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Allegiance toCanada SwornIn Ceremonies

"I swear that I will be faithful andbear true allegiance to His Majesty KingGeorge the Sixth, his heirs and succese-ors, according to law, and that I willfaithfully observe the laws of Canadaand fulfill my duties as a Canadiancitizen. So help me God."Repeating these solemn words 24 Sudbury

District men, representing eight differentnationalities, became Canadian citizens ata ceremony in the Sudbury courthouse onJanuary 13. Eleven of the candidates pickedto take part in the historic proceedings wereInco employees.

Hon. Paul Martin, Canada's health min-ister, who as secretary of state piloted theCanadian Citizenship Act through the Houseof Commons, addressed the 24 new citizensand the gathering which packed the court-house, Behind this act,' he said, "is adesire to unite all Canadians from coast tocoast, whatever their language or origin maybe."

"Nationhood is not built by power alone,It is the integrity and character of a peoplethat lays the foundations for nationhood,and those are qualities that Canadianspossess. This fact is recognized throughoutthe world"

"You must carry your share of the re-sponsibility in building a greater Canada,with all the talent and means that youpossess."

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An Impressive Ceremony District men selected to take part in the citizenship ceremony at the courthouse onRoyal Canadian Mounted Police, Boy Jan. 13. Also a recipient of a certificate was Dmytro Dobrowolski, one of Mike's fellow

Scouts, Girl Guides, members of the jud- smelter workers. More of the candidates swearing the oath of allegiance are seen iniciary and the legal profession in their court the bottom photo. Eight nationalities were represented in the group of 24, of whom 11robes, the clergy members of the city coun- were Inco men.cil, and representatives of various organ- _______ _______ _________________________________ __________

iZations and industries, were pi'esent for the Paul Zariczny, Copper Cliff smelter: born______________

dept., Copper Cliff: born in Norway 1901,smpressive ceremony which signalized in in Poland 1902. Came to Canada 1928 and , came to Canada In 1930 to join Inco. Mar-Sudbury the passing of the Canadian Cit- was employed briefly by Mond Nickel Co. ned in 1930 and has daughter Margaretizen.ship Act. Similar declarations of al- Started at Copper Cliff in 1931. Married in talented pianist) and son Henrik.legiance were made in other leading cities: Poland in 1924 has one son.,of the country. Christian Jorgenson, Creighton: born in

Proud of their distinction were the 11 Roman Wolorchuk, Refinery: born in Po- Denmark 1899, came to Canada 1927. Farm-Inco men who happened to be selected as land 1905 member of Polish army for three ed, worked in lumber camps and factoriescitizenship candidates for the Sudbury cere- ' years. Came to Canada 1930. Farmed and until he joined Inco in 1934. Married, has

worked in gold mine. Joined Inco 1934.mony. Here are thumbnail biographical two sons and one daughter.Married in 1940 and has two children. Hassketches of them:nephew Clarence also employed at Refinery John Kusnierczyk, Frood: born in Poland. . .Dmytro Dobrowoiski. Copper Cliff smelter: 1903. came to Canada 1926. Farmed in Al-

born in Poland 1907. Came to Canada 1928. On Normandy Beach-Head berta and Saskatchewan until joining IncoWorked on Western Canada farms and with Mike Merenic, Refinery: born 1904 in in 1929. Married, has two sons.the C.P.R. Until he joined Inco in 1943. Czecho-Slovakia: came to Canada 1908.Married but has not heard from his wife Held various jobs until he joined Inco in Isak Lagerbom, Frood. born in Finland

in Poland since early in the war and fears 1941. Landed on Normandy beach-head 1897. canie to Canada 1923. Worked for

she was killed, with Czech forces attached to Canadian Mond Nickel Co. Started with Ico 1930.

Mike Goga. Copper Cliff smelter: born in army. Has wife and one son in Czecho' Married, has one daughter whose son wasCzecho'Slovakia 1904. Came to Canada Slovakia, to join him in Sudbury. killed in the Second Great War.1927. Farmed near Winnipeg until 1935 Onni Ranta, Garson: born in Finland and Jack Rantanen, Frood: born in Finlandwhen he came to Sudbury and joined Inco. came to Canada as a boy in 1926. Started 1907, came to Canada 1929 and started withMarried 1939 and has one daughter. Ardent with Inco 1941. Maintenance electrician. . Inco the same year after brief employmentgardener and plans to operate fruit farm Married, has two sons, at Rouyn. Married, has one daughter. Hasafter retirement. Hjalmar Stavang, mechanical engineering unusual artistic ability,

TAKE CANADIAN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE

A Canadian Citizenship certificate Is presented by Mrs. Wallace Smith (top) onbehalf of the I.O.D.E. to Mike Gora. of Conner Cliff smelter, one of the 24 Sudhiirv

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Published for all employeei of The Inter-natIonal NlcJel Company of Canatta, LIrnIteti.

Don M. flunbar, EdItor

IDITORIAL oFFICE COPPER ('LILT, O"T.

VOLUME U3RtJARY, 194' NtMi3F R 11

Sincere Thanks

For Yuletide

RemembranceD ESPITE the span of time and distance

which separates them from their oldassociations, Inco pensioners retain a livelyinterest in the Company's progress and theactivities of its employees. This was evidentin the letters which reached I. J. Simcox,general assistant to the vice-president, inreply to Yuletide greetings he sent them onbehalf of President Stanley and Vice-Pres-ident Beattie.

"Always Interested""I wish to thank you most sincerely for

your friendly, warm, and sincere wishes forChristmas and the New Year on behalf ofInco," wrote Victor Tardif of Aylmer, P.Q.It is indeed most thoughtful of you all

to remember me. I'm always most inter- AT PORT COLBORNE'S RIFLE CLUBested in the Company and its employees.the changes, progress, etc., as reported inthe Triangle. I was always most satisfied

More than making up in enthusiasm what it lacks in numbers, the rifle group

I at the Inco Reereatton Club in Port Colborne carries on a steady program of activityand happy to work to the best of my abilityfor the Inco. I also wish to thank you for

at the range In the basement of the club. A recent evening's shoot found these members

the Christmas bonus of $25.00." Fon hand; top picture, compaling scores, 'Scotty" Davidson, Jack Byn, and Rae Wilcox;bottom pic, a quartet sights on the targets, Betty Davidson, Ed Mitchell Bill Crabbe, and

S. F. Mills of Smith's Falls said the Lloyd Huffm.greetings expressed in Mr. Slmcox's letter __________________________________________________________________________________

were heartily reciprocated by himself, which the Company has always taken in the for a speedy return of health to both of'1 would like Mr. Stanley and Mr. Beattie old employees." them.

to know how much I appreciate their kindconsideration and generous treatment of re- "Salt of the Earth" "I did appreciate being included In thistired employees," wrote J. M. Regan from From Toronto came this message from Christmas gift to your active employees, andOttawa. F Duncan MacKinnon: '1 wish I could express feel sure I am voicing the appreciation of

"On behalf of my wife and myself I wish in words my appreciation of the interest all pensioners," said George Craig. Pleaseto express deepest thanks to the Company taken by Inco in the welfare of their retired convey to Mr. Stanley and Mr. Beattie myand yourself for your thoughtfulness and employees. It makes me feel that I am thanks for their kindly wishes."generosity. Here's wishing you and yours still a member of that great organization "Good Old Merry Xmas"the very best of health, happiness, and pros-. and brings back to me many happy mem- Thomas Saville of Ridgeway sent hisperity in the coming year." That was the F ones. I wish I could impress on every Inco F thanks and greetings, and said, "I can assuregood word from Andy Walker of Conlston. employee the security which lies ahead of you that the bonus cheque was a very pleas-

George Hillyard wrote from Toronto: '1 hIm if he does his part. Please give my best ant surprise and certainly made for a goodreceived your Christmas Bonus cheque for wishes to all my friends in the North old Merry Christmas."$25.00 today. I would appreciate it very the men I worked for and the men I worked To Mr. Beattie came this message frommuch if you would convey my sincere thanks with; they to me are the salt of the earth." H. W. Walter of Port Colborne: "I receivedto Mr. Stanley and Mr. Beattie for the "I wish to thank you for your kindness a very nice letter from "Mac" McQulre, withcheque and all their good wishes for my and thoughtfulness in sending me the Yule- a Christmas bonus cheque which was a sur-welfare. I am very pleased to see the tide message, also the Christmas bonus, prise and a great thrill, the second thrillfriendly spirit that exists between the Com- which came as a pleasant surprise," said Mr. of the year since my retirement. The bonuspany and their employees." and Mrs. N. Wyszynski of Grilnsby, Ont. to the pensioners was a very generous and

Bert Is Getting Better 'Allow us to wish you all a very happy New kindly thought, and I am sure very muchYear.' appreciated by all.'From Pefferlaw, Ont., Mrs. Bert Mullett ______________Port Colborne Pensionersexpressed the thanks and good wishes of

herself and her husband. Bert, she says, Similar messages of appreciation were re- APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCEDhas been on the sick list for six months but ceived by retired employees from the nickel H. J. French has been appointed assistanthis old cronies will be glad to learn that his refinery at Port Colborne, who wrote to vice-president of The International Nickelhealth is now showing steady improvement. Supt. Rfl C, McQuire in appreciation of his Company of Canada Limited, Robert C.

It is a fine gesture on the part of the letter and bonus cheque enclosure. Stanley, chairman and president, announcedInternational Nickel Company to remember A. A Stubbins of Welland, in expressing Jan. 21. Mr. French was formerly assistantits pensioned employees as it does," his thanks and good wishes, wrote, "I am manager of the company's development andBilly Chaulk of Sudbury. sure that all those on pension like myself research division.

'Your good wishes are returned with in'- feel better for the recognition by the Com.- Associated with International Nickel sinceterest compounded.' wrote E. A. Collins. "I pany of our past service." 1929, he was on loan during the war to theam enjoying my retirement although I find Mrs. H. Kern wrote from Hamilton: 'Many U.S. government, where, among other un-it rather strange at this time of year not to thanks for the cheque for $25.00 which I re- portant posts he was chief of the metallur.-be making the round of visits to the pn cived before Christmas. I have been on gical branch of the War Production Board'ssioners which I am sure will give you as the sick list for almost six months and this steel division. He is well known in Canadianmuch pleasure as it did me for many years. cheque certainly helped out for Christmas.' and United States metallurgical circles. PastYour letter and the bonus cheque are Mrs. Kern said that her husband has also president of the American Society for Metals,vidence of the continued kindly interest been quite ill. Their many friends will hope he is niso active in other technical groups.

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Presentations Made to Matti Sirka on His Retirement

After more than 37 years as a fitter inCopper C1i smelter a man has made him-self a flock of friends, particularly if he isas good-natured, dependable, and efficient asMatti Sirka. So when the word went up anddown the converter aisle, and along the re-verbs, and through the Orford building thatMatti was retiring at last, expressions offriendship and goodwill were heard on allsides.

The fellows on his own shift got togetherand presented him with some fishing tackle,and the fitters In the Orford building gavehim a smokei's set. With both gifts wentbest wishes to Matti and his good wife forcomfort and happiness In retirement.

The group pictured above are the Orfordfitters, along with Master Mechanic BillRipley and others of the smelter mechanicaldepartment supervision. In the back row,left to right, are R. Taylor, J. McTaggart,W. J. Ripley, Matti Sirka, Henry Latinvifle,A. Pakkala, H. Hyland, H. Patterson, S.Fraser, S. Curley, and E. Oja. In the frontrow are Len Wellock, C. Desanti, T. Bubba, A.McCann, E. Severin, W. Zaroski, R. Williams.

Born in Finland, Matti Sirka came out tothe New World early in 1909, settling firstin the United States but after a few monthsmoving on to join the mechanical depart-ment at Copper Cliff. He served the Comp-any faithfully and well, and has an enviablereputation for mechanical ingenuity. Manytimes and oft, when there was a ticklishrepatr job to be done the call went out,Where's Matti?"Matti will continue to reside in his own

home on Finland St., Copper Cliff. He hastwo sons with Inco, Arvo, a mining engineerat Creighton, and Toisti, of the locomotiveshop at the Cliff. His son-in-law, R. Lahti,is employed in the carpenter shop.

Any of his old fellow-workers who wouldlike to drop in for a chat will get a royalwelcome at Matti's p1ce, but if they wantto see him during the summer months they'dbetter head for his fishing headquarters onLake Penage because you can bet your lastacid shell that's where he'll be.

One of those grins that don't wear offeasily here adorns the countenance of GeorgeMiscevich, who recently stuck his thumbinto the Suggestion Plan pie at Port Col-borne and pulled out a $42.00 plum.

George suggested that a screen be hungin No. 4 furnace pit in the anode buildingto prevent shotted slag from being carriedby the force of the water to the south endof the pit instead of dropping in the slagtray. The labor saving in cleaning the pit,as a result of his idea, is substantial.

George is a familiar and popuiar figurein the anode building, where he has workedfor 21 years. He has one son, named afterhim, who is studying metallurgy at theUniversity of Toronto, and a daughter, Jean,who is married and resides in Gary, Indiana.

NATURALLYDid he take his troubles like a man?"Fxactly. He blamed his wife for eve

thing."ry-

SAFETY ALPI*ABET

AlwaysBeCareful.Don'tEverForget, theGreater theHurry, the moreInjuries result.Just try toKeep busy;Let yourMind be on your job,NeglectOften leads toPermanent disability.Quit making excuses;ResultsSpeak forThemselves.Use your head, it'sVery valuable.When at workX-ercise due careYour injuries will drop toZero.

CURISTMAS MESSAGES'Greetings to you and your staff; may the

New Year bring success," was the Chrlstma8message to Inco people of the Sudbury Dis-trict from President R. C. Stanley.

Other Yuletide greetings were received byVice-President Beattie, on behalf of the em-ployees, from Sir William Griffiths, chairmanand managing director of the Mond NickelCo., London; Dr. John F. Thompson, execu-tive vice pre1dent of Inco, New York; L. H.Cooper, assistant to Sir William GrIffithR. M. Brown, supt. of the Huntington, W.Va., works; R. C. McQuire, supt. at PortColborne; A. B. Yates, Caracas, Venezuela;C. E. Macdonald, Toronto office.

GEORGE'S $42 GRIN

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Softball and Football Lineups Are HonoredI

GARSON FETESCHAMPIONSHIPSPORTS TEAMS

Garson Mine Athletic Association stageda gala night at the Grand Union Hotel,Wanapitae, to honor its footbaU team, whichhad a great year In Nickel Belt competition,and also the winning team In its shift soft-baU schedule, the Mills lineup.

Alter making short work of a sumptuousspread of chicken and spaghetti, with piefor a chaser, the boys assembled In the Iupstairs room at the call of George Secker,'who proved to be a genl&l master of cere-monies.

Prentation of the Todd Trophy was Imade to Ernie Mills, manager of the win-ning softball team, by Supt. Foster Todd, asshown In the first photo of the accompany-ing layout. In his speech of acceptanceErnie stressed the importance of recreationin the community to take the edge off theday's work and refresh a man In body andspirit. Miniature cups were a'so presentedto each man on the winning team: H. Ron-son, M. Hyrtsak, G. Eschuk, A. McDonald,'J. Cull, T. Bryce, M. Currie, 0. DellaVedova,P. Slywchuk, I). Ramsay, E. Mills, V. Kreko.

The brigade emerged climps after agruelling five-game series against Maclver'steam. Third lineup in the successful leaguewas from Surface.

Captain Ollie Matson received the trophiesfor the Garson football team, the AndersonjCup for the league championship and theMcCrea Cup for the Charity series, proceedsof which go to the injured players fund. InPhoto No. 2 Ollie is seen quaff ing from theAnderson trophy in traditional football fash-ion. In No. 3 are seen Peter Fenton, pres-'

Ident of the Sudbury District Football As-sociation, who made the esentat1on, andSid Gemmell, manager of the Gar5on team,who gave a brief resume of the season InNo. 4 contents of the cup having sunk toa low ebb, Bob McCauley solves the refresh-ment problem by dipping In with his In-dividual trophy, to the amusement of hismates.

Out of 14 games pIyed during the seasonthe Garson squad won 11. They were vic-

torlous In all their league engagements.High scorer was Taffy Davis, who bootedhome no less than 3() goa's.

Members of the team: F. ngblom, H.Rorison, T. Armstrong, J. Grassam, A. Ben-detti, W. Armstrong, 0. Matson, M. Mc-Master, V. Maki, G. Young, T. Perala, A.Thorburn, J. Davis, J. McCauley, A. Muir E.Gascon, S. D. Gemmell (mgr.), J. Mccauley(asst. mgr.), B. Spencer, trainer.

SUNRISE, STACKS, A%,ID SMOKE AT COPPER CLIFF"Stacks at Sunrise" is the title of this unusual picture made hy Kenneth S.

Clarke at Copper Cliff Rays of the i-isin sun on the billowing smoke from the smelterchimneys, and the design added by the tailings line trestle, make a striking photographicensemble.

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Longer Rounds Achieved by Inco's

Interesting research into the most efflcient'-methods of driving underground develop- Institute convention was a paper by H. J.ment headings was described in a paper pre- Butterill, of the Company's development andsented to the recent annual meeting of the research section at Toronto. He told thernCanadian Institute of Mining and Metal- gathering that metallurgist.s are fighting rust

lurgy. Prepared by the stat! of Inco's mines with rust and winning the battle.department, the paper was given by T. M. Ordinary rust on standard structural steel,

Gaetz. assistant general superintendent of being porous, loose and partially soluble,mines, offers no protection to the metal underneath.

"Investigation of Long Rounds in Develop- But the addition of small amounts of alloy-,

ment Headings" was the title of the report, ing substances, such as copper, nickel andwhich reviewed tests carried out over the chromium, produces an even, dense and al-last two years at Murray Mine under the most insoluble film of rust that acts as asupervision of Supt. J. B. Fyfe and General protective coating in most atmospheric con-

Foreman w. Vanannen. ditions, he said.Get Average 9.35 F

These new rust-resistant steels are beingThe tests have shown that, by drilling used in mining, railroading and heavy In-

oversize holes in the rock alongside those dustry, and Mr. Butterill said advances incharged with dynamite, a much longer round corrosion control have opened a whole newcan be blasted, with less explosive than field of possible production economics. He

required in the standard practice. An aver- urged Canadian engineers to test the newage round of 9.35

feet was attained by this techniques and materials under Canadianconditions.

means, as compared to 6.58 feet using thestandard method.

The new system employs one standarddiameter hole and two 2.-inch holes, in- JOEstead of five to nine standard diameter holes.Two stages of blasting are required. Usingthe same cut pattern, but increasing thelength of steel to 14 feet, the best average

CHARLANDRETIRED

foreman transported him to the dizzyheights of adolescent bliss by making himan assistant lineman, fourth class.

When he was 18 the lure of adventure:nsnared him and he signed up with therhird Royal Canadian Regiment. Hisdreams of thrilling army life in distantlands were short-lived, however; he wascooped up on garrison duty at Halifax, andafter a yar of that he returned to simplecivilian life with nary a pang of regret.

In 1901 Joe went to the Soo as an elect-rician's helper with Algoma Steel, and by1905, when he left for Copper Cliff, he wasa full-fledged electrician.

Bill Fleet was electrical superintendentwhen Joe commenced his long career withthe nickel industry. During his first winterthe substation was constructed at CopperCliff to handle power from the High Fallsgenerating plant. which was to swing intooperation the following spring.

Electrical installations in the new shaftand surface buildings took Joe to CreanHill early in 1907, The next fall he wasposted to Creighton for a few months. Thenhe returned to the smelter as a maintenanceelectrician.

In 1911 he was loaned to Dome Mine toinstall a small electric plant. The work wascommenced in May and was almost com-pleted on July 11 when a bush fire sweptthe property, destroying all buildings andequipment. It was not until the followingJune that the plant was replaced and Joewas free to return to Copper Cliff. In thespring of 1913 he became general foremanand assistant to J. T. Watson, electricalsuperintendent. His transfer to Port Col-borne as electrical superintendent of thenickel refinery came in 1927.

Married at Victoria MineHe was married in 1907 in the little church

at Victoria Mine to Miss Gracia Gauy ofCrean Hill, Fr. LaBelle performing the cere-mony. They have one son, George, of theelectrical department at Copper Cliff. Adaughter, Ellen, died in infancy.

Hunting and fishing were Joe's favorite

Jerry Geddes and Steve Podvarac are mem-bers of the drill crew.

advance per round todate is 12.38 feet for A veteran who has seen extensive service sports when he lived at ,the Cliff. He was16 rounds.

Also of keen interest to the Mining In-stitute members were details of experimentscarried out at Creighton Mine under Mr.Gaetz when he was superintendent there.By diamond-drilling a hole four to six inchesin diameter in the centre of the cut, it waspossible to advance as much as 16 feet in asingle round, General use of this method,howes'er, must await development of aneconomical means of drilling the big centrehole.

Photo above shows a typical drill set-up ina development heading at Murray Mine,

Fight Rust With RustAnother Inco contribution to the Mining

on three Inco fronts, mining, smelting, and noted as a rifle shot, and won many prizesnickel refining, Joseph Charland retired on in Niagara District competitions. In recentJanuary 31 after teing with the Company years he has become an ardent lawn bowlingsince 1905. He had been electrical super- fan.intendent at the Port Colborne plant since Best wishes for many years of content-1927. ment are extended to Joe and Mrs. Charland

He and Mrs. Charland plan to make their from their host of friends in Inco.home in Toronto where his chief hobby willbe keeping in touch with developments in CONSIDERATEthe electrical world. A Scotsman and his wife walked many

Started Work at 15 dusty miles to the county fair, the wife lug-Born in Drummondville. P.Q., on Jan. ging the heavy basket containing their

21. 1882, Joseph Agultor Charland was the lunch. But her husband was not wholly in-son of a steam engineer who subsequently considerate, Once they were inside the gateswent into railroading. Installation of the ,he said:town's first electric lights gave Joe his "Ye'd best let me carry the basket now.first job and started him in his life's work. Mary. We might get separated in theHe was 15 years old when the construction crowd."

Research, Mining Institute is Told

JOSEPH CHARLAND

Don't Fail to Attend the Big Winter Garnival!FEB. 6-7: DOMINION AMATEUR SPEED-SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS

FEB. 8-9: ONTARIO SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Fabrication ofWater-CooledCopper Moulds

PICTURES ON OPPOSITE PAGE)

Water-cooled copper moulds of patenteddesign are used at the Copper Refinery forthe production of vertically cast shapeswhich form a major part of the plant output.

Copper shapes of all types are generallyproduced in copper moulds. The conven-tional horizontal shapes are cast in solidmoulds cooled by means of external sprays.The vertical castings, which have essentiallyparallel sides, are poured in moulds havingdrilled passages through which cooling wateris circulated under carefully controlled con-ditions. These moulds are fixed on thecasting wheel and connect with a water dis-tribution header by means of flexible lines.The header in turn is connected to a cir-culation system comprising surge tank, heatexchanger, pump, and means for maintain-ing automatically the desired cooling watertemperature.

How Moulds Are MadeThe fabrication of water-cooled copper

moulds represents the cooperative effort andskill of several units of the Refinery organ-ization.

In Photo No. 1 of the layout on the °P- ADAM GOT RIGHT DOWN TO BUSINESSposite page, Archie Beaulieu, Mike Stelmak-owitch, Pete Leblanc and Foundry Foreman TREASURER Adam Watson's good Scottish heart was hitting a happy clip as the boysHenry Limoge are seen assembling the gatI around to pay their membership fees in the new Copper Cliff Rod and Gun Club.

mother mould on the floor at the foundry. Grant Benjafleld (overcoat and scarf) is ready with his dollar; on his left Is Clarence Buck,

This is composed of a heavy cast copper secretary, and behind him (pipe) Is Paul Queneau, president. Billy Ripley, standing to the

base plate, copper top section wIth cored right behind Mr. Buck, is vice president. The duck on the table was used in a clever de-

cavity to correspond with the outer dimen- monstraflon of retrieving by P. E. Queneali's year-old Chesapeake.

ion of the desired mould blank, and pre-formed baked sand core which Is being cen- EXIPEC'T' 200 MEMBE1R.S uN TJE\Vtered in the mother mould.

Photo No. 2 shows the mould blank beingpoured from a holding furnace. Molten ROD AIND (UIN CLUB A'T' CLIIFFcopper is tapped from one of the electric arcfurnaces to this portable unit for transfer There was an enthusiastic turnout of 65to the foundry. After conditioning themetal by "blowing" or oxiding, and "poling' Copper Cliff sportsmen at the organization DOES YOUR MIND FALL INTO THE

meeting of Copper Cliff Rod and Gun Club,to proper oxygen content, the blank is cast, held in Memorial Community Hall, and "fOLEY" GROUP?In this view Archie Beaulieu, Frank Pala-kovic, Ernie Desjardins, Pete Leblanc, Tony prospects point to a membership roster of200. Only civilized man has pockets! AndVendramin and Henry Limoge are perform- what a wonderful thing they are.ing the pouring operation. Objectives endorsed by the meeting in-

In Photo No, 3 the 6600 lb. cast copper cluded affiliation with the Northern Ontario But a pocket with holes isnt worthmould blank is shown after stripping the Fish and Game Protective Association, to much.top section of the mother mould. While promote and assist in the preparation and Your mind is a pocket in which tostill hot at this stage the blink Is quenched enforcement of game laws in the area, and put thoughts, ideas, impressions, pur-in a water bosh. Water absorbed by the to co-operate closely with the local game poses, and all sorts of good things.porous sand core is rapidly transformed to overseers and forestry officials. But a mind full of holes Is not worthsteam due to the heat remaining in the Good fellowship and sportsmanship in much. Lots of good things are putblank, and the sand Is forcibly and effect- hunting and fishing, the study of wild life into them, but they don't stay there.ively blown from the cavity, lore, and the conservation and propagation You'll never be a good thinker, nor a

Machining and Testing of fish and game in the area, are other pri- very wise person, until you patch theholes in your mind's pockets.The cooled blank is then dispatched to mary objectives of the new club. Every Forgetting is one of the holes, lack

the machine shop for necessary machining, effort will be made to instill in the people of attention another, lack of purpose aThe cast section is first cut to required of the district, particularly the youth, thelength and two sides and the ends are importance of maintaining the wild life third, allowing yourself to get confused,another. How many other holes canquared in the boring mill and planer. A heritage, you think of?

milling operation follows to prepare for the Complete records of hunting and fishing A pocket containing holes seldomfinish machining of the cored cake cavity, activities of the club will be made available contains anything else.This operation, performed in the shaper, is to the members.shown in photo No. 4. Cooling water cir- All male residents 16 years and over are _________________________________________culation holes are next drilled longitudinally eligible for membership, at a fee of $1.00 GOOD PLACE TO MEETto connect with transverse headers drilled per year. Meetings will be held monthly forin the top and bottom sections of the which speakers and other special features At the end of a sermon in a Scottishmoulds. The ends of these holes are will be arranged. church an ardent prohibitionist was per-threaded and after insertion of plugs the Activities of the club will include organiza- mitted by the entirely anti-prohibitionistmould is subjected to a hydrostatic test as tion of rifle and skeet shooting, with private parson to say a few words on his pet subject.in photo No, 5. ranges for each. The Copper Cliff Mark.s- "Brethren,' he said, "if I had all the

Following this test, if the mould is found men, long-established group of target-shoot- whiskey, brandy and champagne in theto be sound and free of leak.s, it is equipped ing devotees, has thrown in its lot with the world, I would fling the whole of it into thwith a bale and bottom door before instal- Rod and Gun Club. Clyde.'lation on the casting wheel. Officers elected at the first meeting were: He sat down, and in the pause that fol-

The mould shown in this series has a P. E. Queneau, president; W. J. Ripley, vice lowed the parson rose.finished weight of 4,350 lbs. and will be used president; C, H. Buck, secretary; A. Watsor,: "We shall conclude," he said, "by ,IngIngfor the production of 1000-lb. vertically cast treasurer, hymn 157: 'Shall We Gather at the River?'"

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ChristmasKiddies large, kiddies small, kiddies short and kiddies tall, kiddtes with neat

platted bratds and kiddtes with untarnable cowltcks, kiddies who were too shy tospeak to Santa and kiddies who greeted him like a long-lost brother-in fact, allkinds of kiddies-were very much in evidence at another Inco Christmas.

The ptctures on these pages tell, to some extent, the story of those hecttc andhappy hours when the pure unadulterated magic of Christmas was unfolded to theeyes of thousands of young ones.

Santa, bless hts good old heart, put tn an appearance at every one of the enter-tainments arranged by commtttees at the Inco plants. How the old boy manages tocover all these engagements is beyond us. Certainly he must have brought his elfinbarber along with him, because at some places hts btg white beard was so muchsmoother than it was at other places. And certainly he must have had his elfin tailoralong with him, because the crease in his red trousers was often sharper at one partythan at another. Wbat an amazing person he is, that Santa!

But without all the hard work done by his fellow-conspirators, Santa could neverhandle his assignment. And so all the boys and girls who attended the Christmasentertainments arranged by committees at the various Inco plants should rememberthat Santa has his helpers, thank goodness.

And to all those good fellows who helped parcel peanuts, and wrap presents,arid cook hot dogs, and otherwise make another Christmas a living memory for ahost of kiddies, congratulations on a big job well done. May the spirit 0f SantaClaus live long in your hearts!

tERU 'RV, 1947 iN(() FRL\N;LE 'age 9

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Familiar Visitor at Port Colborne

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:-'- _4_. - -

Picu, N.S., into a whole ship. The newNipiwan Park Went back into scrvice inDecember, 1946.

Imperials lake fleet also jaw war service.The locoltie, Royalite, Sarnolite, Imperoyaland Talaralite were used in coastal trade tokeep Maritime and Ncwfoundland militarybases and essential civilian users suppliedwith petroleum products. Built for smootherlake service, the small tankers had roughhandling by the stormy Atlantic.

These ocean and lake tankers, togetherwith pipe lines and railway tank cars, helpmake up Canada's oil supplies and through

netic mines-and the Nipiwan Park was tor-pedoed. This Canadian-built tanker watorpedoed off Halifax in December, 1944. andbroke in two. The forward half sank, butth iftpr .sp'tjin wc 'ved mnd rhu11t it.

H their combined efforts keep the nation'stransport, homes and industries fed withvital oil.

Back at Port C 01 b o r n e, InternationalNickel's big tank was full. Down on thejetty, hoses were uncoupled, lines cast off,and the tanker's engine room telegraphclanged as the pointer swung to "slow

- ahead." The ship moved out of the harbour,her task of supplying fuel ended - for this

1 trip.- - Inco's Supply Automatic

Deep-laden, the Imperial tanker Imper oyal plies the Great Lakes to supply petroleum The nickel refinery's fuel supply is auto-

products to such industries as Inco's big nickel refinery at Port Colborne. During the four- matic, for International Nickel has given

month freezeup of the Welland Canal, storage tanks at the plant, and tankers Ued up for Imperial a blanket order to keep the tank

the winter in the canal, hold sufficient fuel oil reserve to carry the refinery through until supplied. An Imperial man from Welland

navigation is resumed in April, gauges the tank periodically and sends hisreadings to the Ontario sales office at Lea-

TIADITIOIN OF SERVICE BEHIINDside. There the reading is checked and iffuel is needed Imperial's marine departmentis called in.

I]'IPERIA.L OIL'S L.A.IKE FLEET The marine men, with tanker movementsat their finger-tips, order the fuel fromSarnia refinery, specify which tanker Is

COLD pre-dawn rain dimmed loadlnglights, drummed the decks and streamed Lines snaked ashore and minutes later the available to carry it and whether a whole

from the tanker's scuppers as the ordership's pumps were delivering 1,800 barrels an cargo or compartment load will satisfy Inco'shour to Inco's big fuel tan1. tank. Leaside is informed of the delivery

"Cast off" came from the bridge and the date and they notify their customer. Aftership swung out Into the St. Clair River. Her Minor Casualties delivery, the tank is gauged again to deter-cargo was fuel oil for the International Nickel A bent stanchion, smashed crockery, spilled mine the gallonage pumped in.Company's big refinery at Port Colborne, and coffee and a very seasick embryo seaman Barrelled lubricating oils and greases whichshe had 28 hours' steaming ahead of her were the only casualties of the trip, for keep the Port Colborne refinery runningthe 267-mile voyage from Sarnia. Imperial tankers in making oil deliveries on smoothly are delivered by truck from Tm-

The rain eased slightly at dawn, as the the Great Lakes have to take what comes penal's warehouse at Welland, Here landship followed the river into Lake St. Clair, from the weather, as their sisters on the transport takes over from the restless tankersand she rolled in a beam sea whipped up by ocean do when the Atlantic and the Pacific to deliver oil in whatever form required -a south-easter. Three hours later Windsor get rough. be it candles for Christmas, gas for syntheticwas sliding by her port beam while Detroit's The ship's name doesn't matter. It might rubber, the stuff Which keeps a jet 'planefactories smoked to starboard, have been any one of Imperial's lake tankers aloft or - fuel oil for International Nickel.

-the Acadialite, Imperoyal, locolite, Sarno- ____________________ _______

Rough Trip Ahead lite, Slmcoltie, Talaralite or Windsolite. AllAs the quartermaster brought her into are well known in Port Colborne.

Lake Erie, darkening skies and a falling Imperial's ocean-going tanker fleet - the. Ibarometer presaged a rough trip down the largest under Canadian registry - also has

lake's length. The wind backed into the east a part in supplying central Canadian industry• . .,and snowy squalls blinded the lookout as the with fuel and lubricants. In addition to the •tanker shouldered her way to Point Pelee crude oil cargoes which the ships deliver tothrough the thickening November night, Halifax, Montreal and Vancouver, they land - -

The deep-laden tankers 'midships dis- some in New Jersey Which finds its way, byappeared now with every wave which broke pipe line, to Sarnia refinery.on her bows and tumbled aft in spray, while The sea-going tankers load crude at portsheavier rollers sent solid water cascading in Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Peru. the

7 -over her forecastle. US. Gulf Coast and California. TheirDead ahead, a snow squall seemed to cargoes are vital to Canada, for the Domin-

darken and thicken, then a big grain carrier ion is the world's second largest per capita .loomed out of the night, her running lights oil consumer and yet produces only 15' ofsuddenly bright above the black bulk of her the crude needed.hull. Whtles shrilled as both hemen Heavy War tMsskicked their wheels hard over and the ships Imperial's sea fleet suffered grieviously inheeled as their rudders took effect. The big World War II, losing four ships by enemy SUSAN McGRL'THEItfreighter winked a red eye at the tanker as action. The Canadolite was captured by aher port running light disappeared into the German raider in 1941 and later destroyed Pride and joy in the home of Dr. anddarkness astern, by Allied bombs at Bordeaux, where the Mrs. W. B. McGruther at Creighton is their

daughter Susan, aged 18 months.Midnight found the tanker east of Pointe Nazis had sailed her. The Victolite, torn by _________________aux Pins and with first light the gale showed a torpedo, slipped to death off the easternanger only in weakening puffs, but the seas United States coast with 43 of her crew in SOUND EFFECTSstill ran high. At mid-day the crew could 1942. The Montrolite was lost with half her A columnist, writing in one of the country'smove forward and aft along the tank tops men in the same month and later that year religious papers, said: 'This reminds m ofwithout being drenched by spray, and speed the Calgarolite was sunk by a U-boat in'the clergyman who, finding the task ofincreased as the seas and head wind calmed, the Caribbean Sea, but the crew made land making two sermons a week too much forLong Point was reached and passed and at in the ship's lifeboats, him, made one and preached it on Sundaymid-day the tanker nosed into her berth at: Two chartered ships, the J&.seph Seep and morning with his teeth out and again onPort Colborne. James McGee, were also lost-both by mag- Sunday evening with them in,"

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Farewell Party for Popular Coniston Couple

A popular Coniston couple who have goneto make their home in Detroit were honoredby a group of their friends at a farewell:party in St. Michael's parish hall at Conis-ton. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Chuey, who hadbeen active in community work, were theleave-taking citizens.

After a light luncheon was enjoyed, themaster of ceremonies, John Bilowus. voicedthe regret of the gathering at the departureof Mr. and Mrs. Chuey. Others who spokein the same vein were Rev. Fr. Pelich andGeorge Baby of Sudbury, Mrs. J. Bilowus,and John Pachota. A chest of silver and apurse of money were presented to guests of;

for 12 years. During the war Mrs. Chuey ___________________________________________________________also took her place on the production line in,

.the plant.In the first of the accompanying photo- --

graphs Mrs. Chuey is seen with fellow-members of the Coniston Ukrainian Catholic: that he almost forgot to leave any presents good. Willard Ramsey wrote that In thewomen's organization, of which she was a at all, which is probably the reason there process of solving the problem he had tovalued member. In the front row, left to was no nice new Buick sitting out front pull out a few hairs, which he could illright, are Mrs. Kirsta, Mrs. Deneka, Mrs. when we came down In the morning, afford to lose, Alf Blair of the ConcentratorCurlock, Mrs. Chwok, Mrs. Melnyk, Mrs. Anyhow, the response from the last puzzle Lab phoned in an answer, heard it wasChuey, Mrs. Bilowus, Mrs. Storzuk, Mrs. hit a brand new high. By mail. phone, wrong, took another crack at the riddle,Pachota, Mrs. Werstiuk, Mrs. Cobra, and courier and carrier pigeon the results came and was right.Mrs. Chez. In the back row: Mrs. Shelegay, rolling in. First under the wire was Clarence Among the others who were 'on theMrs. Weloski, Mrs. Doskotch, Mrs. Behun, Harrison, the personnel director, who quoth, beam": Ted Orendorif of Coniston, HowardMrs. Christie of Capreol, Mrs. Danyluk, Mrs. in effect: Houser of Port Colborne, Lionel Roy andWorbec, Mrs. Petryna, and Mrs. Meslinskl. This problem can be solved by simple de- Tom Crowe of the Copper Refinery, Frank

In the other picture are the head table duction, it being unnecessary to resort to the Truskoski of Creighton, Andy Johnstone ofgroup. Fr. Pelech, John Bilowus, Mr. and trail and error method. It is apparent, for Mines Engineering, Walter Paul of Mech-Mrs. Chuey. John Pachota, and George Baby. instance, that inasmuch as two figures are anical Engineering (who complained that

Dancing concluded the evenings program. brought down from the dividend to complete the time limit was too long, Wib Job of thethe last partial remainder, the fourth figure Control Lab, Fernand Dionne and FrankIn the quotient must. be zero. It is also Southern of Frood, and, as the society re-readily seen that the first figure in the porter of the Sudbury Star Is wont to say,divisor must be more than 1, as anything many others.more than this would result in a four-place Now for our February puzzler. We warn110W IS YOURfigure when multiplied by 7. while in the you, its definitely a toughie. Marquis of

BRAIN - POiVER? problem only three places thus result. Work- Queensbury rules do not apply. It was sub-ing in this manner, all 40 figures in this: mitted by that old instigator of mental

S problem can be solved with a little intensive. meanies, Frank Lowe of Port Colborne,_______________________________________ work. It should come out like this: Nufi sed?

124 121283316 97809 Okay, now: There Is a coupe automobileWe've had a letter from Santa Claus. It Well, that's what the man Clarence said, that can be seen almost daily on the streets

says he liked the cookle,s and milk at our For those of you who got it wrong or who, of busy Milwaukee. Wise. On the back ofhouse Christmas Eve, and even took a nibble like us, just sat and stared at it until you . this coupe in large plain print is the fol-at the fruit cake although It's murder to burst out crying and reached for the lowing sign 'Be careful, a blind man ishis figure. But, he says. PLEASE, no more' cyanide, too bad, too bad. , , driving this car.' How can this be possible?puzzles in the Christmas issue of the Tn- 'angle.

It seems the old boy lost a full half-hourwhile he was at our place, answering thetelephone. Every time he dug into his pack.to lay out a gift the phone would ring, and:there'd be another puzzle fan with the rightanswer. He got so mixed up and excited:

among we rignt people in tnls montniyparade of wits was Dr. H. B. Harris of PortPerry, who as an ex-Inco medico is usedto figuring out all sorts of things. CharliePlatt of Creighton worked the whole thingout on paper, step by step, and then slappedthis heading over it: 'How to Keep Sober:on Xmas Day," which we thought was rather:

RIDE '1)1 COWBOY!Young woman (in photo studio>: "I'd like

this enlarged."Clerk: Would you like It mounted?"Young woman: 'Oh yes-he'll look nice on

a horse,"

Iage 12 IN(() TRL\NGLE FEIRI'ARY, 1947

Johnny Juryczak's Inco Club Orchestra Scoring Big Hit

When a main bout develops a very severe'attack of cancellation the day before thefights are to take place, it's bad enough, but COPPEIR. CLIFF IN'iL.AJN RI_1EiSONwhen a club steward has a New Year'sDance staring him in the face and no orch-estra to make with the sweet and sour, OF "\VITCIHI OF PLU]\'I HO LLO'VV"comrades, it's a crisis. That's what hap-pened to Vern Tupling at the Inco Em-

TVHEY Roy Barnes, dean of the file room at Copper Cliff, steps out of Incoployees recreation hub in Sudbury. Music service and retires on pension, he'll probably buy himself a crystal ball, aarrangements went haywire only a fewhours before the guys and gals were due to turban with a big ruby in the front of it, and a pair of red silk pantaloons, Then,knock the dust off the cocktail shakers and selecting a quiet nook to which the world can beat a path without too much diffi-say howdy to little '47. culty. he'll hang out his shingle as a sorcerer.

Somewhere between a fret and fit, but Not that Roy has any yen to wind upkeeping a clear head and a steady hand, hi days by being bolled in oil, or burned came to her. "You will find that a 3 in oneVern dialled Johnny Juryczak, the Open Pit at the stake, or even locked away in a column should be a 54," she told him, andmaestro. Bearded John was sympathetic,: dark dungeon, but witchcraft is in his he went back to his books and found thatand allowed as how he might be able to blood, that's all, HI grandmother was she was right.round up a band. Which he did. : the famous Mother Barnes, the Witch of Exposed A Murderer

Johnny Juryczak and his Inco Club Orch- Plum Hollow, Probably the episode that made her famousestra made a smooth debut at the New Down in the Ottawa Valley they'll tell you was her exposure of a murderer. In the earlyYear's gallop. They've played to a couple of about Mcther Barnes, and the little white- sixties ther'e came to the district two Eng-carbaret parties at the big club since, and washed log cabin where, in the attic up lishmen named Doxtater and Hunter. Onethat large floor has by no means resembled under the eaves, she read secrets of the past day the latter disappeared, and after a timethe streets of Edinburgh on a tag day. In and future in tea leaves. Rich and poor, Doxtater gave out the information that hefact the boys are drawing steadily increasing learned and illiterate, politicians and pedlars, had drowned in an accident. He evencrowds and have become a 'names" band love-lorn maidens and dames in crinolines -- directed the search for the body, which healmost overnight - nice names, we mean, all came to the Witch of Plum Hollow. Her

One reason for their success may be the fame spread throughout the continent.way they work at their assignment. They Fled

to America .'.. -rehearse frequently, hard, and long hours.The picture shows Johnny's tuneful tribe: Of Spanish gypsy stock, the seventh -;

front row, left to right, Crissie Nemus (the daughter of a seventh daughter, Elizabethgirl can really sing, All Favretto, Herb Martin was born in Ireland in 1794. WhenDuval, Ilio Tramontini, Sammy Cundari, she was 18 her father arranged a marriageFreddie Cooper; back, Johnny Juryczak for her, against her wishes, with a friend ofthat's the fellow we're talking about), Vic his, a man of his own age. But when the

Chatelaine (without a peer on the ivories, day of the wedding arrived, Elizabeth hadwhether it's corny or classy), Leo Ouellette, fled the country with the man of her choice,George Fleming, Rolly Cooper, and Stan Robert Harrison. They came to America inCurley. Post of Librarian and Head Needler a sailing vessel, the crossing taking six weeks.of the Maestro is held by Wally McIntosh, They settled in New York and two yearspersonnel man at Open Pit. Seven of the later her husband died. She remarried, be-players are Inco men, coming Mrs. David Barnes, and moved to

Canada. settling at Plum Hollow. 15 milesGABE ON THE JOB south of Smiths Falls. A shoemaker who

didn't stick to his last. David Barnes driftedTwo colored brothers were driving a car away when their children were still small.

on a country highway, when suddenly the and it was during his absence of severaldriver slammed on his brakes and stopped years that his wife turned her great gift of -the car while a fast train barely missed their divination to practical use.

front fenders. The other darkey said: Boy, At first sh acquired a local reputation forwhy for you blow dat horn .ies as di.s cah finding lost articles, and stories of her powersstops?' are numerous, Once a farmer lost two calves.

The driver said: 'Boy. dat waznt inah He went to Mother Barnes, who told him GtFTED PENMANhown-h t wuz Gabriel's." that the calves were dead on the edge of a Well known for his skill with brush and

certain pasture, but that the hides were pen, Roy Barnes is seen here putting the"How did Mike die?" drying over a beam in Mr. Blank's barn. It finishing touches to an Uluminated text of"He was a window-washer and stepped was only too true. On another occasion a the life of Mother Barnes, the famous Witch

back to admire his work." bank clerk could not balance his ledger, and of Plum Hollow. of whom he is a grandson,

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had hidden in the waters of Lake Charleson,pinned beneath a fallen tree. The searchhaving proved unsuccessful, a party of far-mers consulted Mother Barnes. 'You havecome here regarding the death of a man,"was her startling statement as they climbedthe rickety Stairs to her attic room, Thenshe told them to look under a certain treelying in the lake. They did so. and ub.se-quently Doxtater paid the penalty for themurder.

As her grandchildren rem em be r her,Mother Barnes was a small woman, bothshort and slender, and had flashing darkeyes and slim hands with long taperedfingers. She wore a dark dress with a capeor shawl, and her fee was 25 cents or fre-quently she would take dried apples or teaor other commodities in payment.

Many stories could be told of the magicassociated with her name, but it is dim-cult to distinguish be t wee n fact andlegend. However, it is said of heralthough the appellation of "Witch ofPlum Hollow" may appear somewhatsinister, it Is belied by her life of gooddeeds and Christian kindness, so thather name is revered and honored in thecommunity in which she lived,She died in 1886 at the age of 92 or 93,

and her last resting place Is in the north-west corner of the cemetery at Sheldon'swhere three sons and several grandchildrenare also buried.

One of her sons was Samuel, born in 1838.

BADMLVTON BOOMING AT CREIGHTON CLUBBadminton is booming at Creighton Employees Club this season. In a recent

Sunday afternoon tournament a total o 18 players took part, 8 in the A section and 10in the B. Winners of the A prize were Lina Flora and Bob McAndrew, and of the Baward Mrs. McMahon and E. DiFilippo. Pictured here are some of the competitors:back row, left to right, Bob McAndrew, Mrs. Staples, G. Gonnella, Lina Flora, MaryGrottoll, and L. Vagnini; front row, Ev Staples, Mrs. McMahon, Doris Zanier, E.DiFilippo, G. Rymer.

rn "'" around the grit of a slim, wiry guy who started in with the physio-therapy. He gotin Smiths Falls, where 10 children were born wouldn't give up. so he could write a text book on it. Heto them. Of these the youngest was Roy C.Barnes, who has been a resident of Copper Stoker on the Matane , took the exercises, and he took them again.Cliff since September, 1910. Born in Copper Cliff in 1917, son of a He took them a hundred times. He put his

______________ diamond driller who retired last fall after mind to the business of making that kicker15 years with Smith & Travers, Richie Gal- behave. Then it started to behave.

A Fellow FEates to lagher started with Inco in 1935 in the When he was released from hospital inmechanical department at Copper Cliff. He Toronto last May he went to Hamilton andhad switched to the electrical department took a six-month electrical course. Whenwhen, in August of 1942, he enlisted in the he wasn't studying jolts he was studyingPart with a IE.4eg, navy. He trained in Toronto at H.M.C.S. jerks. In September he came back to work,York, and in Halifax at H.M.C.S. Stadacona, transferred to Open Pit.

Somehow, FEe Says then returned to Toronto for a two-month From Cast to Work Shoescommando course. Finally, at Montreal, he He had graduated, in heart-aching stages,

The bird came sailing over the net, a high picked up his ship, the frigate Matane. He from a cast to a crutch to a cane to a pairdefensive shot deep to the baseline. Swiftly was a stoker, 1st clasS, of work shoes. He was probably the hap-Richie Gallagher was under it, waiting for The Matane put to sea, pitched into action piest guy in the whole world.it, poised for the smash. His racquet flashed, in the North Atlantic and the English Chan-there was the sharp whack as the sts nel chasing subs. It was exciting, Richie People who were glad to see Richie backtook the impact squarely, and the point was says, and successful too. The captain com- on his feet included a nice girl called Lifi,put away for a kill. manding the pack of submarine chasers was who married him in June of 1941, a boy

decorated in behalf of his men, called Dick who Is 5, and a cute young oneAnybody who saw Richie cover the bad- On July 17, after D-Day, the Matane was by the name of Sharon who is 3½.

minton court to get under that shot and off Brest when Nazi planes attacked her. Funny thing about the whole business,When action stations sounded, Richie, who says Richie as he twirls a badminton racquetwas off duty, sped to his post in the engine in his fingers, Is that the only time hesroom. A salvo of bombs struck the frigate, really bothered by the leg is after it's beenblasting the side out of the engine room, inactive for any length of time. In theRichie fell, badly wounded in the left side, mornings, for instance, or if he sits downboth arm and leg. The sea water revived for a spell like it took to dig this story outhim and somehow he crawled up a ladder to of him. Otherwise he can patrol hIs beatsafety. One of his mates, he learned later, at the Pit, or play his beloved badminton,was drowned as the water flooded the engine or do anything as long as he's on the move.room. Well, whatever Richie does, in work or

I A seemingly endless hospital siege com- play, he's a leg ahead of the game, Andmenced for Richie. First in England and he's earned it.then in Canada, at one hospital after an-other, doctors did their level best with his'shattered leg, His score sheet shows he hada total of 22 casts on the limb, each castrepresenting an operation in which the sur-geons probed for shrapnel or broken bone.That's 22 operations.

He Had His ChoiceAt last, when it seemed as if there were

no alternative, the doctors said to Richie,C.that probably the best thing to do was ________________________________________amputate. Then the long, painful ordealwould be ended. They told him, of course, COPPER CLIFFthat he had his choice. He could have the Wm. W. Ziniuk R.C.AF.)leg off and start over with an artificial, orhe could go home and go to work on the FEOOD

play it to perfection would hardly guess that apparently hopeless job of making those Maui'ice Buison (Army, Edmund Hickey12 months ago the doctors said probably the knife-weary muscles pick up their old tricks, (Navy).best thing to do with his left leg was to I Richie thought it over. A fellow hates to OPEN PITamputate it. Thereby hangs a tale, wound part with a leg, somehow, he says. So he Lloyd H. Kennedy (Army).

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The Romance Of Nickel- - niture went to work to tcir down thu vhich

lie h,1d so l.ihoriously md f.intisticly iish-/) ned Great volumes oE rok miterial weregridu liv worn iway by the run, wind and

'disapp:red the nome,

'W the sediments within and the ore bodies it theouter margins md along the zones where the

t rocks had prevLously been cr.icked and crushed.- has been named the Sudbury Basin.

.7 LJ' The surface, a man sees it tod;iy, is Justthat pirt which hippens to be exposed at this

In the bleak belt of rocky country which time by th erosional processes. Study of this

lies to the north of the city of Sudbury, some surftce makes one wonder what might haveof the world's richest mineral deposits have existed above and been carried awly, andbeen discovered during the past sixty years. whit now exists below.How did they get there? It was during one Thus have geologists after years of studyof those periods, ages ago, when the earth's of this surface and the mines in this locality

outer crust rwisted arid buckled and was shaken constructed the theory regarding the forma-h.. nri non 0f the great ore bodies of nickel, copper

I"ERRUARV, 1Q47

had been felt even hack in the dawn of history.it is belevd chat Indent orLental peoplesc,irned at in elrly d.ite to make usciul im-plemrits ou of mtoorltes. The traditionthat he swords of the great warriors o old

China. Persii nd ".orthern Europe w're• Fh,,iven-s'nt' seems to ndicite rhit they werem,ide prom rn'teort' which ft!l from theheavens. The iinusii.il keenness of their bladeswas probab'y du' to the tughning iect ofnickel n the ron- -nickel md iron frequentlyoccur together In inetilbc meteorites.

Beautiful boxes md cindlesticks m,ide of awhite m'tal caILd paktonR' made In Chinasince ancient days by ,mdding zrnc to what wenow know to have h'en nickel'opper ores,

and other metals, were brought to Europe by the East India

During that period, a mass of molten rock -. Company in the seventeenth century.deep down inside the earth came under terrific Five years after Cronstedt discovered nickel,pressure, and was forced towards the earth's

ED/MENTAQ..- _.. another Swedish scientist, von Engestrom

surfac where there happened to be a line of found that paktong" contained copper, nickelweakness in the earth's crust. As this molten " '7 and zinc. Soon similar alloys were being pro-rock was pushed upwards, it came in contact // duced in Europe and were known as Germanwith the under side of thick layers of sedi- NOQITE silver and later as nickel silver.mentary rocks and spread out, forming a \ .' / When electro-plating was introduced inlarge, oval-shaped mass that gradually began' / ' England in 1844, articles made of Germanto cool and harden into solid crystalline rock MITE

silver and plated with silver became popularknown as norite. OQE BEARING in place of the more expensive Sheffield plate.

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.' SQL/I T/ONS Silver plated articles today are still shaped1/ / from nickel-silver, then electro-plated with

/ /,'/ // -. silver., SED/MNA/Y ROCA5 ,/ / / / Belgium introduced coins of a nickel-copper

• alloy n 1860. Switzerland issued pure nickelCan it he that Divine Providence, in the coins in 1881, and in the years to come one

beginning of things, pointed a finger at this country after another followed suit. In 1939,spot on the spinning globe and said, Here over one hundred countries had coinage con-

/ / must rich stores of nickel be hidden away taming nickel. Nickel plating was developed/ / so tha:, as the great plan is unfolded down p on a commercial basis about 1870. And for

I/

f' / through the ages, this metal may be brought many years nickel plating, coinage and nickel

/ Ii/fl / , to light to play a deciding part in the affairs F silver for silver-plated ware remained the three

• JI,. .. of men that are to be? chief uses for the small quantities of nickelI /71 Early History of Nickel being produced in the world.

1 Although used in natural alloys even in Nickel deposits were developed in Norwayancient times, nickel was unknown as an after 1840. Then nickel mines were openedelement until 1751, when its discovery camei up in the island of New Caledonia n the

I about in the following way: South Seas about 1877, and these remainedMiners in Saxony, several years before, had the chief source of supply till the latter part

The pressure inside the earth continued, attempted to smelt some newly-discovered ores of the nineteenth century.The earth's crust twisted and folded again.A second mass of molten rock, this time of a r Discovery of Sudbury Oregranite type, was pushed towards the earth's ("-. Meanwhile the hand of destiny was drawingsurface. It forced its way into the cracks and I closer to the great store of nickel locked incrushed areas of the rocks, particularly along - , the rocks on the other side of the world.the margins of the norite, There it formed - Columbus discovered America in 1492. FrenchIrregular masses and dikes and began to cool - . - -- coureurs de bois pushed their way up theand harden Into granite. Some time duringi - - c Great Lakes. Colonists settled in Easternthis period the norite mass was caught in the - ' Canada, in British Columbia and a few scat-gigantic vise of a major fold in the earths ' tered districts on the Prairies. There was talkcrust and was folded and bellied downward, o Confederation. So that Canada mightand the overlying sediments were forced do n- which had the appearance of copper ore stretch from sea to sea, Sir John A. Mac-

into the centre of the bowl. i But the metal they obtained was not copper - d,nald's government promised to build aWhile great earth forces continued to twist it was ,i white metal so hard and rough it

and bend the rocks, a third mass of hot mate- could not be hammered into useful articles. __rial was forced towards the earth's surface md o was useless to them. Believing Old -Apparently it was composed of hot chemical tck had cist a spell over their ores, thesolutions and gases under enormous pressures. superstitious miners called the metal Kupfer- - . IThese were forced into the crack3 and crushed Nickel," meaning Old Nicks Copper." - '.•lrcas along the margins of the norite and the In the years that followed, similar ores were . -* --ranit masses, and into clefts in the nearby encountered in various places, and among '\ '• .( . - jrocks, mining men Kupfer-Nickel" was the name - -- - - . - 4'.

These solutions carried the copper arid invariably used for the hard, white metal . ,. ''. .nickel and other important elements which chcse ores produced. (were deposited in the crevices and in the nearby A Swedish scientist named Cronstedt spentrocks. Thus the ore bodies containing these. five yeirs experimenting with ores of th5 kindmetals came into being under a deep cover and ame to the conclusion thit kupfer.nickel transcontinental rit'w,iy to bring British (..ol-of volcanic and sedimentary rocks, contained a metal previously unknown to man. umbia into Confeder.ition. A this railway

As the Iges passed and the grelt disturb- He called his new metal 'Nickel' as being blasted through the rocky witdernes.inces of th,'it pirticular period subsided, But the influence oi this unknown metal north of Georgian B.my, workmen uncovered a

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ci ncr of a great ore 1ody .kposited thr \Villi.ini Van Home, paid a visit to the littlegs h'for rinin sctthm'nt. The were men who fore-

Soon prospectors tLckeJ into the Sudbury .iw that C,inadas future gr.itness lay in theJiiri.r to .take what look&'J like rich c,ppr 1cvloment of her railr,.ids, h'r rnin&'r.il _J

cli in for at th it ne i o one J reamed wealth, her ti ii hr md her agricu tmi rc They

ti-mt t.li is deposit ont.n nod nickel. Rut to were re,idv to encoUrige inyone who wouldd. .m mine in (n.idas pre-C.imbri.in in et money in the development of C.inadas

,recks requires irs of effort md large sums m.mtmmr il reourcts.

f iney It is n,t e.isy to r,mm, moncy Nickel M.kes Trouble Again'o d lop .i -oppe r mine loreover th'rc

ii c,ppr renery in (:.inadi \Vh n th frst hatchof metal from thc

Beginning of the Canadian Nickd Industry Sudbury ore poured from the furnace downE'h.it w,s the av m.tters stood whn in th N'w Jcrsy rehnery, Thornpon kncw

S.irnu+-l J Ritchie -ame on the scene. Ritchie h is in for trouble. You couldnt sell that.m man of grc.t driving force and persu.isiv kii'd .f metal to copp'r customcrs. He had other direction. Nimes had been opened uppo.er. h1d been trying to dcvelop iron ore an analysis m.id. It containcd nickel , ,atgrt expense. A smelter was built tdposits in Hastings County, Ont.irmo, and and nickel w.s still the trouble m,ik'r among Copper Cliff ne.r Sudbury in 1887. A largehad b'iilt a railroad from th&re to the port f rn&t,ils as it hd bcen to the mincrs of Saxony new market seemed to be opening up forrrenton on Lake Ontario Eventually he more than . century h.fore. R!tchie with his nickel. But now, with success almost withinfound thit thi'se iron ores could not be devel- mines at Sudbury seemed likely to be ruined its grasp, Ritchie's company found itself almostopcd profitably, nd the r.iilroads chief source In the face 0f this disheartening ncws. most .t the end of its nancial resources.

revenue disappeared. men would hive thrown up their hands in The other companies which had cirried onThe newly discovered Sudbury ores seemed despair. Thompson set himself resolutely to nuning and smelting operations in the Sud-

to Ri:chie to be a good way to provide a new the task of solving the nickel-copper separa- bury district had all folded up. The Canadian,urc 0f revenue for his railroad. With tion problem. Ritchie refused to be downcast. Copper Company ilone remained.

ore r.ported to run more than seven per cent Nickel, he discovered, was selling at a dollar Now too, the makers of armament werecpper, he would extend the line to Sudbury, a pound, almost ten times the current price looking for new sources of nickel for the

o hook it up with the C PR. Yes, this little 0 conper. But world production was only world's navies. Krupps of Germany, whommining camp away back in the wilderness: a thousand tons a year. His mines could pro- Ritchie had tried to interest in nickel years.culd one day be a great thriving industrial duce twice that much. He must find new uses before, and the Rothschilds of France, werecentre, for nickel besides plating, coinage and nickel both trying to get control of the Canadian

So t wasn't long before Ritchie had pur- silver. Nickel deposits. It was a big temptation now

chased the most promising claims in the Sud- Nickel Steel Proves Itself to sell out at a profit.buiy district, and organized the Canadian So Ritchie set himself to the task of finding Ritchie put the matter squarely to his asso'Copper Company to develop them, new uses for those large quantities of nickel i ciates. They felt the same way about it as

R. M. Thompson, when still a young man, he knew his mines could produce. He even he did. They weren't going to sell out tohad become manager 0f the Orford Copper wiote to Krupp the German gun maker to try outside interests if they could help it. Sirnd Nickel Company, a company organized to interest him in nickel steel. Krupp replied John A. Macdonald and Sir Charles Tupper

in Quebec to operate mines near the village that the small quantities of nickel available in aiso used their influence to keep control 0fof Orford in that province. Finding it diffi- the world did not warrant experimental work the nickel interests on this side of the ocean.cult to sell the matte (or partially refined in this direction. Fin.illy, by pledging their personal fortunes,metal), at a profit in Swansea, Wales, where But experimental work had been going on Rtchie and his business partners were able tothe nearest suitable smelting facilities were in France and England. The Canadian borrow about $250,000 from the banks to putthen available, the company built its own i government had faith in the future of the' the Canadian Nickel industry on its feet.smelter at Bayonne, New Jersey, where there nickel mines, and Sir Charles Tupper accom. Further Growthwas a promising market for copper in the panied Ritchie to Europe to try to interest From now on production from the Cana-heart of the growing itidustrial region 0f the European industrialists in Canadian Nickel. dian mines increased steadily. In 1887 theUnited States. In 1889 James Riley in Glasgow issued a whole world had produced only about two

Soon copper ores began coming in for report of experiments he had conducted with thousand tons of nickel, most of which camerefining from new mines in the east and in nickel steel. Ritchie brought this report to from New Caledonia. By 1902 Canadian pro-the west. Ritchie, too, up in Sudbury, looked the attention of the United States navy and duction alone was more than five thousandaround for a refinery to handle his ore. He a series of tests was arranged. When eight- tons.made an agreement with Thompson to ship inch armour.piercing shells were fired at short it was at this time that the Canadian Copperone hundred thousand tons of copper ore to range at two pieces of armour plate, the nickel Company at Copper Cliff and the Orfordthe Orford smelter. : steel plate proved definitely superior to the Copper Company in New Jersey, which had

plain steel plate. become dependent on one another, united as

- Now the great navies of the world began to The International Nickel Company.

: take a keen interest in nickel steel. The Op'rations were steadily expanded as the

United States navy asked Thompson to supply d'mand for nickel . . . largely for armaments

_______a large tonnage of nickel which he at that1' ontinued to grow. By 1914 Canadiantime had no way 0f producing, Inside of a production had reached about 23,750 tons a

,few months he did succeed in making a red yar, while New Caledonia was producingiT oxide of iron and nickel. While this was about a third as much.

acceptable to the navy the refining costs were World War I.equal to or greater than the price he was As the war of 1914-18 progressed, the de-being paid. mand became urgent for stronger, tougher

Discovery of The Orford Process nickel steels for artillery and battleships andMining Begins at Sudbury So Thompson began experimental work to scores of wartime uses. The Canadian nickel

So in 1886 mining operations were begun try to discover a better and more economical mines and plants pushed their production tonear Sudbury. At that ume no one had the method of nickel-copper separation than the new peaks and ntckel ingots were rushed toslightest conception of the important part wet processes then in use. Finally someone ihe steel mills and munition plants in Canada,these mines were to play in the life of Canada suggested trying sodium sulphate, since he had England and France. Thus did Canadianand in its export trade throughout the world, seen this material used in copper refining in nickel strengthen the sinews 0f the Allied Na-But even at that early period, Sir John A. Scotland. tions in the first world war.Macdnatd, premter of Canada, accompanied Accordingly, some sodium sulphate wasby Lady Macdonald. Sir Charles Tupper, and added to the pirnally refined nickel-copper oreC.nada's two great railroad pioneers, George in the furnace. When the molten materialStephens (later Lord Mountstephen) and Sir w.s poured into pots allowed to cool, and

dumped out on the floor, it was found thatsomething unusual had happened. There wasa distinct diflerence between the top and bot-

\ • tom parts of the cones 0f metal, and these-could be broken clean apart with a sledge

Lmm'r, The bottom was a bright sulphideshich proved to be mostly nickel sulphide.The top was mostly copper sulphide. Andhat was the beginning of the Orford Process En 1916 the building of a great new elec'

of nmckel.copper separation-one of the stan- trolyti r.finery was begun at Port Colborne,dard processes in use today. Ontai'io. and with its completion in 1918.

S .. Threat of European Control fdcilities for producing nickel from ore toMeanwhile the very existence of the C.mna- finished product in Canada were available.

dian Nickel industry was threatened from an- To Be Continued Next Issuel

I'age It)

Levack Man$10.00 Winner

A striking Whiter scene wins this mouth's$10.00 award in the Picture ofthe Month Contest.

The picture was submitted by ArchieTaylor, hoistman at L'vack Mine, and por-trays the small bridge on the road leadiuuinto Levack.

Honorable mention and a $1.00 cash awardgoes to Denis Thyne of Copper Cliff smelterfor his snap of two huskie dogs, taken atNorth West River, Labrador. The two pupswere watching a fishing boat tie up to adock at the time Denis made the snap, alertfor a chance to pick up a few scraps of fishthe dogs, we mean. Denis is a specialist

in sleight-of-hand tricks, as was reported inthe Triangle some months ago: he doesn'tdo badly with a camera either.

The other $1.00 award for honorable men-tion is picked off by Mrs. E. V. Nelson,whose husband is a well-known Open PitIncoite. Her picture shows her daughterEllena, and her cousin Florina Wismer, in ahappy summer holiday setting on the Ver-million River, Unusually good reproductionis seen in the ripples on the water.

Judge of the contest was Max Phillips,manager of the Regent Theatre, Sudbury.Next month's adjudicator will be Max'scinema associate, Jack Kurk, manager ofthe Grand Theatre.

GOGGLES OKAY BY HIMScarcer than hen's teeth are workers who

like wearing safety goggles because they lookso nice and feel so comfortable. But everynow and then those same safety goggles areworth their weight in gold to some employeewho owes his precious eyesight to wearingthem.

Bill Burgess, machinist's helper at PortColborne Refinery, is one man who'll speakup strongly in favor of the much-malignedgoggles. Last month, while he was engagedin knocking caked sulphides off a draglinein the ,sinter building, a chip flew up andcracked the glass in his goggles. Withoutthem he would certainly have suffered aserious if not permanent injury.

In the above photo Burgess is showing theshattered_eye-savers to Safety Engineer LetiHobbs. An Incoite since 1942, Bill saw ser-vice in the navy during the war. His brotherJim works in No. 3 Building.

IN('() 'rRI.\N(;LI I)R1..\RY, 1947

SUDBURY WOLVES AHEADThe playoff pot is rapidly coming to a boil

in Nickel Belt senior hockey, and it looksas if the brew will more than satisfy thecash customers.

Sudbury Wolves, coached by "Red" Stuart,cinched top spot in the league standing onJan. 23 when they turned back Copper CliffRedmen 4-3 in a thrilling match, Redmenled 2-0 until midway in the second frame,when Wolves finally got a marker. TatterMcClellan was the scoring hero of the night,banging home all three of the Redmen goalson passes from Yacker Flynn.

Further indication of a hot fight in theplaydowns was the battle between SudburyLegion and Redmen on Jan. 27. Trailing6-3 at the end of the middle period, andapparently a soundly beaten team, the Le-gion turned on terrific pressure in the finalstanza and won 7-6,

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