Valentine's day one year.

Registered mail arrives at Garson mine withjitney driver Vito Pileggi and Gary Tuomi ofthe time office signs the book.

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Senior clerk Ron Orasi, in charge of theCopper Cliff mailroom checks the perform-ance of his department with supervisor,insurance, sales and invoicing Stan Dutchburn.

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Modern machines save the drudgery of workpreviously done by hand, like foldingpurchase orders for the purchasing depart-ment, as Joann does here.

Mail room veteran Diane Olivier prepares telex messages to transmit figures and check ondeliveries.

The scene at the 24th annual dinner of the Port Co/bornechapter of the Quarter Century C/ub.Be/ow: Pau/ Bi/odeau (/eft) receives his pin from Ontario divisionpresident Ron Tay/or. Jan Van 01//en and Bob Browne /ook on. 73 in '73

The evening of October 25 was one offun and feHowship at the Port CoborneInco Recreation HaH when 73 PortCoborne nicke' refinery emp'oyees werepresented with coveted go'd ape pinsand weco med as new members of theQuarter Century C'ub.

The addition of the c'ass of 73boosted the tota' of members in thePort Coborne chapter to 761.

Guest speaker at the 24th annua'dinner, Ontario division president RonTay'or greeted the new membersindividuaHy and hand'ed the distributionof pins.

During his address, Ron commentedon the progress of the nicke' industryand recognized that some of the recentups and downs had inc'uded a periodof production cutbacks.

It appears that the worst of thisperiod is over and that we are now backon sofld ground he said. Consumptionof nicke' this year in the world market-p'ace wiH be in the order of one biHionpounds or sighfly more than the 1970figure.

ARhough we face many new com-petitors we wiU do much better thanwe have done in the past two years.

The Hansen - Eaton duo . much appreciated.

Port Party

Male quartet.Harmonizing and "hamanizing"

New member Bob Thompson and refinerymanager Bob Browne.

A camera shy trio -woufd you believe?

Father and son members Lodovico and Gino Foresi withOntario division vice-president Gord Machum.

HaulingDid you hear the one about . Loading

A bright, crisp, fall day at the Port Co/borne city market, Established in the late '30s and still going strong.

Farmer's FridayThe busiest spot come Fridaymornings in the city of PortColborne is the corner ofCharlotte and Catherinestreets.

market on a sunny morning in November,Neatly arranged in the stalls, the richbounty of the harvest glows with warmautumn colours, yellows, reds, browns,greens. Big fat pumpkins summon upvisions of cream-topped pies. Peppersevoke the delicious smells of pickling,and baskets of luscious fruit beg to betaken home for preserving.

For six days of the week, the marketarea serves as an off-street parking area,but on Friday mornings throughout theyear, the market is open for businessfrom 6:00 am, to 12:00 noon. There are74 lots available for rent on a yearly basisstarting with the first market day inJanuary. Rates are set according tolocation and naturally choice locations

This area, formerly called King GeorgePark and situated directly behind the oldTown Hall, was converted in the late1930s to a farmer's market, At the time,George Cole, a member of town council,travelled about the Niagara Peninsulaknocking on doors and promoting thenew venture. From a humble beginning,the market has grown to become one ofthe finest in the Niagara Peninsula.

What a delightful place is an openair

Rose Potyok - checking on the quality ofthe vegetables with the old reliable squeezetest before stocking up for the coming week.Her husband, James 'Big Jim" Pot yok whoretired in 1969 with 34 years' service, was aforeman on the calciners.

tie lost fl/s sflopping list. At any -rate there's a good selection of

vegetables from which to choose.Joe started with Inco in June 1955

and works in the anode depart- j (ment as a furnace helper. _ - •r rf

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Guisseppe "Joe" Mar, hasn't jmade up his mind yet or maybe

command a higher fee. All rights ofoccupation on any lot expire on the 31stof December each year and no occupanthas any right of renewal for the sameor any other lot.

The market is used for the sale ofgrain, meat, vegetables, fish, poultry,butter, eggs, cheese, honey, maple syrupflowers, shrubs, fruit and other gardenand dairy products. The sale of fruits,nuts, vegetables or dairy produce notgrown or produced in Canada is notallowed.

All vendors must keep their lots in aclean and orderly state during theiroccupation and upon leaving are requiredto remove all refuse and litter. Thewhole of the Niagara district is repre

sented with some farmers coming 40 to50 miles to display and sell their produce.

It's also a favourite meeting place forpresent and past Inco employees. Thefirst question asked by the pensionersof course is, 'What's new at the plant?"and many are the tales told of the "goodold days" as they stop to reminisce forawhile. The oldtimers are experts onadvising where to get the best buys.

An added feature of the market is thatit attracts potential customers to thedowntown area, and local merchants areperfectly satisfied with the market operation. City council is presently studyingthe feasibility of enlarging it, althoughparking during market hours is aproblem.

Angelo Scozzafava (left) andbrother Tommaso. Angelo, whobought a basket of green peppersfor $150, has been with Incosince July 1964, and works on thestripping floor in the electrolyticrefinery.Tommaso works on the Harperizerin the shearing department with

I Inco service dating back to May1956.

Comparing prices and bringing one anotherup to date on the news are (left) Cameron'Slim Daubney who retired as anodedepartment foreman in 1963 with 41 yearsservice, and George Smith, recently retiredafter 37 years with the Company. He wasassistant safety supervisor.

Thanks Gerry

Bouncing, brighteyed MariaHanhimaki shares a privatefoke with brother Mike fromher mothers lap. Kareenafound Maria having difficultybreathing, and called Willie,who applied artificial respira-tion, a skill he had learned inthe lunchroom at North mine.

Viljo (Willie) Hanhimaki is a friendly driller at theCopper Cliff North mine. Usually, he doesn't stride overto his shift boss Gerry Joliat and say: "Thanks forsaving my daughter's life." One day this fall, he did.

Maria Hanhimaki is 18 months old, a typical Finn with brightblonde hair and sparkling blue eyes. Except for Willies newly-acquired skill at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, that sparklenow would be gone.

Before the summer shutdown Willie explains, Gerrygave us a demonstration of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation inour lunch room on 1800-level because the holiday season wascoming. Lunch-room talks on various aspects of safety areroutine at International Nickel. I paid attention, and Im gladI did Willie says.

I was at home with the kids - Willie and wife Kareenahave four others besides Maria; Jimmy, age 11 Mandy 8 andMonica, 5 all students at Esther Road Public School, andMichael 3½ - when I heard a sound like strained breathing.I thought it was just one of them making a noise in their sleep.But, shortly after Kareena returned from an evening visit tomy parents, we heard it again. We found Maria stiff and blueand shaking. I couldnt find her pulse.

I grabbed her from the crib and ran to the living room.I pulled a cushion from the couch and laid her down with herhead tilted back, just like Gerry had shown us, and startedthe mouth-to-mouth.

After about five minutes I remembered Gerry had saidto use a hard surface, so I moved to the floor. We werepraying by that time, it had been so long since she hadbreathed for herself.

The ambulance came and the attendants found herpulse. They gave her oxygen on the way to General Hospital,and she recovered there an hour later.

Kareena says Gerry is a gift from God for teaching usartificial respiration that day.

Shift boss Gerry Joliat (left) used a plastic airway to demonstrateartificial respiration to a group of miners at North mine just beforethe shutdown. Driller Wi/lie Hanhimaki found himself without theapparatus but applied the lesson anyway and saved his daughterslife.

PAPER PEOPLEInternational Nickels supervisor of analytical services inCopper Cliff, Dr. John Bozic, was elected president of theCanadian Mineral Analysts association at their conventionin Sudbury recently. He replaces Dr. Eric Beals, of Ottawa.Dr. Bozic becomes the first Incoite to hold the position inthe associations five year history.

Two Inco employees presented papers to the conven-tion. Dr. Sam Stupavsky, a section leader in processtechnology in Copper Cliff, studied and tested applicationsfor the use of ammonia electrodes in effluent testing andpresented a paper entitled Specific Ion Electrodes andTheir Applications. Earlier, Richard Alcock, of the J. RoyGordon Research Laboratory in Toronto, presented hispaper, entitled Rapid XRF Assaying of Geological Samplesat Inco's Exploration Assay Laboratory.

The convention brought 180 analysts from acrossCanada to the Barrydowne Campus of Cambrian Collegefor three days.

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The Creighton mine rescue teamalmost made it a clean sweep in compe-tition this year. After topping all otherInco mine teams to win the JohnMcCreedy trophy they finished a veryclose second in the provincial compe-tition. Top competitor was the RioAlgom-Quirke squad from Elliot Lake butCreighton was only three demerit points

behind, the teams finishing 47 and 50respectively.

Points are based on a demerit systemfor failing to properly perform somefunction or answer a question. Judgingwas carried out by a travelling panel ofreferees from the Provincial Ministry ofNatural Resources, Division of Mines.

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The Creighton team with areamanager Ron Brown, admiring

the mantle radios they won.On the left is George McPhail,

inspector of mine rescuetraining for the province, and

team members Dale Muirhead,Gary McLean, Phil Fournier,

Leo Seguin, Len Kutchaw andAl Simpson. Brian Carson is

the missing team member.

Dr. Sam Stupavsky (right), a section leader in process technologyin Copper Cliff, displays the ob/ect of his recent research to(from left) Courtney Head, of the Quebec Cart/er Mining Co. Dr.John Bozic, supervisor of analytical services in Copper Cliff andnewly-elected president of the Canadian Mineral Analystsassociation, and Peter McGhee, of Wabush Mines in Labrador.

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Being first is nothing new atCreighton, be it in the field ofmining, safety, sports or whatever.

At Creighton 5 shaft,Romildo Rossanese andJames Holiday listen as

Jocelyne Roy, nurse withthe Industrial EducationService of the Canadian

Cancer Society explains.

That venerable location recently chalkedup another first with the very firstpublic showing of the first made-in-Ontario film on the detection and preven-tion of cancer. Titled To Build a DreamOn, it sets out seven basic safeguardsto health and suggests preventitivesteps.

During the week of September 24 to28 this film was shown in the warmrooms at the mines 3, 5 and 9 shafts.Miners going on or coming off shift wereable to view the short film and obtainliterature in several languages.

This first is the direct result of theefforts of an enthusiastic and dedicatedCreighton miner, Al Patterson. Al is

educational chairman for the Sudburyand district Cancer Society and hespretty happy with this latest effort.Were going to assess the reaction at

Creighton, he said, And then I hope'Nell be able to carry this out at all minesand plants.

Al has been speaking to schoolclasses and other groups for some timenow but its definitely a breakthrough, tobe getting the message across to hisbuddies at the mine. "I've had greatcooperation from mine manager RonBrown and superintendant John Smith,he declared.

A stope boss at 9 shaft, Al, like manyother Inco employees, is concernedenough about his community and friendsto do something positive. We need theAl Pattersons of our community and thetriangle is always happy to salute them.

Creighton mine stope boss Al Patterson,educational chairman for the Sudbury anddistrict Canadian Cancer Society, and minesuperintendent John Smith check attendance.

BowlingOrganized shift league or plant bowlinghas been reduced to a very few loca-tions around the Inco circuit. The greatFrood-Stobie league of past decades hasnot operated for some years now and asimilar fate has befallen the one-time redhot refinery loop.

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Shift hockeyIn local shift hockey circles enthusiasmis the key. No sky-high salaries, noglamorous gals, in some cases no spon-sors, just good oldfashioned desire. Andthis is reflected in the interest andobvious pleasure the players get fromthe game.

That venerable institution, the CopperCliff Athletic Association, is again spon-soring shift league hockey at CopperCliff, and as usual super organizer RayFrattini, who also ran the shift softballleague, is running the hockey as he hasdone for the past few years.

The league boasts two divisions, onefor steady days and the other for shift, Atpress time it looks like four teams in eachsection including an entry from thecopper refinery.

Games are played at Stanley Stadiumin Copper Cliff but available ice timethere is at a premium. Referee-in-chieflast year, Jack Newell, has turned in hiswhistle and Ray Frattini is searching fora replacement. Anyone interested shouldgive him a call at Beaver Station,

The All Mines Shift League is headinginto what looks like a banner yearaccording to league coordinator Ken

A welcome additionto Sudbury areaskating facilities, theWalden Arena nearLively will be in operation this winter,

Zayette of Coleman. Six locations,Levack, Coleman, Frood, Stobie, LittleStobie and Garson, are all icing teams,and this year each team will play somegames on home ice. Last season allgames were played at the Barrydownearena. Mike Mayer is the league presi-dent.

There will probably be another leagueactive at Coleman, but on a less ruggedscale. A four-team league is developingwhich will enjoy skating, checking andshooting but dispense with the bodycontact and the slap shot. Lots of funand no injuries.

Over at the nickel refinery Clint Reidis hopeful that they may yet have a three-or four-team league later in the season.One of the problems is ice time but theyhope to beat that when the new WaldenArena at Lively opens this winter. Atpresent they're planning to play somepick-up games with their old softballrivals from the general office,

Roly Wing, arena manager at theStanley Stadium reports one of thebusiest seasons ever despite the additionof three new arenas in the area. Theonly ice time he now has available isbetween midnight and 6 am, and alreadysome of that is scheduled.

Garson and Levack are the finalbastions of shift league five pin bowlingin the area. At Garson, league statisticianand general coordinator Reg Morin hasa real competitive 16-team shift leaguegoing at the Employee's Club and inaddition there is an eight-team mixedleague and a 12-team ladies' league oftop flight trundlers.

Up at Levack when you talk of bowlingyou talk of only one man, Alex Didur.Alex has been Mr. Bowling there formore years than he can recall and thisyear is no exception. According to Alexthe season is shaping up into an eight toten team men's league, 11 teams in amixed league plus a ladies' league of 24teams.

At the Creighton Employee's Club thealleys are busy, too, but not with mineleague bowling. Erminio Cozzarini re-ports from the club that the mixed leagueis popular again this year and theteenager league has been so successfulthat a junior teenager group is in theoffing.

Organizing ice time with Stanley Stadiummanager Roly Wing (right) is Copper Cliff'sshift league organizer Ray Frattini.

room with a view and...

BIKE HIKEIf you think youre too old to pump thepedals, then think again, you may not be.Copper CUff carpenter Tony De Benedetwill never see 54 again and recenilyfinished eighth in a field of 33 whoentered a 63-mUe bicyc'e race outChemsford way. n the same raceCopper Cuff p'ate shop burner TarcisioBiondi finished fifth - but then ofcourse hes on'y 33.

Ed Martin is one ofthe train dispatcherswho ensure the safemovement of the vastquantities of materialsthat arrive daily.

Commanding a c'ear view of much ofthe train movement in and out of ncosvast Copper CUff comp'ex, the transpor-tation departments new train dispatchingoffice is set high on a rocky b'uff, bare'ya stones throw from the CarabeUe miUtipp'e.

From that vantage point the traindispatcher can ook west to the thawsheds and upper yard; to the east andcheck ore arriving from Frood-Stobiepius C.PR. and C,N.R. transfers arriving;ooking south, direcily in front, are themyriad transfer tracks, a sort of mar-shaUing yard; and to the north, movementto and from the North mine and C'ara-beHe open pit may be observed. And ofcourse the traffic for ClarabeUe miU isunder constant surveiUance.

From this location all train movementsin the upper yard and from outside p'antsare constantly controlled. This has edto the nickname of Mission Controlbeing appUed.

Before moving to this new location thetrain dispatcher was situated at thewest scales where the view was limited.All rai' traffic is radio controHed andthe dispatchers responsibility is toensure the safe, smooth flow of thistraffic. Being ab'e to view all the trainmovements has certainty enhanced histask.

Mission Control', as the local train crews fondly refer to the new train dispatching office. Nearthe Clarabelle mill tipple it has a commanding view of all train movements under its control.

Cycle racers here are Tony De Benedet (left)and brothers Giovanni and Tarcisio Biondi. Tony andTarcisjo work at the Copper Cliff smelter.

AUTHORDr. Maurice Y. So'ar, a senior research engineer in thepyrometalurgy section at Incos J. Roy Gordon ResearchLaboratory, has received the Marcus A. Grossman Award for1973 from the American Society for Metals. The award ispresented annually to the Author Under 35 Years of AgeWhose Paper has been Judged Best in MetallurgicalTransactions Published the Preceding Year, Maurices paperdescribed his study of the Kinetics of the Carbon OxygenReaction in Molten Iron.

A Canadian resident since his parents left Nice on theRiviera when he was ten, Maurice graduated from McGillUniversity with a B.Eng. in 1968, with a Masters in 1969, andwith a Ph.D. in Metallurgy in 1971, He joined Inco at SheridanPark in May, 1971.

He and his wife Patricia will be moving to Sudburyshortly. Maurice has transferred to Copper Cliff where hewill assume the duties of pyrometallurgy section leader at theprocess technology laboratory.

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BURSARIESNine students enrolled at SudburysCambrian College have been awardedInco Engineering Technology bursariesvalued at $150. A number of bursariesare awarded by the company annually toencourage qualified students to furthertheir education and to help assure acontinuing supply of engineering tech-nologists for the future of Canada andCanadian industry.

Presented last month by Ken Kaysuperintendent of training and develop-ment, the awards went to Doug Bowdreyof London Ont.; Danny Cooper ofWaters Twp.; Bruce Donald, of ElliotLake; Bryon Fry, of Scarborough; JohnGrant, of Sudbury; Robert Roberti ofSudbury; Marcel Vaillancourt ofSudbury; David Korpella, of Kormak; andPeter PhiHips, of Ottawa.

Author of the year - Inco's Maurice Y. So/ar.

Dean Tom Semadeni of Sudbury's Cambrian Co//ege (right) /ooks over Ken Kay's shou/deras he discusses Inco bursary programs with nine award winners.' (first row, from /eft)Bruce Dona/d, Peter Phi//ips, Robert Roberti, Marce/ Vai//ancourt,' (second row) Danny Cooper,John Grant, Bryon Fry (third row) Doug Bowdrey, David Korpe//a,

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___Master model builder, Copper Cliff North mine maintenance mechanic leader Albert Ouellet, makes a lighthearted and last minute slipstick

check before launching his latest production. Assistants are sons Mark and Jean-Paul.

FLYING FEVERImagine if you can, a basement full ofmodel flying aircraft. Hanging from theceiling hanging from the walls, and allover the floor. Forty of them, with wing-spans ranging from a modest 18 inchesto a husky 78 inches.

Wall to wall planes in all shapes and sizes.Just part of the Ouellet family's productionsince they started three years ago. An expertaerialist, Mark prefers flying the bigger ones,theyre more realistic.

Throw in four or five model boatsabout four feet long to fill in the blankspaces and you've got the picture.Youre in the Sudbury home of AlbertOuellet and you're looking at $3,000worth of kits, gas motors and radio con-trols, and the fruits of three years ofbuilding by Albert and sons Ron andMark.

"In this house flying sickness isrampant," said Albert with a grin."Sometimes I think I'm in my secondchildhood - but that's good becausenow I can afford it."

During his other existence, Albert is anInco maintenance mechanic leader andthe boss of 13 in the drill fitters shop atthe Copper Cliff North mine. Hismechanically minded hands have beenservicing drill heads since he joined thecompany at Levack mine in 1937 whenhand-crank drills were still on the job.

Boss of the drill fitters shop at the CopperCliff North mine, Albert Ouellet examines adamaged diamond drill head with drill fitterErik Hansen. Albert has scored zero on losttime accidents during his 36 years with Inco.

The aeronautical activity began in allinnocence when Mark, then age 12,brought a flying model aircraft kit forbrother Ron who was convalescingfollowing an accident. ' From thereguess you might say it kind of snowballed," observed Albert.

The 'flying family' explained thatbefore a radio controlled 60inch wingspan aircraft can be put into the air, thebill for the kit, the furnishings, the transmitter, receiver and servo units caneasily climb close to $500.

Apparently it's well worth the expense.'It's quite a thrill when you have the'plane 500 feet up and answering sweetlyto the commands of your fingertips,said Mark.

Though sometimes the answers arenot entirely what the pilot wants. 'I re-member one time when was demonstrating for a group of about a dozenpeople,' said Albert. The plane wentcompletely haywire and was performingthe most complicated stunts imaginable.The crowd didn't know and they wereapplauding loudly. Right out of control,it finally headed straight for them andthen - luckily for me - took a nose-dive into the ground and flew into aboutfifty thousand pieces. They loved thattoo - but wondered at my extravagance.I didn't have the heart to spell it outfor them.

The Ouellets take pains to performtheir aerobatics and high speed boatstunts away from populated areas wherenoise from high revving little gas enginesmight create problems.

However, you can't win 'em all.

'Last summer," explained Mark, "oneof our neighbors on the river finallydiscovered that it was our radio trans-mitters that were destroying his TVpicture of a football game. Boatingceased until the final whistle was blown."

Retirement is just around the cornerfor Albert, and that's when he plans toplay pilot full time. "You think this is alot," he said as he cast his eyes aroundhis chockoblock basement. "Comeback after I've been a pensioner for acouple of years I'll show you an airforce you'll never believe".

At the Ouellet campon the French River,

Ron Ouellet turnsloose a radio con

trolled boat. From thelooks of the wake,

the craft appears tohave power to spare.

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F/f teenyearold Mark Ouellet compares the largest and the smallest in the family's fleet offorty gas powered flying model aircraft, Motor on the small plane packs 0.1 hp, revs at20,000 rpm and costs about $10. Motor on the large plane has a 1.5 hp punch, revs at10,000 rpm and is worth $70.

In the workshop, Mark and his dad check Out radio controlledservomotors before installing them in a fourfoot model hydroplane.The boat has been clocked at speeds exceeding 50 knots. The airboat in the background operates on wet grass or snow - doesabout 20 mph.

By JOHN NICHOLSONMaintenance department, iron orerecovery plant.(John is regional editor of "AmericanBird, an Audubon Society magazine.)

A colourful species which could be expected to visit Sudbury bird feeders on an annualbasis - an Evening Grosbeak.

WINTER WINGS

Located on neither of the majorflyways in eastern North Amer-ica, it could be expected thatmigrant birds passing through

Further observation has indicated thatthe growing popularity of backyard birdfeeders has produced a rise in thenumber of migrating species now spend-ing their winters with us, far north of theirnormal ranges. A bird feeder gives adrab winter backyard life, sound, andcolour, giving the owner a warm senseof involvement in the life of the naturalworld.

As the approach of winter is heraldedby increasing snow flurries and fallingtemperatures, the number of migrantsbound for distant places rapidlydwindles. Ice forms on pools, lakes, andmarshes, and the wind assumes an over-whelming vocal role over the landscape.

Nomadic winter finches follow thecrops of coniferous cones. Movingslowly from the far north in theirthousands the birds are often found inthe Sudbury area during the wintermonths. Requirements of the winterfinches lie solely with seed, this singlefact gives the feeder the ability to attractpassing flocks of the species withsimpler tastes than those dependingexclusively on cones. It also gives theoperator the chance to see at closequarters birds which at other seasonsappear only as distant silhouettes. Shyand skulking behaviour, the instinct ofbreeding birds, is abandoned during a

A cost analyst at the Copper Clii! generalengineering department, Wilmer Hughesmaintains this feeder at his home on theshore of Sudbury's Trout Lake. He and hiswife Iria set out some 25 pounds ofsunflower seeds during an average winter.

the Sudbury district would befew in number in relation tooverall migration studies.Observations over a five year

northern winter. The continual searchfor food comes before all else.

Feeders have developed from simpletrays to elaborate dispensers. Econom-ically, glass fronted seed hoppers arethe best equipment for the would-befeeder operator. With a removable roof,and a small shallow tray attached to thehopper, it allows only a small part of theseed to be dispensed; the glass sidesshowing the owner when the time forre-stocking has arrived. The larger initialexpense for this type of feeder is offsetby wastage of seed by simpler feeders.A small flock of finches alighting on atray feeder will quickly scatter seed asbeating wings send much of the foodto the snow below.

Sunflower seeds are of great interestto the travelling Evening Grosbeak. Thislarge attractive finch's recent rangeextension can be partly explained by theincrease in the number of feeders andthe supply of sunflower seeds.Chickadees are fond of all kinds ofseed, and over a short time the moreventuresome will feed from the hand,such boldness requires cooperationfrom the hand's owner; no sudden orrapid movements. In addition to seeds,a lump of suet nailed to a tree or hungfrom the feeder will attract woodpeckers,and a small quantity of salt is enjoyedby many species.

With telescope and binoculars, theauthor of this article John Nicholson,waits patiently in hopes of identifying

yet another variety of birds visitingInco's tailings disposal area at

Copper Cliff.

period have shown that such isnot the case. Our area provides ahome for thousands of migrantsduring their annual pilgrimages.

Most important for a feeder operatoris a sense of responsibility for the wel-fare of the birds he has encouraged tospend the winter in his backyard. It isessential that any bird spending theseason north of its normal range shouldhave a feeder that is constantly filled.For a small bird, the abrupt end of apreviously steady food supply becomesthe prelude to death.

Common species which could beexpected to visit Sudbury feeders on anannual basis are the Downy Wood-pecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Blue Jay,

Black-capped Chickadee, Starling,House Sparrow, Evening Grosbeak, andSnow Bunting. Sometime visitors, notdependant on the state of cone crops inthe district to bring them to Sudbury,include the Bohemian Waxwing, PurpleFinch, Pine Siskin, Pine Grosbeak, andCommon Redpoll.

For the best results a feeder shouldbe operational from early November.

Ed. note: John Nicholson would be gratefulto hear from feeder operators who, duringJanuary and February, attract any speciesnot listed in this article. Call him at 674-0450.

ROCKSBy Anon

The following observations about rocks areborrowed from "The Transmitter", publishedmonthly for exploration types by CanadianNickel Company editors Bill Orenec andDoug Taylor. They report that it was writtenby one of their geologists when he was 17.He's a lot older now. For obvious reasons hewishes to remain anonymous, Thanks anon.,we en/oyed it.

Since I walk by myself with my headdown a lot, I see a great many interestingthings that the average person misses,and what I mostly see is rocks. Therecertainly are a lot of them around! Thisis how I became interested in rocks, andwhy I have decided to become ageologist.

Rocks are our friends! You can talkto them, and they are very polite, andthey don't care what you look like oranything. They're swell. They make ex-cellent pals.

I have only a few rocks in my collec-tion because I didn't want to take toomany rocks so far away from home.Many of the rocks I especially thoughtwere nice have pebbles. You shouldn'ttake a rock away from its pebbles.

There are many different kinds ofrocks, and different sizes. There are notwo alike, just like people, but unlikepeople there are no bad rocks. Rocks

are born inside the earth. Most of themwere born a long time ago and are veryold and have quite a "story" to tell aboutwhat the earth was like before there wereso many noisy people around pushingand shoving.

I think if people were more like rocksthe world would be a better place. Rocksstay put, and don't fight with each other.The more time you spend with rocks themore you get to like them. They aren'tvery good at card games and stuff, butwho cares? They don't mind if you sit onthem. They are very quiet, but I thinkthis is because things go too fast forthem.

But people should be careful of rocks,too. Once someone was chasing meafter school, and he tripped on a rockand fell and hit his head on anotherrock. It's funny, I'd walked over thatplace before and I never saw thoserocks. Maybe they were just visiting.

In the driver's seat, an appropriate place fora plowing match winner, is Art LaPensee ofthe Frood machine shop. Brother4n-lawFern Benoit (left) took second place in theSt. Charles Agriculture Society's 19thannual match.

FURROWFAME

Two hobby farmers from out St. Charlesway, who happen to be on the Incopayroll, collected top prizes in a plowingmatch held there this fall. Art LaPensee,of the Frood machine shop, has only alarge-size garden lot in the village ofSt. Charles, but he took first place in the19th annual competition sponsored bythe St. Charles Agriculture Society aspart of their fall fair. And Fern Benoit,brother of Art's wife Lucille, kept theprizes in the family by taking secondplace, showing a skill he developed onhis two acres of lawn and garden atSt. Charies. Fern is a skimmer at theCopper Cliff smelter.

But Art and Fern weren't the onlywinners; Eugene Cardinal had four acresof his land plowed for free by the 30competitors.

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P.C. Regatta!In keeping with the camaraderie usuallyfound among the employees in themechanical department at the PortColborne nickel refinery, their latestexploit was no exception. They've triedgolf, tennis, baseball, hockey, first aid,football . . but when Geza Szalkaibought a canoe this summer, he andJohn Cormier issued a challenge to takeon all comers in a race to take place inan unused section of the Welland Canal.Two teams picked up the gauntlet, theFrench Voyageur team of Marcel Des-marais and Gus Desjardins, and theteam of Jimmy "The Expert" Suess andPaul Slipak,

From the starting point each team hadto paddle 3 miles due north to the newrailway by-pass crossing the canal andreturn to the starting point. The timeagreed on was Sunday at 930 am.

The team of Geza Szalkai and JohnCormier emerged triumphant with asteady beat of some 10 strokes to theminute and an elapsed time of 1 ¼hours. The Voyageur team of Marcel andGus were second and when they finish,Jimmy and Paul will be third.

In their post race strategy and analysis,Geza admitted that clean living andsuperior conditioning paid off. Johnattributes his success to his daily intakeof Geritol and issued a challenge to allcomers. It is expected that their practicecourse for the Olympics - will stretchfrom the Queens Hotel to the Dam CityHouse. The losers came to the con-clusion that: the winners had the lightestcanoe, the current was stronger in theirlane, the 'oil soak" tossed into thewater by the leaders was too hard toovercome, and somebody stuck avoodoo pin in Gus's rubber duck.

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Well spread out, the three boatrace crewsbend their backs as they surge silently downthis unused section of the Welland Canal atPort Colborne.

Puffing but proud, and the ones with the slipperiest canoe, Port Colbornenickel refinery employees Geza Szalkai and John Cormier raise their paddlesin the traditional victory salute after, completing the six-mile course on anunused section of the Welland Canal.

Marcel Desmarais and Gus Des/ardins leanon their paddles and put up a healthy bowwave as they make their last minute spurtfor the finish line.

Pointers on blocking aredemonstrated by coach

Mike Cal/a ghan to KerryBurden (son of Wes

Burden of the powerdepartment) as TimRauha/a 71 (son of

Jack Rauha/a ofCreighton mil/) keeps his

eye on the game.

TOUCHMaybe youve seen fUm of mountaingoats butting each other during themating season.

The same kind of spectacle occurseach fall on high school campuses inSudbury and district as the juniorgladiators lock in combat over an inflatedpigskin. It must be some sort ofprimeval urge.

Whatever the reason, its a joy towatch.

Imagine the scene: A crisp, coolNovember day bearing the promiseof a frosty night; clouds of misted breathbillowing from that secret enclave calleda huddle; a confusing array of colours,signs and symbols. Maybe its areligion.

Running behind the b/ocking of Don Dunnigan (son of Jerry Dunnigan of theC/arabe//e mi//), Tom Be// gains first down yardage.

These girls have traded cheerleaders pompoms for powderpuff football fame. Under theguidance of teacher Ken Borutski, these LoEllen Park High School students are seekinggames with other city teams. Representing International Nickel on the squad is Susan Mallick,right, front (whose father John works at Stobie Mine).

DOWNThe basic, earthy struggle of the men

in the 'pit. The linemen. The animals.Close, physical contact; short sharp,searing clash of strong, youthful bodies.

The graceful, sometimes-balleticmotion of the backfield: The quarterbackis a fraud; seeming to give the ball here,then tucking it away. He's an escapeartist slipping the grip of onrushingdefensive linemen. He's a symphonyconductor of soaring, spinning passes.His girlfriend is probably a cheerleader.

The crowd; the action; the fulfilment,the frustration.

Football.

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Coach Mike Callaghan shows concern on the sidelines, an emotionmirrored by Bruce Wylie (centre, son of Mac Wylie of Copper Cliff mill),Dennis Carrier (right, son of Alcide Carrier of Copper Cliff mill)and Paul Tricco.

An errant pass sails over the outstretchedarms of Lively's Tom Bell 8 as An Mikkola58, Glenn Miron 69, (son of Art Miron ofplant security) and Dave Roberts 44, (son ofFern Roberts of Creighton 5) watch thepursuit.