VOLUME 30 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, JANUARY, 1971 NUMBER 10

JANUARY, 1971Page 2 INCO TRIANGLE

ESTABLISHED IN 19.36

Published for employees of TheInternational Nickel Company of

Canada LimitedD. M. Dunbar, Editor

D. J. Wing, Assistant EditorEditorial Office , Copper Cliff, Ont.

Authorized as second class mall by thePost Office Department, Ottawa , and forpayment of postage In cash.

Material contained in Inco Triangleshould not be reprinted unless permissionhas been obtained from The InternationalNickel Company of Canada , Limited,Copper Cliff, Ontario.

A MESSAGE

AT THE GATEOF THE YEAR

Go placidly amid the noise andhaste, and remember what peacethere may be in silence.

As far as possible without sur-render be on good terms with allpersons. Speak your truth quietlyand clearly; and listen to others,even the dull and ignorant; theytoo have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive per-sons, they are vexations to thespirit. If you compare yourselfwith others, you may become vainand bitter; for always there willbe greater and lesser persons thanyourself. Enjoy your achieve-ments as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your owncareer, however humble; it is areal possession in the changingfortunes of time. Exercise cautionin your business affairs; for theworld is full of trickery. But letthis not blind you to what virtuethere is; many persons strive forhigh ideals; and everywhere lifeis full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do notfeign affection. Neither be cyni-cal about love, for in the face ofall aridity and disenchantment itis perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of theyears, gracefully surrendering thethings of youth. Nurture strengthof spirit to shield you in suddenmisfortune. But do not distressyourself with imaginings. Manyfears are born of fatigue and lone-liness. Beyond a wholesome dis-cipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,no less than the trees and thestars; you have a right to be here.And whether or not it is clear toyou, no doubt the universe isunfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace withGod. whatever you conceive Himto be, and whatever your laborsand aspirations, in the noisy con-fusion of life keep peace withyour soul.

With all its sham, drudgery andbroken dreams, it is still a beauti-ful world. Be careful, Strive tohe happy.

FOUND IN OLD SAINTPAUL'S CHURCH. BALTI-MORE: DATED 1692.

J. E. Carter D. E. Munn

Inco Organization ChangesAnnounced by Chairman

Henry S. Wingate, chairmanand chief officer of The Interna-tional Nickel Company of Can-ada, Limited, on December 15announced the following or-ganization changes, effective im-mediately:

John A. Pigott , vice-presidentand division general manager (On-tario) will transfer to Toronto asvice-president for operations.

John McCreedy, vice-presidentand division general manager(Manitoba) will succeed Mr.Pigott at Copper Cliff, andDonald E . Munn , presently as-sistant division general manager(Manitoba), will become divisiongeneral manager (Manitoba).

With Into Since 1940Mr. Pigott joined International

Nickel in the mines engineeringdepartment at Copper Cliff, On-tario in 1940, becoming minesproduction engineer in 1946. In1950 he was appointed divisionalforeman at Creighton mine, in1951 general foreman at the mine,and in 1954, underground super-intendent at Creighton. In 1957,Mr. Pigott was named assistantsuperintendent of mines. In 1958he became superintendent ofmines, and four years later wasappointed assistant general man-ager of the Ontario division. Hewas appointed division generalmanager (Ontario) in 1965, as-sistant vice-president in 1967 andvice-president in February 1970.Mr. Pigott was born in Meaford,Ontario in 1917 and received hisbachelor of science degree inmining engineering from Queen'sUniversity in 1940.

Born in WinnipegMr. McCreedy joined Interna-

tional Nickel in 1949 at CopperCliff, as a mine efficiency en-gineer, and subsequently heldpositions of increasing responsi-

H. S. Wingate J. McCreedy

bility in the Company's mines inthe Sudbury district. He was ap-pointed manager of mines inJanuary 1964 and was transferredto Thompson, Manitoba in 1967following his appointment as divi-sion general manager (Manitoba).He was elected assistant vice-president in January 1969 andvice-president in February 1970.Born in Winnipeg in 1917, Mr.McCreedy received his bachelorof science degree in mining en-gineering from the University ofToronto in 1949.

Started in SmelterMr. Munn joined International

Nickel in 1938 as a smelterworker at Copper Cliff, and sub-sequently held positions of in-creasing responsibility in theCompany's mines in the Sudburydistrict. In 1954 he was appoint-ed industrial relations engineer atCopper Cliff. In 1960 he wastransferred to Thompson, Mani-toba as superintendent of person-nel. Five years later he was ap-pointed assistant to the Manitobageneral manager , and in 1967assistant division general manager.Born in Chesley, Ontario in 1917,he received his bachelor of sciencedegree in mining engineering fromQueen's University in 1950.

Following a meeting of thehoard of directors on January 4,Mr. Wingate made the followingannouncements:

F. Foster Todd , executive vice-president of The InternationalNickel Company of Canada,Limited, and John A. Marsh, vice-president, will retire at the end ofFebruary. However, Messrs. Toddand Marsh, both of whom havebeen associated with InternationalNickel for over 41 years, willcontinue to serve the Company inadvisory capacities.

L. Edward Grubb has been

elected a director and executivevice-president of the Company.Presently vice-president of theparent company and chairmanof International Nickel Limitedand Henry Wiggin & Company,Limited, the Company's princi-pal subsidiaries in the UnitedKingdom, Mr. Grubb willtransfer his headquarters fromLondon to Toronto effectiveMarch 1.

Mr. Grubb's election to theboard fills the vacancy occasionedby the resignation of the Hon.Lewis D. Douglas,

J. Edwin Carter has been elect-ed a vice-president of The Inter-national Nickel Company of Can-ad-t, Limited and of its U.S. sub-sidiary, The International NickelCompany, Inc. He also becomespresident of the latter company'sHuntington Alloy Products Divi-sion succeeding John A. Marsh.Mr. Carter, who is presentlyexecutive vice-president of theHuntington Division , will assumehis new functions on March 1.

P. J. R. Butler, presently vice-chairman of International NickelLimited, will become chairman ofthat company effective March 1.

Joined Into in 1934Edward Grubb joined the Inter-

national Nickel organization in1934. Prior to his election asassistant vice-president and man-aging director of Henry Wiggin &Company, Limited, of Hereford,England, he had served in fivedifferent International Nickel lo-cations, his responsibilities includ-ing the marketing of nickel andnickel alloys, operations manage-ment, and labor relations admin-istration. In November 1967 hewas appointed managing directorof International Nickel Limited,chairman and managing directorof that company in October 1968,and in January 1968, chairman ofHenry Wiggin & Company,Limited.

Mr. Grubb, who attended Wes-leyan University, is also a direc-tor of Impala Platinum (Pty.)Limited in South Africa. He is amember, and has served on exe-cutive committees, of several tech-nical institutes and societies inboth the United Kingdom and theUnited States.

Started in D&R DepartmentP. J. R. Butler joined Interna-

tional Nickel's subsidiary com-pany in the United Kingdom in1937 as a member of the develop-ment and research department.He served as patents officer from1939 to 1946. In 1947 he joinedthe sales department and becamedeputy-manager in 1952, generalsales manager in 1962, a directorof International Nickel Limited in1964, and assistant managingdirector in 1967. He was ap-pointed vice-chairman last June.

Mr. Butler attended Kirken-head School, and received hisbachelor of science degree fromLiverpool University in 1928 andhis master's degree in 1930. Heis an associate of the Royal In-stitute of Chemistry.

INCO FAMILY ALBUM

WAR service with the Polish 2nd Corps under Britishcommand took Stanley Sawicki to the Middle East in 1941.After his discharge in 1947 at Kingston, he did farm workat Brockville for a year before coming to Port Colborne.He became an Incoite in May , 1950 and has been thepopular janitor in the First Aid department for the lastseveral years . Stanley enjoys gardening and woodwork-ing. "I did a lot of hunting of wild animals in Africa, butit's too dangerous to go into the bush here - too manytrigger-happy hunters ." His wife Frances enjoys sewingand makes dresses for daughters , Elizabeth, 7, andChristine , 9; she and the two girls took a trip to Polandlast summer.

LARRY McLEAN and his family like living in Willisville somuch that he gladly drives 42 miles to his job at CreanHill mine, where he is a trammer boss . A 10-year Incoman, he was born In Creighton , where his father, EdMcLean , now residing in Sturgeon Falls, was rockhouseforeman when he retired in 1967 after 34 years' service.Larry's wife, Louise , came from Timmins . They weremarried in 1963, and their four happy children are Vivian,8 months, Gilles , 4, Michel , 11/2, and Shirley, 5.

WHEN the Triangle visited Jack and Georgette Piche shortly after Christmas, theirWhitefish home was still gay with outdoor lighting that cast a friendly glow on thefreshly fallen snow. The large and happy family posed for this picture. Standingare Richard, 18, Louise , 15, and Suzanne , 13. Seated with their parents areGiselle, 11, Jack Jr., 8, and Romeo, 19. An employee at Creighton No. 3 minesince he joined the Company in 1950, Jack worked underground until 1967 whenhe made a switch from blasting boss to feederman in the rockhouse. The Pichesenjoy outdoor life; for the past two summers they have all been enthusiasticallyinvolved in building a summer camp on the Sturgeon River at Evansville.

VINCE RALPH grew upin Ottawa, but came towork for Inco in 1964.He is a shift boss atFrood mine . His wife,Rachel, is a Sudburygirl, the daughter ofanother Frood miner and30-year Incoite , MedericSchryer. Little 3-year-old Bonnie Ann enjoysriding on dad's snow-mobile around t h e I rBroder Township home,while 7-month -old Seanis quite content to sit inmother 's lap and keep asharp eye on strangetypes I i k e photogra-phers. Vince is an avidmotorcyclist, particular-ly cross-country meets.

ERNIE BOUILLONBoth Orford build-ing skimmer ErnieBouillon and hiswife Dorothy grewup in Naughtonand are still livingthere. Ernie, afisherman at heart,started at CopperCliff in 1946.Standing from leftto right are Allan,15, Rita, 17, Ther-esa (Mrs. DonWurster), Eileenwho is married toDennis Gristey, adiesel loadermanat Creighton No. 3mine, and John.Seated with herparents is Brenda(Mrs. HaroldRoss).

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ADMITTING that he had some misgivings when he moved hisfamily from Sudbury to Levack in 1955, maintenance mechanicArmand Brideau now says, "It's a good, clean, and friendlylittle town and a great place to raise a family. I wouldn't liveany place else." Sudbury born, Armand started with Inco atFrood in 1951. His wife hails from Webbwood, and was ArleneJennings before their 1954 marriage. Their youngsters are Dina,15, Karen, 12, and Terry, 6. Winter sports for the family includecurling, ringette, figure skating, and hockey.

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Keeping the FunIN

SNOWMOBILING

How many snowmobiles werethere under the Christmas tree lastmonth? Perhaps not too many inthe literal sense - hard to gift-wrap - but there is no doubtthat one of these fabulous snowmachines was the featured giftfor many a family during thefestive season.

Sales of 500,000 machines areestimated for the present winter,bringing the total in Canada toover 800,000.

The Ontario Safety League,208 King St. W., Toronto 1, willbe glad to send a copy of theirexcellent pamphlet on snow-mobiling to anyone interested.

Here are a few tips for sensiblesnowmobilers to follow:

A snowmobile is not a toy; itis a powerful, motorized vehiclewhich requires skillful handling.Take driver instruction from an

experienced operator and thenrecognize the limitations of yourability as you gain experience.

Study the manufacturer's oper-ating manual and follow servicinginstructions carefully. It will payoff in trouble-free operation andenjoyment of your snowmobile.

Know and observe the lawsand regulations that cover theoperation of your snowmobile asset forth in the Ontario Motor-ized Snow Vehicle Act, 1968, andany local municipal by-laws.

Wear warm, windproof cloth-ing and footwear. A face maskis important in cold weather anda safety helmet should be wornat all times. On long journeysit's a good idea to protect yourhearing wtih ear plugs or covers.

Show proper courtesy and con-sideration for other people andtheir property. Do not damageshrubs, fences, etc. Rememberthat the snowmobile is amongthe noisiest of vehicles.

Slow down over rough terrainand in wooded areas where snow-covered stumps and fallen treescould be a hazard.

A drunken driver at the con-trols of a snowmobile is just asdeadly as behind the wheel of acar.

Do not operate a snowmobileon frozen lakes or rivers withoutan intimate knowledge of watercurrents and ice thickness. Keep

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Lockerby Vikings Triumphant in International Hockey

Lockerby Vikings came throughin the exciting last minutes of thefinal match to beat Copper CliffBraves 5-4 and win the annualinternational hockey tournamentstaged at Stanley Stadium duringthe Christmas vacation. Otherteams in the highly popular secon-dary school tourney were Oro-mocto High Blues (New Bruns-wick), Lo-Ellen Park Knights,Scollard Hall Bears (North Bay),Bishop Neuman (Buffalo), Stein-bach Sabres (Manitoba), andMichael Power Trojans (Toronto).

a sharp watch for darkened areaswhich could indicate thin ice orslush conditions, meaning trouble.

Use public thoroughfares withextreme caution in accordancewith provincial and local regula-tions, and at all times avoiddangerous conflict with motorvehicle traffic.

Always carry vital spare partswhich include spark plugs, a drivebelt, pull-cord and sufficient toolsfor installation.

When travelling any distancefrom a snow-ploughed road, carrysufficient spare gas mixture tofill your tank, and a pair of snow-shoes. Use the "buddy system",two or more machines in a group.

Alex McNay SalutedFor Youth Service

"Alex McNay, Sr., has prob-ably had more effect on the livesof more kids in Port Colborne

than any otherman that we knowof in the city. Eversince shortly afterhis retirement onpension from Inconine years ago hehas been managerand co-ordinatorof the Lions Clubhockey program, a

momentous task but one that waswell within the stride of thespritely 74-year-old Scotsman."

Copper Cliff won it last year.Co-chairman of the tourney,

which drew capacity crowds andproduced some excellent hockey,were Rollie Wing and Cam Desor-meaux. In the opening cere-monies Copper Cliff mayorRichard Dow was presented witha crate of lobsters from the NewBrunswick town of Oromocto, forwhich he reciprocated with a giftof polished nickel ore.

Lockerby Vikings are shownabove: front row, Steve Garrett,manager Jack Davidson, Tom

With this introduction the PortColborne News prefaced a full-dress editorial salute to one of thecity's most popular citizens, whohas reluctantly given up his postas minor hockey mentor. A boutof pneumonia last spring, fol-lowed by surgery in the summer,prompted his family to demandthat he not take chances with thecold damp air over sustainedperiods at the Arena. But he'sstill striding about four miles aday just to keep in shape for hisgardening.

The News humorously reportedon the McNay's total dedicationto hockey: "Mrs. McNay has tokeep a rug on the floor in frontof his chair when he watches agame on TV. The rug is to pro-tect the floor because he skatesthe whole game. When his be-loved Leafs are playing, thereare never just six men on the ice,Alex is right there too and herings the rafters in his broguewhen his favorite 'Wee Davie'Keon gets a goal.

"Skating the whole game infront of his chair with the prosis no mean trick, especially whenyou can't skate, and Alex can'tskate, It's remarkable when youconsider some of the fine hockeyplayers who have come out of theI ions hockey program, and howmuch so many of them owe fortheir training to a man who can'tskate."

Rene T . DionneBlake, coach Stu Duncan, NeilCryderman; middle row, TerryO'Shaughnessy, Marty Marion,Joe Talevi (scored a hat trick infinal game), Barry Kovolchuk,Dale Law, Pat Fallon, PeterChiesa, John Tebaldi, publicityman Greg Taylor; back row,Ellard Bimm, Ralph Jakola, KariJakola, Tim Fallon, Hugh Munro,Peter Simoneau, trainer Dave Usi-talo; not shown, assistant coachEd Henderson, Wes Macdonald,Doug Marion.

HIGH NICKEL ALLOY WIREDriver-Harris Co. of Harris-

burg, N.J., has announced groundbreaking for a completely auto-mated primary rolling mill. It isexpected to double the company'scapacity for producing high nickelalloy and other wire.

Inco ScholarshipsIncreased to 19

Reserved scholarships award-ed annually to sons and daugh-ters of International Nickel em-ployees will be increased from10 to 19 in a restructuring ofthe Company's long -standingCanadian aid-to-education pro-gram.

Commencing with the aca-demic year which starts nextSeptember, 13 reserved scholar-ships will be awarded to stu-dents in the Sudbury area, threeat Thompson, Manitoba, andthree for Toronto, SheridanPark, and Port Colborne.

Valued at more than $5,000each, the scholarships covertuition and fees for a maximumof four years in any course atany university. The annualpersonal stipend to the studentwill be increased from $300 to$500. An annual grant will alsobe paid to the faculty of theuniversity in which the studentis enrolled.

In the normal course of eventsInco will thus have a total of 76reserved scholarships.

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IT AND RUNS FOR HIS LIFE

Action Boiling as Three Shift Hockey Leagues Hit Full StrideSudbury area arenas are once

again resounding with the thudof mighty slapshots in three Incoshift hockey leagues at CopperCliff, Frood-Stobie and Coniston.Missing this season is the usualLevack shift loop, which hastemporarily succumbed to a short-age of ice time. Some of theLevack enthusiasts are addingtheir zip to the three leagues.

Eight-Team LoopAt Copper Cliff, the Athletic

Association has an eight-teamloop involving 130 players. Theclubs and their respective coachesare Parklane (Frank O'Grady),Mill Warriors (Dave Parker),Town Canapini Oilers (DennisHannah), Iron Ore Plant (GilBenoit), Reverb Aces (Ivan Thur-low), Metallurgical (Gerry La-grue), Separation (Lucien Tremb-lay), and Creighton Butchers (DonRanger).

Doing a fine job at the organ-izational helm of the Copper Cliffleague is convenor Ray Frattini.All games are played at StanleyStadium. The league is supportedby the Copper Cliff Athletic As-sociation, shift raffles, and theplayers themselves. Leaders at

presstime in the race for the Park-lane trophy are Town Oilers witha perfect record of six wins; MillWarriors are breathing down theirnecks with five wins in six starts.Two of the top three point-gettersare from the Parklane squad: play-ing coach Frank O'Grady has afront-running 22 points (10 goals),and Lacey Cull is third with 17points (12 goals); second with 18points (13 goals) is Town's RayDecaire. Each team has 18 gamesscheduled before the playoffs.

At ConistonThis year the Coniston loop has

added a team from the steady-days gang, bringing the total tofour. The other three teams withtheir respective coaches are Strom(Jim Seawright), Rivard (JohnBertin), and Cresswell (RonWinn). Convened by hockey as-sociation chairman Stan Pasie-rowski, the league is supported bythe Coniston Athletic Associationand the players themselves.

"Maxie" stadium in Sudbury butwill later switch to the new arenanearing completion right at home.Ron Winn's Cresswell squad atpresent are the league leaders with30 points. The Strom team aresecond with 17, the third placesteady-days team have 11, and theRivard squad six. Looking atindividual efforts, high-flyingCresswell winger Frank Tabackis away out in front with 68points; Stan Pasierowski is secondwith a very respectable 44. Thesilverware up for grabs in thisleague is the plant hockey trophy.

Frood-Stobie SetupAt Frood-Stobie, hockey league

president Bill Lampert and con-venor Allan Pelletier have about100 men donning the blades onfive teams playing all their gamesat Stanley Stadium. Their seasonstarted with four teams in theloop but an additional entry fromCopper Cliff North mine wasfitted into the schedule in De-

two Stobie 600 level entries,coached by Basil Beauparlant, andEd Murdoch's crew representingFrood mine. Copper Cliff Northare in third spot and are expectedto be strong contenders- for theathletic association trophy whenthey hit top form. At the helmof the new club is Leander Roy.The other Stobie 600 teamcoached by Walter Connell, arestruggling to get out of the cellar.

Hot performers in the scoringdepartment are Dave True with25 goals and 18 assists, and IvanGunville with 22 goals and 15assists; both men are on the Beau-parlant Stobie 600 roster.

The league is getting the usualgood support from Frood-StobieAthletic Association, which paysfor ice time and team jerseys.

Again this year organizers andplayers in all three loops are root-ing for an inter-league playoff,once champions have been deter-mined. The Copper Cliff league,drawing its players from a largernumber of Incoites, would seemto have an edge, but the boysfrom Coniston and Frood-Stobieare Missouri types from 'wayback - they "gotta be shown".

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Jack Corrigan again took on cember. Bernie Beaudry's Stobiethe scheduling duties and saw to 1400 squad who have won thethe replacement of some worn-out championship for three yearsequipment. For the first part of running, are ahead of the packthe schedule, the Coniston boys with 15 points. Tied for secondare playing at the Barrydowne with 14 points each are one of the

COPPER CLIFF: SLIPPING THROUGH ALONG THE BOARDS SLICK FROOD-STOBIE CUSTOMER DEKES THE DEFENCE

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Part of the civil, mechanical and architectural design areas in general engineering wing of the new building.

LEFT: Engineering department's material procurement and specifications group are in foreground, cost control and sche-duling group in background. RIGHT: This section handles printing or reduction of drawings, zeroxing, etc.

LEFT: Chief engineer Dave Duncan ( centre ) and staff heads discuss plans for new $ 14-million coal preparation plant atCopper Cliff. RIGHT: Assistant chief engineers Don Bradley and Leo Roininen preside over a daily staff meeting.

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A night view of the new building's main entrance.

Engineering and ExplorationEstablished in New Facilities

Centralizing and co-ordinating the functions of twomajor departments on which Inco's expansion program hasplaced heavy additional responsibilities, the new engineer-ing and exploration building at Copper Cliff is a hive ofhighly diversified activities.

Located on the south side of Highway 17, the newfacility is laid out in a one-storey structure to providemaximum convenience in communication, and conformsto completely modern standards-in equipment and furnish-ings, lighting, and attractive decor. Covering a total area360 feet long by 225 feet wide, it could house a Canadianfootball field with plenty of room to spare.

General Engineering Organization

In the general engineering wing are offices for adminis-trative and supervisory heads, and two large design anddraughting areas separated by a central core containingthe vaults and the printing section. Another large area isoccupied by the services group which handles estimating,cost control, planning and scheduling. The field engineer-ing section, which takes care of surveying as well as con-struction inspection and management, is located at the rearof the wing, as is the combustion group responsible forall liquid and gaseous fuel burning units.

Indicating the importance of its functions, the value ofconstruction and equipment detail alone, handled by thegeneral engineering department in 1970, was approximately

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The section de-voted to air andwater programsfor environmentalcontrol is underthe supervision ofKeith Segsworthand Charles Fer-guson, shownhere with an airmonitoring de-vice.

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Regional exploration managers (centre) Herb Stewartand John Mullock examine mineralized specimensbrought in from field investigations.

LEFT: Exploration department library, containing reference material on field exploration and geological research. RIGHT:Draughting room for compiling data gathered in field operations, and making new or updated maps.

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Dispatching crew assembles equipment for field exploration party. Abouta dozen field teams will be operating this winter in Ontario and Quebec.

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Research geologists using petrographic polarizing microscopes and astereoscopic microscope to examine the characteristics of thin sectionsof rock samples and drill core from field explorations.

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$170 million. It currently has290 on its staff, plus another 60on loan from consulting firms andlease agencies.

Field Exploration and GeologicalResearch

Sharing the exploration wing ofthe new building are the field ex-ploration section for the centraland eastern regions of Inco's ac-tivities, and the geological re-search section.

Offices are provided for man-agement, field geologists, andvarious staff functions involvinga total of about 80 people. Thereare draughting rooms in whichthe compiling is done of volumin-ous data from the far-flung air-borne geophysical surveys andground follow-up programs car-ried on winter and summer by theCompany. Other rooms are forthe cim%enience of land survey-ors, and for surface geologistsconnected with the mines ex-ploration dep:urtment which con-

tinues to be headquartered in thegeneral office building.

There is a wide-ranging refer-ence library. Another area isprovided for receiving and dis-patching the long lists of items,varying from snowmobiles tofrying pans, for equipping thefield parties that range far andwide throughout the year to in-vestigate anomalies detected bythe air-borne surveys. A largestorage garage, 250 by 50 feet, isnearing completion to house the20 trucks and other transportequipment required for field ex-ploration.

A highly efficient assay system,including x-ray analysis and com-puter calculations, has been in-stalled in the geological researchsection; it was designed by re-search personnel at Inco's Sheri-dan Park laboratories in collabor-ation with the Copper Cliff staff.Some of the very sophisticatedequipment is being used for thefirst time in North America.

A small boy said to his parents:"1 sometimes wonder how youtwo are going to talk to eachother when I am old enough tospell."

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In the geological research section, superin-tendent Guy Bray is studying the teleprinterreport of geological sample intensities mea-sured by the x-ray analyser in the back-ground. The information is also punched inpaper tape for computerized assays.

Reimbursed for Extra Training Courses

At a pre-Christmas happening,which all agreed couldn't havecome at a better time, second-yearinstrument man apprentices RonGarbutt and Bryan Wolfgram re-ceived checks for $705 each fromAl Cameron, general superinten-dent of maintenance. Ron worksat the iron ore plant, Bryan at Cop-per Cliff. Also present was AlexSkelly (at left in group), adminis-trator of apprentice training.

Inco's apprentice training pro-gram requires all trainees to et-

tend a Company-approved job-re-lated home study or night schoolcourse. Since November of 1969the Company has paid half thetuition cost of these courses andas an incentive the apprentices re-ceive a bonus amounting to halftheir total home study or nightschool attendance hours at theirgoing rate of pay. To date, 23 ap-prentices have completed coursesand reimbursements have amount-ed to $4.580.

IChristmas SpiritWas EverywhereThroughout the various gen-eral offices at Copper Cliff onDecember 24 the Christmasspirit gradually silenced thecalculators and typewriters,stopped the circulating filesin their tracks, and lifted theburden of administrative du-ties. People moved from onedepartment to another, ex-changing happy greetingsand enjoying coffee andYuletide treats. The Sea-son's special glow of friend-liness and goodwill waseverywhere.

There was carol singing in the cafeteria at the copper refinery, followed by a spread of delicious goodies.

As usual the Copper Cliff mines department was a favorite rendezvous for coffee and all kinds of cake calories.

A happy and attractive group in the insurance and retirement section.

Members of the data pro-cessing department, some ofwhom appear in the pictureon the right, followed theirannual custom of packingChristmas hampers to helpout four district families inneed, a total of 20 children.As department chief JimGrassby said in his lettercommending the group,Even Scrooge's frown would

disappear in the light of thiskind of action"

Santa ( Nick Dellelce ) paid a jovial surprise visit.

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Big Ho! Ho! ManGave Thrills toInco Thousands

Almost anything else may seemsubject to change in this fast-moving world, but Ole Man Santajust keeps rollin' along, annuallyweaving his magic spell in thesame wonderful way.

Wherever he appeared at theChristmas parties arranged by hisfaithful helpers at Inco's minesand plants, the jovial white-whiskered gent touched the heartsof children totalling manythousands. Parents, too, smiled awarm welcome to a steadfastfriend and fellow-conspirator.

The parties, as always, were atremendous success, from thehuge Frood-Stobie gathering rightdown to the little group at Willis-Ville. Executive officers andsenior supervision of the Com-pany visited them all, to share thehappy glow of the Season andcongratulate the people whohandled all the arrangements.

COPPER CLIFFAttended by more than 3,000

excited youngsters andmanyparents, the Copper Cliff Athletic

Association Christmas party heldin the Sudbury Arena must surelyhave been one of the most suc-cessful Santa fan gatherings inthe Nickel Belt.

Children of employees workingat the smelter, iron ore plant, andCopper Cliff police department,the partygoers enjoyed an hour-long live show smoothly emceedby CKSO's popular "Captain" JoeCook which included seasonalsongs by the Yate's group of girls,acrobatic dancing by MarilynKosher and Melissa Viinlass, apolished display of figure skatingby Alan McPherson, foot-tappingnumbers from the Blue Dice rockgroup, the hilarious magic ofNorm and Lennie McGilvary,vocal imitations by Lorena Traskwith pianist Doug Shuart, andsongs by Espanola's Maria Koza-chanko, with piano accompani-ment by her sister Karen.

Last on the bill, the star of theshow, Santa Claus Jack Latreillehimself, made his entry riding highon the ice-making machine as hecircled the rink to greet and shakethe hands of many of his excitedadmirers.

As they departed through theArena turnstiles, each youngsterin the milling throng was pre-sented with a Christmas stockingfilled with candy and novelties.

CCAA president Jim Kuzniar,party committee chairman JohnTaylor, and members Ken Fyalland Roy Maud are to be con-gratulated for their efforts thatresulted in a highly successful andmuch enjoyed affair; they ex-pressed their thanks for the will-ing help given by many volun-teers from the plant, pay office,

Arthur Prince, former electrical superintendent who retired on pension early in 1969 after over 40 years' service,was the centre of attraction for this picture, taken during the annual official round of the wards at Copper CliffHospital on Christmas morning. Two Inco vice-presidents, J. A. Pigott and J. McCreedy, were on deck toextend the Company's Yuletide greetings to the patients. In the party, from the left, were Dr. Jack Sturtridge,Dr. John Jones, nurse Rita Lapalme, superintendent of nurses Eileen Tobin, Mr. Pigott, Mr. McCreedy, Incochief surgeon Dr. Brent Hazlewood, nurse interne Debbie Phillips, medical department assistant Cy Varney,nurse Dorothy McCarthy, orderly Dennis Morin, and nurse Dianne Kaehler. Hospitalized with a heart condition,Mr. Prince has since returned to his home.

and safety and personnel depart-ments.

COPPER REFINERYClose to 750 pairs of shining

young eyes visited Santa JackLatreille and his helper JimmyTosto at the copper refineryChristmas party. Both Inco pen-sioners, they held court in theseasonally decorated auditoriumat the Inco Employees Club inSudbury.

Individually greeted by theirbearded benefactor, the young-sters received gifts, candy andcrackerjack, and were treated to ashowing of movie cartoons.

Parents were served coffee anddoughnuts by Evelyn Fox andLinda Frantila.

Athletic Association presidentBill Brown and secretary Bud Eleswere ably aided in organizing andrunning the very successful affairby such refinery stalwarts asGerry Coupal, Jack Dominic,Duncan White, Jack Smith, BobSandberg, John Narozanski,Wayne Wilson, Howard Caldwelland many others.

MURRAY

Another of the big ones, theChristmas party arranged by theMurray, Clarabelle and CopperCliff mines Association attractedjust over 1,500 of the younger setto the giant spruce installed in theInco Employees Club in Sudbury.A work of art, glittering andablaze with lights from its angeldown to its wide-spreading lowerbranches, the tree was decoratedby club steward Val O'Neill andRed Downer.

Presiding Santa Maurice Lavoiegave his usual hearty perfor-mance, nimbly switching his pat-ter to establish that the visitorfrom the North Pole was trulybilingual.

As well as receiving individualgifts and candy. the youngsters

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the Christmas Morning Visit to the Patients at Copper Cliff Hospital

were also treated to hot-dogs andpop, while the parents enjoyedcoffee and doughnuts. On therefreshment committee were In-grid Dobson, Emma Byrnes, FranCroteau, Stephanie Basso andGail Girolametto.

The backroom boys who start-ed organizing the affair back inOctober included association presi-dent Clarence Weist, secretary-treasurer Tony Basso, Eddie Udes-chini, Bill Kallio, Bill Lang, CarlHarper and many other much-appreciated assistants.

LIVELYThe ruddy glow on Santa's

cheeks was as genuine as the froston his beard when the jolly gentarrived at the Lively High Schoolas guest of the Athletic Associa-tion. After a 45-minute tour ofthe town, perched on the laddersof the fire truck, Ray Chateauvertwas good and ready to swap near-zero temperatures for the Yuletidehot-seat.

During the afternoon's two ses-sions, about 600 young peoplepassed his throne beneath thebrightly lit spruce tree, some stop-ping to bend his ear, and otherspassing quickly with a nod andself-conscious grin in exchangefor a bulging bag of fruit andcandy.

Alan Este and Bud Meaden ledthe sing-song sessions that pre-ceded two showings of color car-toon movies. Mason Loganchaired the hardworking partycommittee, and it was town fore-man Bill Fortin and his merrymen who made a foray to thehush for Santa's tree.

LEVACK

There's no shortage of youngpeople in Levack, where, in ordernot to disappoint Santa seekers.Christmas Tree organizers laid onboth afternoon and evening ses-sions for their annual party.

Hosts to 2,700 kiddies of Le-vack and Coleman mine em-ployees and many townspeople,the group held its annual OldNick reunion in the Levack Em-ployees Club.

It was courageous Bernie Forestwho put in a warm time in thepadded scarlet suit and bushybeard, distributing toys and candyto the seemingly never-endingprocession of youngsters rangingfrom soother sucking babes-in-arms to wary-eyed old-timers of10.

Live-wire Harvey Nadeau head-ed the fund-raisers and workerswho made the day happy for somany. Prominent among his tire-less helpers were John Bryant,Gerry Dinel, Ron Corelli, KenTaylor, Connie Tetreault, RonMatte, Oliver Rossi, Ron Rowe,Chuck McGaughey, and Alf Mal-lette who played a lively sing-song piano.

Some 60 surplus gifts and manybags of candy were donated to theValley School for Retarded Chil-dren.

CONISTON

When Santa Tibby Caversonzoomed in for a touchdown atthe Coniston Athletic Associationparty at the Club Allegri, a color-ful scene greeted him. The airwas filled with floating balloons,the strings firmly clutched bysome 375 kiddies who gave hima rousing reception and thankedhim warmly for the gifts he dis-tributed.

Four grease-painted clowns,John and Charlie Veno. Ray Bideland Harley Gagnon, gave theyoung folk the run-around andlots of laughs, fast-talking DennisThyne baffled them with hismagic, and i.'go Comacchio inhis usual role as emcee led anenthusiastic sing-song.

Rov Snitch, Reg MacNeil and(eonttnuid on Page 15)

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SAYING HELLO TO SOME OF THE BOYSON A WALKABOUT AT

RAY PILONDropping into the carpenter

shop, the Triangle camera caughtthis shot of carpenter helperRay Pilon. He was using aradial saw with dado head toframe the end of a 10-inchsquare B.C. fir mine post.

One of a Chelmsford farmfamily of 12, Ray came to Incoin 1951 when he joined themechanical department at theGarson mine rockhouse. Hespent some time in the stopes atCreighton in 1954, transferredto Levack and the timber yardin 1955, and made his finalmove to the carpenter shop atFrood in 1958.

He and his wife Edna, andtheir family of two sons and twodaughters, live on Melvin Streetin Sudbury. An outdoorsman12 months of the year, Raytravels steadily with his tenttrailer during summer weekends,and spends his winter free-timeroaring around the north coun-try on one of his two snowmo-biles, visiting ice fishing holesthat are sometimes as far as 30miles off the beaten path.

HARRY STEPHENSONIn the machine shop, 1st class

machinist Harry Stephenson isseen using a milling machine tocut a keyway in a stainless steelsleeve destined for one of the11-stage centrifugal mine waterpumps on the 1600 level. Harry'slnco career started in 1950 whenhe began a four-year machinistapprenticeship at Copper Cliff.He moved to Frood in 1969.

Both he and his wife Bettywere horn and grew up in Sud-bury and are the parents of

Frc"4d MP411n W-61-two daughters and a son. A keenhunter and fisherman, Harryreports that the favorite familyjaunt is to their summer placeon Deer Lake north of Warren."There's a lot of good moosecountry up there," he said. "It'sa great lake for swimming, withplenty of pike and bass."

Harry has two brothers atCopper Cliff, Charlie in thecarpenter shop and Pete in theelectrical shop.

LLOYD GOUDIE (Cover)Lloyd Goudie likes northern

Ontario. "It's not crowded,there's room to roam in un-spoiled country - in fact it'sa lot like back home," he saidreferring to Northwest River,near Goose Bay, Labrador. "Inone respect its better," he added,"there's work to be had here."

The son of a trapper, Lloydwas a truck driver before hecame to Inco and Frood in 1968.His wife Judy hails from NorthSydney, Nova Scotia. Theyhave a young family of two.

In our cover picture, takenat the face of a ramp drift thatwill spiral up from the 550 tothe 440 level of the mine, Lloydis seen as he prepared to changeone of the bits on his three-boom drill jumbo.

BEN BELANDBen Beland has been em-

ployed as a welder in the Froodplate shop since he came toInco in 1941. A native ofCobalt, he followed in hisfather's footsteps and started hisworking life as a miner at thenearby O'Brien silver mine. Aproduction cutback in 1940brought about Ben's move toToronto where he attendedwelding school.

During his year-long visit to

the big city Ben won himself awife as well as a trade. Thegirl who lived next door to hisboarding house became Ben'sbride in Sudbury in 1942. Witha camp on the Montreal Rivernear Cobalt. Ben enjoys summerweekend visits to his old hauntsand the chums he went to schoolwith.

Adjusting his torch, he is seenpreparing to lay a one-pass beadweld on a 36-inch diameter ven-tilation pipe "Y" for under-ground.

OIVA KUUKKANENAt the controls of the No 3

shaft skip hoist, here we seehoistman Oiva Kuukkanen. AnIncoite since 1951, he startedat Stobie and worked there as aconstruction and pillar leaderuntil his move to the Froodhoist house last year. Oiva'sconnection with the Companygoes back to 1913 when hisfather, Kalle Kuukkanen camefrom Finland and worked as aminer for the Mond NickelCompany.

Oiva was born in the Mondvillage after his father movedto what is now known as theVictoria mine. Still hale andhearty at 82, Kalle Kuukkanenlives on the shores of Long Lake,not far from Oiva's home onSunnyside Road. Oiva and hiswife Margaret have a son anda daughter.

PETE %%'ENKOFFPete Wenkoff came to Frood

early last year via Inco's Mani-toba division, where he workedas a driller at the Thompsonmine. Described by his shiftboss as "a crackerjack". Pete isshown operating a fan drill in'2.5 haulage crosscut on 6t)0level.

Born on a farm near Saska-

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toon, Saskatchewan, Pete is hap-piest when he is flying - withor without wings. He has heldhis pilot's licence for three yearsand as a sky-diver has completed12 jumps. "I'm taking my timeabout making the 13th," he saidwith a wry grin. "I'm surprisedat myself -I must be super-stitious." His constant flyingcompanion, Ebby, his 10-month-old Scotch collie, apparently en-joys flying almost as much ashis 24-year-old bachelor master.

ED GOUDREAUBusy in one of the four well-

lit bays on the 600 level garage,first class garage mechanic EdGoudreau is seen in the finalstage of fitting bucket arm bush-ings and pins prior to the in-stallation of a new bucket ona scooptram.

Starting with Inco as a samp-ler in the metallurgical depart-ment at Copper Cliff in 1959,Ed switched to the mechanicaldepartment in 1964, and toFrood early last year. He wasborn in Sturgeon Falls, his wifeHazel in Northampton. Fngland.The couple and their four chil-dren live in Hanmer. Garden-ing ranks with hunting and fish-ing on Ed's list of spare-timeactivities.

I ZO NIASSIMILIANO\ mining technologist. Enzo

\lassimiliano is seen at his deskin the efficiency office. He cameto Canada from Italy with hisparents in 1956. " I was 15 years

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old, and I couldn't speak a wordof English," he explained. "Itwas tough, I had to go back tograde one and start my school-ing all over again." He per-severed, went on to high school,and graduated from the Hailey-bury School of Mines in 1966.

He joined Inco's efficiencyoffice at Levack in 1966, movedover to Garson in 1968, andhas been at Frood for the lastsix months. He and his wifeDenise are the proud parents ofChristine, four weeks old. Anambitious fellow, Enzo is busybuilding a house in New Sud-bury.

CHRIS BELLIt was in 1968 that Chris Bell

left England and his home inCarshalton, Surrey, to join Incoand the staff at Frood as a lay-out engineer. He graduated inmining from the University ofNewcastle-upon-Tyne in 1967.Age 26, and with no matri-monial ties, Chris is smitten bythe majestic beauty of Ontario'snorthland and has spent manya happy summer weekendpaddling his canoe on local lakesand waterways.

An ardent bird-watcher (thefeathered kind), he enjoys longhikes with field glasses in hand.His recent purchase of a 100-acre farm on Manitoulin Islandenables him to pursue his hob-by undisturbed.

VINCE THOMASAs the crow flies, Vince

Thomas is just about 2,0-)0 milesfrom his home town of MayPen, near Kingston , Jamaica. A

2nd class electrician, he came toCanada with his parents in 1964,and worked on electrical con-struction projects in Toronto be-fore he came north to Inco in1970. Pictured here in the elec-trical shop, he is using a meggerto test for grounded circuits inthe wiring of a drive motor froman underground electric locomo-tive.

Admitting that he still preferssoccer to skiing - he playedoutside-left back home - Vince

enjoyed many of the local gameslast season. His introduction tosnow came during the earlyhours of a December morningback in 1964. "It was verysurprising stuff," he observedmildly. Vince and his wifeMarnie live on Stanley Streetin Sudbury, where his favoriterelaxation is reading.

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GEORGE CLOti PRIERStanding beside his big scoop-

tram diesel loaderman GeorgeClouthier is removing a roof bolthe spotted in the hefty seven-ton bite of ore in the bucket ofthe machine.

Apart from a two-year breakwhen he was at Levack, Georgehas worked at Frood since hecame to lnco in 1953. Amos,Quebec, was his home town, andhe was 14 when he left therewith his family for (hapleau.

George's off-the-job relaxa-tions include hunting, fishing,and especially a nine-year-oldwhite albino saddle horse namedMitzi. He and his wife Mary-Anne live in Wahnapitae withtheir two youngsters; Mitziboards on a farm close by.

Big Ho ! Ho! Man(Continued from Page 13)

Tom Crowley headed up the com-mittee in charge, ably supportedby Julio Baggio, Pat Scott, GuidoChezzi and other willing helpers.

WILLISVILLEA Christmas party for kiddies

of Lawson Quarry employees andCrean Hill families living inWillisville was held in the Willis-ville school, festively arranged bythe teaching staff. Party com-mittee chairman Gerry Brownleedonned the crimson suit and dis-tributed gifts and candy to theyounger set, calling each one for-ward by name. Some 75 smallfry and parents were on hand topartake of the delicious buffetsupper brought by the ladies ofthe village.

The gaily decorated Christmastree that graced the proceedingswas hewn by Bill Hickey andDonnie MacDonald.

FROOD-STOBIEDuring the seven-hour session

at the Frood-Stobie Mine AthleticAssociation Christmas party, ap-proximately 4,000 little peoplebasked in the magic presence ofSanta Dave Gilbert as he listenedto requests and confidential con-fessions beneath the huge IncoEmployees Club tree.

Toys, candy and fruit were dis-tributed to the Santa seekers, withtime out for several showings ofcomical color cartoons.

Parents were refreshed withgallons of coffee and 134 feet oficed cake while waiting for theiryoungsters to have their fill ofthe excitement.

The large committee whichmade such a success of the after-noon was co-chaired by BillCollis and Eldred Dickie, and in-cluded Grace Dickie, who or-ganized the buying of the gifts,Ted Flanagan, Bill Prince, GarnetMilks and Nick Haggerty. Alsoon hand were pensioners BobBrown and Bob Christie, togetherwith helpers Bob Dickie, FinlayMcLeod, Ron and Georgette St.George, Norm and Joan Whistle.Len and Jeannine Marion, Garyand Carmen Chicquen and manymore whose help was greatly ap-preciated.

GARSONIt was the Sunday before

Christmas when a galloping gaggleof some 950 exuberant youngpeople zeroed in on the whitewhiskers and tasseled cap of StanPylatuck, who was Ho! Ho! manat the Garson Athletic Associa-tion party for children of Garsonand Kirkwood mine employees.As busy as the proverbial one-armed paper-hanger, the jollyphilanthropist dispensed goodhumor, gaily wrapped gifts andpotato chips to his admirers.Color movie cartoons delightedthe big audience.

Association president TomScanlon and party chairman GaryTuomi arranged the details for

Gave Thrillsthe happy event , and Dave Mannproduced the tree that was sea-sonally decorated by Tim Barlow.Harvey Bangle, Fred Birchall andRay Joly were among the manywho pitched in with greatly ap-preciated helping hands.

CREIGHTON MINEThe swinging guitar music of

Lawrence Pierini and Roy Slaven-white greeted the 300-odd ex-pectant young folk who arrived atthe Employees Club for theCreighton Mine Athletic Associa-tion Christmas tree bash.

Four short movies featuring theThree Stooges with their inevit-able fast-moving slap-stick keptthe auditorium in an uproar, andcolor cartoons had the young-sters on their feet shouting warn-ings to their hero Donald Duck asthat unsuspecting character movedfrom disaster to disaster.

Eight local high school studentvolunteers , Louise and RobertRoy, Noreen and Judy Kelly,Myles McKay, Kathryn Mitroff,Perry Rautanen and Billy Du-mencu, bagged the bulging sacksof candy, fruits and nuts thatwere distributed to the young folkas they left the building after avisit with that jovial man-of-the-hour from the North Pole, wholooked a lot like Ed Cayen.

Happily in charge of the pro-ceedings were Association chair-man Munroe Smith, committeechairman Saul Sherbanuk, BruceKing, Bill Dumencu , Gene Royand movie projectionist LaceyCull.

PORT COLBORNEThe tree was dressed, the stage

gaily decorated and the Inco Re-creation Hall filled with over1,000 youngsters. This was thesetting for the Children's Christ-mas Party on Saturday, Decem-ber 19, in Port Colborne.

Don Home led the singing ofChristmas carols. The piano ac-companiment was by Reg Steeves,who himself has become some-what of a tradition-he hasplayed at more Children's Christ-mas parties than he probably caresto remember.

Herbie the Clown provided abarrel of laughs with his anticswhile magician Don Briggs fascin-ated the youngsters with hissleight-of-hand artistry. And thenthe long-awaited visit from Santa,arranged through Wes Pierce,finally came.

Santa seated himself on stage tohear the deepest secrets and ear-nest requests of the children andhave them pay court to him. Hisbusy helpers, Elmer Sommers,Lovell Puttick, Joe Lanneval, BobDuke. Joe Dulaj, Gord Hobbs,fiord Needham, Jerry Doan,Doug I_ampman, John Byng, JackBurd. Norm Hillier, Dave Neff,Richard Hilton, Chuck Ott andStan ('eply, handed out a largehag of delicious giant gum dropsto everyone in attendance.

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Retired on incoWITH 20 OR MORE YEARS OF SERVICE

JOE BLOEMMENJoe Bloemmen was born in

England and came as a child in1911 to Canada at Coniston,where his father had alreadysettled and was working on con-struction of the Mond Nickel

Company smelter. He remem-bers that his father was the firstoccupant of the first Companyhouse let out on Fourth Avenuein Coniston.

Starting with the Mond as anoffice boy in 1926, Joe trans-ferred to the electrical depart-ment three years later and com-pleted his service as an electricalmaintenance leader, having spentall his working years at Coniston.

Married in 1936 to Oliva Cata-ford, Joe is the father of two girls.One daughter, Patricia, is marriedto Coniston smelter matte liftman Dan Nixon. Two grand-children brighten up the homethat Joe built in Coniston in 1969.

Enjoying good health, this earlyservice pensioner now plans togive "a lot more attention" to hisgarden, and travel to Montreal onbuying trips for his wife, whooperates a yard goods boutiqueout of the Bloemmen residence.

HOWARD McCUTCHEON"I was hired on as a carpenter;

however, the Company was shortof ironworkers at the time. Icould climb so I gave it atry." Howard McCutcheon soonlearned to weld and stayed withthe ironworkers from his hiringdate in 1942 until 1951, when he

transferred to the carpenter shop.He was a carpenter B leader atthe time of his service retirementfrom the nickel refinery in PortColborne.

Howard was born in Rivington,Quebec, and had worked in lum-ber camps and on river drivesfrom the headwaters of LaRiviere Rouge to the Ottawa since

he was 14 years of age, right upuntil his coming to Inco at PortColborne.

Irene Young of Avoca, Que.,became Mrs. McCutcheon in1933. They have one daughter,Janice, (Mrs. Sam Kelba jr.) resid-ing in Port Colborne. Two grand-sons and a granddaughter com-plete their family.

Hunting is a favorite sport ofHoward's, and he has shot manydeer in Quebec. Rabbits andpheasants are his game locally.Gardening and woodworking willalso occupy some of his leisuretime.

The McCutcheons are contem-plating a move to a drier climate.

REMI PICARD"I was happy to work that long

for Inco, but it makes a nice dif-ference not to have to get up inthe morning now." This was theway Remi Picard capped off ourinterview with him on his dis-ability retirement from the Com-pany.

Remi was born at North Baybut grew up in Kapuskasing. Hestarted with Inco in 1934 at the

copper refinery. His father, thelate Henri Picard, worked on theconstruction of the refinery andstayed on as an Inco employee.During most of his service, Remiworked as a maintenance me-chanic installing and maintaininghydraulic systems throughout therefinery.

Married to a Montreal girl,Madeline Quenneville, in 1942,Remi is the father of two girlsand two boys. Bothered some-times by local weather, he maychange his New Sudbury addressto one on Florida's Atlantic coast,which he has already visited threetimes. In any event he'll spendmore time at the cottage he hashad at Deer Lake for 18 years,and at reprinting some old moviesthat he began taking close to 40years ago.

ROMEO COTESidelined by a stroke that hit

him two years ago, Garson tim-herman Romeo Cote has retiredfrom the Company on a disabilitypension. Although living atHanmer all his life, Romeoworked at three of the Company'smines during his inco years. He

started at Stobie, transferred toLevack, and then Garson wherehe worked for the last 15 years asa timberman, on 1800 and 2000levels most of the time.

Married in 1951 to a Sudburygirl, Bernadette Blais, Romeo isthe proud father of four sons andfour daughters. In spite of hishandicap, he still manages a littlegardening and of course enjoysa good game of hockey on thetelevision. His wife likes to seehim busy in the kitchen; shegladly admits she can't match hisChinese dishes or his spaghettisauce.

EMILE MARIONEmile Marion is a Western

Canadian by birth , having grownup on the family farm near Win-nipeg. After farming with hisparents and working in the bush,

sijt a F"aan attendant ona cattle train andcame east to Sud-bury in 1937. Start-ing work almostimmediately withthe Company atCreighton mine, hesoon transferred to

Emile Marion Frood open pit,and in 1951 transferred again,this time to Garson, where heremained for the rest of his Incoyears.

Before coming east, Emilefound a bride in Phyllis Lusignen.They were married in Winnipegin 1932, and have a family oftwo children and nine grandchil-d ren.

When asked what he would dowith his new-found spare time,Emile smilingly replied, "No prob-lem." He wants to keep his Sud-bury home in its fine trim and hasa cottage in the Killarney areawhere he hunts and fishes regu-larly. His special early servicepension reflects his good health,and he plans to travel out westwhere both he and his wife stillhave many relatives and friends.

JIM LAGACESudbury-horn Jim Lagace start-

ed with the Company in 1942 onthe Coniston smelter track gang.Five years later he transferred tothe nickel reverbs in the CopperCliff smelter, working there forthe remainder of his service as

Mr. and Mrs. Lagace

a binman. The heart attack hesuffered back in 1965 has finallyput him on a Company disabilitypension.

Mary Yreka, who grew up inConiston, became Jim's wife in1933. Their four children haveto date presented them with fourgrandchildren. One son, Stan, isworking in Coniston as a black-smith's helper, and a daughter,Alice, is married to copper re-finery tankhouse operator JoeRabski .

Jim now plans many more hap-py days at his camp on KukagamiLake, which he built 11 years ago.He's also a great country andwestern music fan. The Lagaceswill continue to reside in Sudbury.

ALBERT QUEFFELECAlbert Queffelec, second class

maintenance electrician has leftthe nickel refinery at Port Col-borne on a disability pension dueto a back ailment. His servicedates back to 1948.

He was born in Port Colbornein 1928, and attended localschools and Welland High. He

worked in several other localindustries before gaining employ-ment with Inco. In 1954 JoanWinter, a Welland girl, was mar-ried to Al in nearby Gasline.Their two daughters and son arestudents.

Woodworking and a little gar-dening are hobbies enjoyed byAlbert. He used to box for theInco Recreation Club in hisyounger days and played a littlesoftball locally. He is uncertainas to his future plans.

ALEX ZELTINSAlex Zeltins was born in Libau,

in the south of Latvia, and be-

fore he came to Canada and Incoat Copper Cliff in 1948 he worked

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for the Latvian ministry of agri-culture in charge of fish harvest-ing and experimental farms. In1945 he married a Czechoslo-vakian girl, Helen Raesler, in herhome town of Luxdorf. They havetwo children. Alex worked allhis Inco years on planned main-tenance, usually at keeping thecopper converter cranes in goodshape.

Although feeling in generalgood health, Alex has had to re-tire on Company disability pen-sion on account of a recurringback ailment. His French Rivercottage and his work with localenvironmental control committeeswill keep his schedule full enough.

A group of his maintenancebuddies presented him with agood fat purse and a piece of lug-gage. He will find those twoitems handy when on trips toOttawa to see his mother andfather who have attained thegrand old ages of 87 and 90.Alex and his wife plan to stay inSudbury.

JAMES "GUY" INNES"Instead of digging gold out of

the molar mountains , I starteddigging nickel out of the Pre-cambrian Shield ." This was theway Guy Innes described themajor switch his career took in

the '30s. He had been enrolledin dental school but , running outof funds, he came to Sudbury in1933 and started with the Com-pany at Frood mine. He alsoworked at Levack and Creighton,but returned to his "native"Frood for the last 17 years ofhis service ; he was a general fore-man for 21 years.

Although born in Toronto,he grew up in Saskatchewanon his father's farm. In 1935he married a Battleford , Saskat-chewan, girl , the former LouiseAitchison , in Toronto. Mrs.Innes is prominent in Sudburymusic circles as director ofthe Sudbury Young Ladies Choir,and president of the SudburyPhilharmonic Society with whichshe has been associated since itsinception in 1957.

Both Guy and his wife aregreat hockey fans and never missa Wolves home game. Youthfuland keen, Guy is almost as busyon pension as he was when stillwith the Company. He's sellinginsurance and real estate for aSudbury firm. The family cot-tage at McFarlane Lake will con-tinue to be a meeting place forthe three Innes children and theireight grandchildren.

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DICK PEARSONDick Pearson started working

at age 15 in lumber camps aroundWebbwood, where he had movedas a child from his birthplace inthe London, Ontario area. Start-ing with the Company in 1935 at

Mr. and Mrs. Pearson

the Copper Cliff crushing plant hetransferred later to the mines. In1960 he went to Murray as mastermechanic and terminated his serv-ice as maintenance superintendentof the Murray and Copper Cliffmines and Clarabelle open pits.

Three sons have blessed hismarriage at Espanola in 1935 toHelen Tallon of Webbwood; one,Lawrence, is assistant safetysupervisor at Levack.

Living in North Bay now, Dickand his wife enjoy water sports,particularly boating and waterskiing. Their new home is withinsight of Lake Nipissing.

Retiring on early service pen-sion, Dick was honored at a din-ner held by maintenance depart-ment personnel.

VIC MORBINWith over 41 years of service

with the Company, Vic Morbinhas retired on an early service

pension feeling "strong as ahorse". Vic was born at BruceMines and grew up there on thefamily farm. He started withInco in 1928 and saw four years'service in the smelter, 32 yearsin the mill at Copper Cliff and afinal five years in the Creightonmill. He was a shift boss for16 years. Vic's summer placeat Little Penage Lake is nowa completed permanent home,where his berry patch is his bigspecialty. One of the three Mor-bin children, George, works as aprocess technician in the CopperCliff smelter. Keen nature lovers,Vic and his wife are friends of thebirds, and also try to tame someof the smaller wild animals; thisspring they will be looking for-ward to renewing acquaintancewith a family of raccoons thatthey regularly hand-fed last sum-mer.

Mrs. Morhin, the former OliveEkholm of Sault Ste. Marie, mar-ried Vie at Sudbury in 1936. Theyhave nine grandchildren.

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FRED PEACOCK more than held his own in the ribbing that went on athis retirement party in Creighton's Calibri Hall, where he's shown rebut-ting some of the sallies. Seated are emcee Paul Parker, Arnold Bennett,Charlie Quinn, and Bert McAllister. Mines manager Mel Young thankedhim on behalf of the Company for long and valuable service. He waspresented with a 30-30 rifle on behalf of the 125 present.

FRED PEACOCKFred Peacock may well go to

visit his daughter in Ohio if thewinter weather gets too rough,but he could never take up per-manent residence there for he"loves the north country toomuch." Fred is easing into anearly service pension after work-ing 42 years with the Company.

He was born at Garson andstarted working for the MondNickel Company at their Garsonmine in 1928. He stayed onwhen Inco merged with theMond, and transferred in 1931 toCreighton where he was a divi-sional foreman from 1964 untilhis retirement.

Copper Cliff was the scene ofFred's marriage in 1938 to a for-mer Barry's Bay girl, Anna Zil-ney, who died in 1963. Twodaughters and four grandchildrenare the present tally in his family.

One area that figures large inFred's love for the north is Go-gama. Little wonder, he has takenfive moose and a good share ofthe pickerel, pike and trout outof Duke Lake in that part of thecountry. For indoor leisure heenjoys woodworking, particularlymaking furniture and doing gen-eral home renovations.

ALEX EGED-HOLLOAlex Eged-Hollo saw a lot of

Canada after he landed in St.John, N.B., in 1927 from hisnative Hungary. He immediatelyset out for Calgary to find work,

Mr. and Mn . Eged-Rollo

but three weeks later and stilljobless, decided to spend his lastdollars on a train ticket east toPort Colborne. Again, the jobshe had heard about just weren'taround. He made his way east

to Robertville, Que., and workedon construction before returningto Port Colborne and finally ob-taining work at the nickel re-finery one year after his arrival.He was laid off in late 1930 andmoved to Montreal, returning tothe refinery in 1937.

All of Alex's service has beenin the electrolytic department,where he was a boxman for mostof his 34 years of Inco service.

Ethel Molnar and Alex weremarried in Port Colborne in 1938.They have a daughter, Eva, at-tending Port Colborne HighSchool.

Alex enjoys 10-pin bowlingand is kept pretty bus with amixed vegetable garden. TheEged-Hollos are justifiably proudof the many fine blooms in theirflower beds; they are both rosefanciers.

They plan a trip back toHungary, which neither hasvisited since coming to Canada.

WESLEY BRAGGAs his nickname implies, Buck

Bragg is a westerner by birth,coming from Taber, Alberta, but

Mr. and Mrs. Bragg

it was in Woodstock, Ontario,that he grew up. Joining theCompany in 1939, he was a Le-vack man throughout his 30years of service, and was divi-sional foreman from 1960 untilhis retirement.

A Sudbury girl, ArmandeGatien, became Buck's wife atChelmsford in 1941. They haveseven children; their daughterBonnie is married to Levackminer Doug Parenteau. Twograndchildren round out the

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Bragg family to date. Due to in-different health that forced himto take a disability pension, Buckpretty well restricts his activitiesto reading novels and flower gar-dening. The spring will see theBraggs moving to Woodstock.

ZYGMUNT ZAGRABSKY"Ziggy" Zagrabsky was born in

Warsaw, Poland and came toCanada in 1948. After farmingfor two years around Almonte hestarted with the Company in 1950

at the Copper Cliffsmelter, and thentransferred to theco er refinerpp ywhere he workedin the transporta-tion department,

I where he becamea special inspectoron conve orsy .

Z. Zagrabsky On a disabilitypension after three heart warn-ings in the last two years, "Ziggy"plans to confine his activities toshort walks, visiting with someof his old chums and watchingtelevised movies. Although heplans a visit to Poland next sum-mer, he will continue to live inSudbury.

GERRY FALCIONIGerry Falcioni started to work

as an orderly at the Copper Cliffhospital "for a couple of weeks",but stayed on for two and a half

decades and countless patients atthat justly famous institution wereglad that he did.

The cheerful, soft-spoken Gerrywas born in Fano, Italy and cameto Copper Cliff in 1927. Heworked for several years on con-struction before joining the com-pany.

Married at Copper Cliff in1932 to Maria Camilucci, Gerryhas four children and 10 grand-children. Mrs. Falcioni was bornin Bridgeport, Connecticut butcame to the Sudbury area as achild. Their son Gerry works inthe Copper Cliff warehouse as astores clerk and daughter Angelais married to Thompson smelter-man Rudy Valentino. In excel-lent health, Gerry and his wifelook forward to gardening andtravelling. If longevity is con-tagious they should have plenty oftime to carry out their plans-Mrs. Falcioni's mother who re-

sides with them in Sudbury is analert 94.

MIKE SHENKARUKMike Shenkaruk's association

with the nickel industry goes farback into its history, for althoughhe started for keeps with Inco in1928 at Creighton, he had worked

Mr. and Mrs . Shenkaruk

for the British American at Mur-ray mine in 1924, and later forthe Mond at Garson. He cameto Canada in 1923 from Serafenciin the Ukraine.

Mike's 42 years' Inco senioritywas made up of two years atCreighton, 20 at Frood, 11 atMurray and finally nine years atCarson, mostly as a hoistman.

Jessie Storozuk, who was bornin Regina but grew up in Sud-bury, married Mike in 1932. Theyhave a family of two children andtwo grandchildren. The com-bination of having relatives inSudbury, and longstanding luckwith Lake Nipissing pickerel,made it easy for Mike to decidenot to leave the nickel capital.The Shenkaruks have a tripto California on their springschedule.

TONY GIROUARDFrood underground car repair-

man Tony Girouard whose firstname is really Mathieu, will haveplenty to do on his special early

service retirement. His five-cot-tage tourist camp on VermilionLake will keep him amply oc-cupied, be it as mein host ormaintenance man.

Born at St. Ours, near Mont-real, Tony worked in Saskat-chewan as a farmer and railroaderfor four years before coming toInco in 1936 at Frood. Threechildren were born of his mar-riage in 1928 at Biggar, Saskat-chewan, to another Quebecker,Melina Larose from SixteenIslands. Six grandchildren oftensee the welcome mat at VermilionLake in the summer and at Tony'sSudbury home in the winter.

Both he and his wife are ingood health. When he has aspare moment Tony is a real tele-vision hockey fan.

ERNIE ST. LOUIS"I'm just gonna take it easy

now," said Ernie St. Louis, andwell has he earned it after work-ing steadily for close to 42 yearswith Inco.

Ernie was born in Louise Town-ship, just west of Whitefish. Hestarted with Inco at the newlyopened Frood No. 3 shaft in1929, stayed there until 1958, got

Mr. and Mrs. St. Louis

"restless" and transferred toStobie for the remainder of hisservice; he was a tipple man on1000 level for his last 14 years.

In 1938, Ernie married Jean-nette Brassard at Victoria Mine,where his wife grew up after be-ing born in Chelmsford. Mrs.St. Louis' father, Olivier Brassard,was postmaster at Victoria Minefor 25 years. They have fourchildren; and two grandchildren;son Maurice was an Inco scholar-ship winner in 1959, and nowpractises corporate law inToronto.

An early service pensioner,Ernie specially enjoys readingwar histories. He and his wifehope to go out west this summerto visit old buddies he made dur-ing war days overseas. On hislast shift, he was presented witha wallet from his workmates.

HENRY KLEINPerhaps the fact that Henry

Klein was born in the FrenchRiver area "on the route of theVoyageurs" accounts for themany miles he has put behind himin his lifetime. Before coming toInco at Frood in 1929, Henryworked on construction in south-ern Ontario, prospected overmuch of northern Quebec andhelped build a smoke stack atNoranda. Since he joined theCompany, he has been to thewest coast four times, the east

WITH PLENTY ofold times to talkabout, Hattie Mc-Crea shares anamusing memorywith two long-standing friends,assistant to thedivision comptrol-ler Joe Harrisonand copper refin-ery manager Gra-ham Dick. at theparty held in herhonor at the Holi-day Inn.

Mr. and Mrs. Klein

coast three times, north to Alaskaand now has a trip laid on toYellowknife.

Although his prospecting didn'tlead to fabulous riches he didfind a pearl, Pearl Johns that is,and married her in her hometown of Sudbury in 1938. Mrs.Klein is a ward clerk at the Sud-bury General Hospital; threeof her brothers are Inco men: Royis at Clarabelle open pit, Lloyd iswith general engineering in Cop-per Cliff, and Fred is at Frood.

Henry worked all his Inco yearsat Frood mine. For 15 years hewas an instructor in Frood's oldschool scope.

The Kleins have a family ofthree. They will continue resid-ing in Sudbury.

HATTIE McCREAThe copper refinery's popular

Hattie McCrea has cleaned offher desk and called it a day. Bornat Dean Lake, near Blind River,Hattie moved with her family toSudbury when her father wastransferred by the CPR. Startingin 1940, she worked all her Incoyears at the copper refinery,where she had been managerGraham Dick's secretary since his1964 appointment, and was incharge of the secretarial pool.

Taking a disability pension,Hattie has had to give up heractive participation in bowling andbadminton, and will content her-self with reading, listening tostereo, and watching television ather Sudbury residence.

Two of her sisters are marriedto Inco men: Lorna is the wife ofBud Brooks, technical assistant tothe Copper Cliff smelter super-intendent, and Doris is marriedto hourly paymaster Bob McInnes.

At the party held in her honorat the Holiday Inn, Hattie waspresented with a handbag and acommemorative plaque, detailingher service at the refinery. On afarewell visit to the office shereceived a stereo radio and recordplayer.

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Ev Staples' Creighton KidsStill Providing Sensations

Creighton has had its big erasin soccer, baseball, and hockey,but for the past 20 years its chiefclaim to national fame - apartfrom its historic prowess as aperennial nickel producer - hasbeen its phenomenal success injunior badminton.

Year after year the two courtsat the Creighton Employees Clubhave spawned team after team offrisky young racqueteers whichhave come home from nationaland international tournamentsladen with trophies and medals.

A high point was reached in1958 when young Eddie Hreljacwon the Canadian junior cham-pionship at Victoria: he later be-came Canada's second senior seed.Now another Creighton badmin-ton prodigy has flashed onto thenational scene-l2-year-old LucioFabris, who will represent Ontarioat the Canadian Winter Games atSaskatoon in February in the un-der-19 class.

This pint-sized sensation wasbeaten only once in the recentOntario Winter Games at Etobi-coke, by an 18-year-old who hassince become ineligible for theunder-19 class. To see himknocking off those big kids fromthe big city clubs, with the bril-liance and speed of a budding JackPurcell, brought joy to the heartof the veteran Creighton coach,Ev Staples, who for 20 years.seven months of the year, oftenseven nights a week, has drilledhis well-known skill and com-petitive spirit into succeedinggroups of 50 or more eageryoungsters.

Big Win at KitchenerAt the end of November Ev

packed his junior squad off to aninternational invitational tourna-ment at Kitchener. The recordof the tenni's performance speaksfor itself: of the 15 points award-ed during tournament play.

Creighton got 5; the 13 otherCanadian teams together scored61/2 points, and the 11 invitedAmerican squads tallied a total of31/2. Standing behind Ev in theabove picture with the proof oftheir prowess on the courts are,from the left, Lillian Cozzarini,Brenda Semeniuk, Kim Mulliganand Vivian Cozzarini; kneelingare Elio Cozzarini and LucioFabris.

Will Speed UpInsurance Claims

At a meeting between Interna-tional Nickel officials and repre-sentatives of Local 6500 of theUnited Steelworkers of Americaheld December 22, the Companyconfirmed that it had concludedarrangements with MetropolitanLife Insurance Company to openan office in Sudbury.

The new office will handle em-ployee claims under the non-oc-cupational sickness and accidentinsurance plan. Previously claimshave been handled throughMetro's office in Ottawa. Thenew office, which was openedJanuary 4, will greatly increasethe speed at which claims arehandled.

As a further move, the Com-pany is establishing personneldepartment reporting stations atits major facilities in the Sud-bury area. The staff of thesestations, upon appropriate notifi-cation of an illness, will forwardit claim form to the employee'shome. The personnel station will,upon receipt of the completedform, forward it that day to theMetro office in Sudbury. It is ex-pected that from the time thecompleted form is received at thepersonnel reporting station, it isentirely possible that a cheque

Lively Rangers Won Coveted "Moot" Trophy

Sudbury Star

Lively Rangers of the Girl Guide movement captured the Sadrock trophyfor best participation in the busy program of activities at the annual"Moot" for Rangers and Rovers between North Bay and the Soo, heldat Camp Thompson, Elliot Lake. Admiring their trophy in this pictureare Susan Larocque, Carol Morrison, Marian Gauvreau, Colleen McCoy,Nadeen Gauvreau. Other members of the victorious group were SuzanneMaskell, Debbie McCoy, and Lynn Kehoe.

from Metro will be on the way tothe ill employee's home within 48hours.

The plan pays employees $70a week for the first four weeks,and $80 a week for up to 48 ad-ditional weeks for total disabilitydue to a non-occupational acci-dent or sickness. The Companypays the full cost of the premiums.

Novel Souvenir ofHis Hunting Prowess

Countless reports have de-scribed people as being "on thehorns of a dilemma", but over inDowling the other day theTriangle found a man "on thehorns of a moose".

This statement immediatelyconjures up visions of a hunterhanging limply from the wide-spread rack of a snorting king ofthe north country , but the accom-panying picture shows that theseparticular horns are to be sat inrather than to be impaled upon.

Proudly posing behind his crea-tive masterpiece , armed withthe weapon with which he felledthe original owners of the hornyhead-pieces , is Levack safetysupervisor Lawrence Pearson.

"A fellow can only stand somany dust-gathering wall-mount-ed racks around the house," heexplained, "so I put these to usein another way. I must say mywife thoroughly approved."

Proven as a sturdy structure (itwas recently tested by a husky300-pound neighbor) the bonyrocker is held together by fourheadless bolts anchored in epoxycement . It's a sure-fire conver-sation piece.

Both racks came from moosethat Lawrence dropped at his fa-vorite hunting grounds some 20miles north of Webbwood. Thelarge pair was attached to about1,100 pounds of animal, thesmaller to a 900-pounder.

Lawrence has missed his an-nual moose only once during thelast 15 years. "That was theyear I left it for my partner," hesaid with a broad grin, referringto his dad, recently retired main-tenance superintendent Dick Pear-son.

Chief construction assistantduring the two months of chair-assembly last winter, Lawrence'swife Josie developed muscles on

muscles and several charley horseswhile holding the horns togetherin various arrangements beforeher husband decided on the finaldesign.

The couple's two youngsterscommented on the chair. "It'sgreat for rocking," said ll -year-old Linda, "kind of hard to fallasleep in though." Larry, 8, said,"My dad made it, so it's just great- it's also groovy."

Looking at the picture, onething is obvious - the chair hasmany good points.

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AppointmentsONTARIO DIVISION

By G. O. Machum, assistantgeneral manager (processing):

R. T. Haworth , supervisor, in-dustrial engineering.

J. Thompson, supervisor, gen-eral projects.

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By G. R. Green, assistant gen-eral manager (mining):

M. H. Dickhout , assistant chiefmines engineer; he was appointedassistant to the chief mines en-gineer in May 1970.

R. S. Buntin , mine engineer,Coleman.

R. J. Corrigan , mine engineer,Kirkwood.

P. H. Oliver, mine engineer,Crean Hill; he was appointed as-sistant mine engineer at Creigh-ton in May 1969.

I- W. Tutkaluk , mine engineer,Shebandowan.

C. Barsotti , assistant mine en-gineer, Copper Cliff North

By W. V. Barker, manager,Port Colborne nickel refinery:

Charles T. Burke , assistantsuperintendent, electrolytic nickeldepartment.

Herbert W . Hann , assistantsuperintendent, shearing, ship-ping, and yard department.

MANITOBA DIVISIONBy F. Foster Todd, executive

vice-president:John S. MacDougall , assistant

general manager.

R. S. BUNTINBorn in Edmonton, Ralph Bun-

tin spent his boyhood in the Lake-head cities, now Thunder Bay. Hegraduated in mining engineering

from the Univer-sity of Toronto in1936.

Prior to joiningInternationalNickel at Creigh-ton mine in 1948,he was employedat northern Ontariogold mines. He was

R. S. Buntin transferred to themine engineering department atLevack in 1956.

His marriage to Kathleen Hol-land of Kenora took place atNorth Bay.

He has a summer cottage atthe Lake of the Woods, and en-joys fishing and photography.

R. J. CORRIGANThe gold mining town of Schu-

macher was the birthplace ofRobert Corrigan, and he naturallygot his first underground experi-ence at the McIntyre. Graduat-

R. J. Corrigan

ing from the Hail-eybury School ofMines in 1960, heimmediately joinedthe mine engineer-ing department atInco.

He was engagedfor several years in

I the planning ofnew mines in the

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Company's expansion program.He was married in 1960 to Ann

Campbell of Haileybury, and hastwo children. He resides in NewSudbury, where his hobby isgardening.

E. W. TUTKALUKEd Tutkaluk, who was born at

Sandy Lake, Manitoba, butmoved to Atikokan, Ontario, at anearly age, spent several years inmining construction before enter-

ing ColoradoSchool of Mines.He graduated inmining engineeringin 1964. He wasmine engineer atNoranda's BossMountain mine inBritish Columbiaprior to coming toInco at Copper

Cliff in 1968 to be associated withnew mine development, and laterwas transferred to Shebandowan.

His marriage to MarjoriKochalyk of Thunder Bay tookplace in 1965. He has two chil-dren. Curling, skiing, fishing andhome improvements are his chiefrecreations

J. S. MacDOUGALLBorn in Edinburgh, Scotland,

John MacDougall graduated fromHull University College with a

degree in aeronau-tical engineering.He was employedin the aircraft in-dustry in the BritishIsles before joiningInternationalNickel in the me-chanical depart-ment at Copper

J. S. MacDougall Cliff in 1960.Transferred to Thompson, he

was appointed superintendent ofthe maintenance department ofthe Manitoba division in 1965.

He is married to the formerSheila Brown, and has four chil-dren. He is active in Thompsoncommunity affairs.

Representatives NamedFor Three More Plantsr

Two more appointments havebeen made by the industrial re-lations department of plant repre-sentatives, whose function is tomaintain constant liaision withemployees and Union stewards toassist in processing problemswherever possible before theyreach the grievance stage.

Representatives recently ap-pointed are Dan Salhani, CopperCliff smelter, and Bill O'Riordan,copper refinery and iron oreplant.

JANUARY, 1971

New Institute Inspected by Executivesi

During an extensive inspection of operations and expansion projects inthe Sudbury area, the Company's chairman and chief officer, Henry S.Wingate, visited the new Training and Development Institute in the IncoClub. Here Will Digby (right) superintendent of staff personnel, outlinesthe institute's syllabus; on the left is vice-president John McCreedy.

At the official opening of the institute on December 16, a large partytoured the impressive facility and was addressed by vice-president J. A.Pigott and assistant general manager (administration) D. A. Fraser onthe objectives of the Company's broad training and development program.Shown above are Mr. Pigott, Hugh S. Judges, Ontario division managerof industrial relations and personnel, D. A. Wallace, of Toronto, directorof personnel, Canada, Mr. Fraser, and Warren G. Orr of New York,corporate manager-training.

Cliff Bennett Scores Poetic "Hat Trick"L 4 C f . a ♦ a

Slag with us all year thru ,Applyir.ti safe#y rules each day11 411 Aihic uhish com true

Frood-Stobie's bards have beenat it again.

Turned on by the mine's an-nual Yuletide safety slogan con-test, personnel in all departments,from surface right down to bot-tom country, could be seen suck-ing their pencils and muttering tonobody in particular while com-posing catchy rhymes, odes andditties blending safety practiceswith seasonal thoughts of Yule-tide.

Swamped with a profusion ofpoetry. the safety departmentwaded gamely and carefullythrough the entries and came upwith 13 jingles they figured de-served a share of the $10).00prize money.

First prize winner in 1968 and1969, Stohie powderman CliffBennett did it again and walked

Ihay the peue atd joy of Christmas

off with his third $25.00 topprize. He is seen here on theright side of the signboard onwhich his verse appears. Withhim are Frood mine assistantsuperintendent Bill Collis, and(kneeling ) mine accountant BillPrince, area safety supervisor RayFerguson and divisional foremanEldred Dickie.

The $15.00 runner-up prizewas shared by machinist KenJorgenson and machinist appren-tice John Gibson.

Third prize of $10.00 went toslusherman Harold Sharkey:

The 10 winners of consolationprizes were: Robert Tessier, HughKennedy, Leo Blanchard. LeonThompson, Lionel Cartier, LarryTeskcy. Len Webster, Nick Flin-sky, Don Robertson and Fuge-niusz Szumski.