Trian g le JULY/AUGUST 1985 Trian le July/August 1985 Vol. 44 No. 5

Publications Editor

Peter vom Scheidt

Writer

Frank Pagnucco

Fred Fell is the first Shebandowan employee to be certified as an Published for employees and "Underground Hard Rock Miner" He has had a variety of mining pensioners of the Ontario division of experiences with various mining companies dating back to 1963. He Inco Limited. Produced by the public joined Inco in 1973 and during his 12 years with the Company Fred has affairs department and printed in performed many of the jobs required at the Shebandowan Complex. He Canada by Journal Printing Company has also been a member of the mine rescue team for the last 12 years. Admiring Fred's certificate are, from left, Bud Rohn, mine/maintenance in Sudbury. Member of the general foreman, Bill Anderson, manager of Shebandowan, Fred Fell and International Association of Business Frank Woit, safety/ventilation supervisor. Communicators.

Letters and comments are welcomed and should be addressed to the editor at Inco Limited, Public Affairs Department, Copper Cliff, Ontario POM 1 NO. Phone 705-682-5425.

On the cover Our cover this month is a tribute to two groups of people who at first glance appear to be at opposite ends of the spectrum - pensioners and Inco scholars. It symbolizes change - in this case the change that occurs when people enter and leave different phases of life. We salute the 1985 Inco Scholars, people who are entering a new phase of their educational lives. And at the same time we recognize pensioners, people who are also entering a new phase of their lives. Photos and write-ups of the Local 6500 president Ron McDonald, left and Ontario division president scholarship winners begin on page 4 Mike Sopko shake nands after signing the new Collective Bargaining and pensioners interviews begin on Agreement between inco L,mrted and Locals 6500 and 6200 of the Un;ted Steelworkers of Amerces The new contract runs for three years page 20. and w,ll exp,re on May 31, 1988.

2 "Another couple of minutes ._ and he would have drowned"

During the summer vacation period many people will be enjoying the beauty and abundance of lakes in our Ontario northland. Most will return from their vacation relaxed and refreshed but invariably there is always the possibility of a tragedy that could have been avoided. It was just this possibility that prompted Ross Clute, an Inco employee at the oxygen plant, to write to John Robson, superintendent of the oxygen plant about a boating tragedy that was avoided because of the quick action of Gerry Gauthier. Gerry also works at the oxygen plant. We thought the story was timely and would like to share it with our readers op in the hope that it might help avoid a similar tragedy from occurring. Gerry Gauthier and his wife Mona have first-hand knowledge of the importance of life jackets, "I didn't mean for this to come out of it," Gerry Gauthier says, his voice two people in it. One of them stood an air mattress but the strong wind trailing off into inaudibility. He was up in the craft and dove into the ripped it from his hands and he was expressing a natural modesty in water. "I knew there must have been forced to swim towards the canoe receiving recognition for something he some kind of trouble,'' he explains. which was being blown away from feels anyone would have done in the ''Nobody jumps out of a boat in him as fast as he could swim towards same position. conditions like that unless something is it. happening." "When we got there the guy was Early in June, Gerry and his wife Gerry and Mona, a former lifeguard, totally exhausted," Gerry remarks. Mona were at their camp on Lake got into their 50-horsepower boat and Another couple of minutes in the cold Nepawassi. The day was noteworthy went out to investigate. Approaching water and it is almost certain he would only because the high wind had the bobbing craft, they found it have drowned, he feels. Neither the whipped up the waves on the lake occupied by a pair of frightened lad in the water nor the girls had a life ruining a day's fishing. In 20 years, he teenage girls. The one who had jacket. ''There was not one in sight,' says he has seen the lake that rough jumped into the water had fortunately he adds. only a half dozen times before. managed to climb back in. Gerry was able to pull the struggling Gerry happened to be looking out Some distance away they saw the swimmer to safety with the help of a the window of his camp when he reason for their distress, a third paddle. spotted something flip-flopping over person, a teenage boy floundering in Gerry says that he and his wife are the water a few hundred yards out. At the water. happy that everything worked out well first he suspected it was a piece of According to Gerry the girls were and the kids are safe. He notes that plywood because the wind was attempting to cross the lake, thinking his camp is the last one in that area of indeed that strong. Closer inspection conditions were not as bad as they the lake. With the teenagers being with binoculars revealed that the were. They soon found themselves in pushed past his place, there would object was an air mattress being trouble and called for help from one have been no one else around to blown from wave to wave. of the girl's brothers on shore. He notice them. "God knows what would Then Gerry spotted a canoe with attempted to swim out to them aboard have happened," he states.

3 Inco scholarship winners

The Inco Reserved scholarship committee We are pleased to present Scholarship winners for Scholarship Competition was composed of high school the 1985 Inco Reserved Ontario. started in 1956 and principals. Candidates are scholarships have been judged on the basis of their awarded annually since that complete academic record, time. The scholarships have a SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) possible tenure of up to four and TSWE (Test of Standard Douglas Morrison is the son academic years and provide Written English) scores, of Don Morrison who is the tuition and associated personal information provided manager of metallurgical and academic fees, on a yearly by the students and a cost evaluations at the Toronto basis, up to a maximum of characterization report from office. Doug enjoys playing $1,500 and a personal grant of their high schools. basketball on a recreational $750. An additional annual This year 20 scholarships and competitive level and grant of up to $500 is also were awarded to children of relaxes by listening to music. provided to the university Canadian employees and He is a graduate of Erindale department in which the pensioners. Of that number, 15 Secondary School in Toronto student is enrolled. were won by students in the and plans to pursue a degree In order to be eligible, Sudbury area, one by a in electrical engineering at the students must be enrolled in a student in the Port Colborne University of Waterloo, His full program of studies area, three by students in the career goal is to do research required for university Manitoba Division and one by work in the field of admission. The winners are a student in a Toronto communications. chosen by an independent administered location.

Diana Stankus is a graduate Steven Jay is the son of of Lockerby Composite Frank Jay, manager of mines School in Sudbury and is the engineering in Copper Cliff. daughter of Justin Stankus, a Steven plans to attend the member of the cleaning University of Waterloo to services department in study mathematics and would Copper Cliff. She plans to like to pursue a career in attend the University of actuarial science. In his Toronto to study commerce leisure time he enjoys and has a long term goal of listening to music and becoming a Chartered spending time with friends. Accountant. She enjoys all He is interested in a variety of types of music and plays the sports but especially enjoys guitar and violin. Sports such tennis. He is a graduate of Lo as skiing, windsurfing, Ellen Park Secondary School. basketball, football and tennis are also of interest to her.

A graduate of Lo-Ellen Park The University of Western Secondary School, Patty Ontario is where Michael Ann Ryan . will be attending Aniol of Lasalle Secondary the University of Toronto School will be going to study where she intends to study sciences. Medicine, pharmacology. The field of particularly microsurgery, is medical research is where currently his career goal. He her current ambitions lie. is the son of George Aniol. a Playing the guitar and sports geologist at Stobie mine. are her main hobbies. She is Among his interests are the daughter of Peter Ryan. swimming, scuba diving. manager, central mills. military modelling, canoeing and camping.

4 Dan Ewing is the son of Cindy Maier hopes to Brian Ewing, supervisor of eventually work in the services at the Copper Cliff medical field at a place such smelter. He is a graduate of as the Toronto Hospital for Lockerby Composite School Sick Children. She plans to who will attend the University attend the University of of Waterloo to pursue a Toronto where she will study degree in mechanical science. A graduate of engineering. Following some Marymount College, she is post-graduate study he hopes interested in playing the to work in the aerospace piano and running. She is the industry. Sports and outer daughter of Alfred Maier, a space are his main interests. recent Inco pensioner.

Laurentian University is where A graduate of Nickel District Carlo Crozzoli plans to go to Secondary School, Peter study commerce. He is a Kupchak plans to study graduate of St. Charles engineering at McMaster College. His father, Ugo University. He is the son of Crozzoli, is a maintenance Wasyl Kupchak of the tank mechanic at the Murray mine house department at the research shop. Tennis, Copper Cliff copper refinery. baseball and sports in In the future he sees the general keep him active. He possibility of working in the hopes one day to become a field of engineering or Chartered Accountant. medicine or both. Baseball, football, tennis and squash are his favorite pastimes.

Carol Leppinen is the Susan Prior is the daughter daughter of Richard of Tom Prior, superintendent Leppinen, a grade control of divisional shops. She is a technologist at the Clarabelle graduate of Lively District Open Pit. A graduate of Secondary School who plans Ecole Secondaire Macdonald- to attend the University of Cartier, her plans involve Guelph where she will study studying mathematics at the science. She hopes to University of Waterloo. In the become a veterinarian in the future she would like to be a future. Most sports and chartered accountant. Her playing the piano are her hobbies are cooking, hobbies. swimming, camping and reading.

5 A graduate of Levack Paula McCann is the Secondary School, Deborah daughter of David McCann, Lynn Benoit plans to study an electrician at Stobie mine, natural sciences at McMaster Having graduated from University. Her ambition is to College Notre Dame, she become a pediatrician. plans to attend either Ottawa Participating in tennis and University or Laurentian volleyball, watching hockey, University to study translation baseball and football, and and interpreting. She hopes reading, are her hobbies. She to work for the federal is the daughter of Robert government as a translator in Benoit, a shaft inspector at the future. Crossword puzzles, Levack mine. reading, swimming and Trivial Pursuit are her hobbies.

Shawn Abigail is the son of A graduate of Notre Dame Jack Abigail, a shift foreman College in Welland, Ann at the Clarabelle mill. Having Sullivan plans to study graduated from Lasalle occupational therapy at the Secondary School, he plans University of Western Ontario. to attend the University of She is the daughter of John Western Ontario to study Sullivan a retired chemist from science. He hopes to enter the Port Colborne nickel medical school and would like refinery. Ann's leisure activities to work in the field of medical include reading, swimming and research. Reading, photography music. and computers are his hobbies.

With plans of studying Michael Garritsen is a biology at Sir Wilfred Laurier graduate of Notre Dame University, Michael Simmons College in Welland and plans hopes to one day branch off to attend General Motors into the areas of Institute at Flint, Michigan to biotechnology or genetic study mechanical engineering. engineering. He is a He is the son of Peter graduate of Lively District Garritsen. manager of the Secondary School. His father Copper Cliff copper refinery. is Stanley Simmons, an Inco Michael was editor of the pensioner. Squash, tennis, school newspaper and cross-country skiing, football yearbook but found time to and reading are his main enjoy curling, baseball and interests. hockey.

6 The winner of the most recent Down I- Memory Lane contest is Gerry Cullain of Connaught St. in Sudbury. He correctly identified the members of the 1949 Frood Tigers baseball club, champions of the Nickel Belt Baseball League that season. For his efforts he will receive a Science North medallion made from Inco's patented Nigold process. There were several individuals who had sent in correct answers so a draw had to made to establish the winner. Thirty three years ago the subjects of the next Down Memory Lane photo not only finished first in regular season play but also went on to win the Nickel Belt Baseball League championship. These boys, representing Coniston, won the final in decisive fashion overwhelming the Copper Cliff Redmen four games to Send your entries to the public will be presented with a Science North one. It marked the third time Coniston affairs department, care of the address Medallion. In order to give all correct had won the title since it joined the on the inside front cover of the entries an equal chance of winning, a NBBL in 1936. To start aspiring magazine. Be sure to clearly mark draw will be made from those entries. contestants off, we'll tell you that the your envelope "Down Memory Lane If there are no correct entries, the one lads in the foreground are team Contest." coming closest to naming the people mascots Butts Blake and Peanuts The individual who correctly will be declared the winner. The Gosselin. identifies the players in the photograph deadline for entries is August 15, 1985.

T^e correct dentiftcat,on of the 1949 Frood Tigers baseball club is: front row, from left, Norm Flowerday D,ck Trainor, Bill Huntley. Gerry Waiiace. Harry Marcnand, Pete R,ggin. Dick Tobin back row, From left Spke VVormington Jor"i _ o°ary B4v Brown Gino Seeiey Bert P!ci, e Bin

7 Mining, men, machinery New efforts in productivity improvements

With its recent application underground use at the Murray mine oscillating lip, measuring 18 inches underground at North mine, the research shop last year. Its main long and 7 feet wide in the case of continuous mucking machine promises features are an oscillating lip and a the prototype, vibrates muck onto an to contribute significantly to the crawling system, says Dick England, apron. A scraper chain moves the Company's drive to remain a low-cost superintendent of the mines research muck up an inclined conveyor where it producer of nickel and other metals. shop. is then discharged onto a truck or The Company purchased a The crawler, with a push capacity conveyor belt for removal. prototype of the continuous mucking equivalent to a bulldozer, pushes the The prototype continuous mucking machine and modified it for machine into a muck pile. An machine has been extracting ore from

8 Bradley McDonald in front of Jarco 426 haulage truck.

vertical retreat stopes at Copper Cliff North mine since last June. It has, according to Ron Aelick, mine superintendent, been performing well. "Operating results vary substantially," he reports, but rates of 500-600 tons of muck per hour have been attained. Removal of broken ore from stopes and pillars is one application of the continuous mucking machine. Another is driving drifts and tunnels underground. The measure of any machine in the mining industry lies in the judgements of its operators. The two production miners at North mine who have been using the continuous loader and a modified Jarco 426 haulage vehicle are Neil Eno and Bradley McDonald. Neil relates that the continuous mucking machine experiment at North mine, though not without its minor hurdles, is proving successful. 'We had a few problems with it at first and we still have some bugs to iron out but this has got to be the way of the future." "It's not perfect but it's getting there," acknowledges Bradley. "Every shift we're able to improve on something and it's definitely the coming thing." The continous mucking machine sits at the cutting edge of new technology that will revolutionize mining. The batch process, the way ore has been extracted for decades, will become an industrial anachronism. What will replace it will be a continuous method. The reason for the change is bottom-line economics. About half the cost of producing marketable metal lies in the mining process itself. New technology like the continuous mucking machine offers the Company a tool with which it can further control this cost and remain a low-cost producer of nickel, copper and other metals.

Neil Eon at the controls of the conrcwous mucking machine

9 Creighton Complex wins

Levack/McCreedy West Back row, from left, Marcel Henri, Robert Nerpin, captain, Wayne Arcand, briefing officer Peter Zieleniewski, Front row, from left, Clement Castonguay, Ronald Gosselin, Robert Parker.

Creighton/South Area Frood/StobieGarson Area Back row from left, Al S,mpson, Phil Fournier captain, Harvey Parsons. Back row from left, Ron Charboneau. John Lacey. captain. Bob Nev,ile, briefing officer, Mike Fahey, briefing officer Guy Guerrette, Front row, from left. Tom Tario. Leo Segu;n. Bob Croteau. Bill Harman, Front row from :eft. Gerry Gauger J,m MacLetlan G,i Lavo,e. trainer

10 For the second consecutive year the Creighton-South mine, represented demerits points tally they captured the Creighton/South mine Complex has by Phil Fournier, captain, Al Simpson, 1985 title. won the annual divisional mine rescue Mike Fahey, Tom Tario, Leo Seguin, The Creighton South mine team competition held at the Coniston Bob Croteau and Harvey Parsons, went to Thunder Bay to defend the Arena in May. It edged out squads briefing officer, took one hour and 21 provincial title which lnco has won for from Frood-Stobie Complex and minutes to complete the problem, the the last two years but unfortunately did Levack Complex to earn the right to best time of the day. With a superior not win the event this year. represent the Company at the Provincial Competition in Thunder Bay on June 6,7,8.

In addition to the oral examinations and field tests the mine rescue teams also faced a simulated mine fire situation. This year the problem involved a fire that resulted from a scooptram going out of control and cutting an electrical cable. A total of 17 men were unaccounted for, two of which were injured and had to be carried to surface.

Each year the mine rescue problem holds an element of surprise to test the squad's collective wits. This time it came in the form of a methane explosion. The teams had to face the problems associated with the .00 presence of an explosive gas, Part of the field test in this year's mine rescue competition involved the something not common in Inco mines. operation of a foam ventilator used in fighting fires.

The Frood-Stobie-Garson team members till their rebreather outfits with cardoxide, a chemical which absorbs carbon dioxide from air expelled by the wearers lungs leaving whatever oxygen is left to be recirculated

11 Captain John Lacey makes a note in his log with Ron Charbonneau providing light from his cap light.

he Frood-Stobre team applies first aid to one of the victims n the problem.

12 Sudbury suggestion plan awards Due to space limitations we are not able to publish all the names of i suggestion plan award winners. This edition of the suggestion plan saw 103 Roy Conley Calvin McFarlane suggestions earn a total of $14,995. $1,910 Shared $1,035

$2,095 Claude Degagne of the Copper Cliff smelter found that temperature fluctuation and vibration from automatic punching caused matte penetration between the brick and around the tuyere pipe. When cooled, matte or slag pulled away or "spalled" the surface of the brick and contributed to the deterioration of brick and tuyeres. He recommended that a higher quality mortar be used to seal the space between tuyere pipes and brick. Trials proved that this reduced brick and tuyere deterioration.

$1,910 At Stobie mine, Roy Conley suggested that failed drill chucks be bored out and have AL60 chuck bushings installed to replace the existing chuck. This effectively cut maintenance costs.

$1,035 Calvin McFarlane and John Laking of Garson mine collaborated and came up with modifications to the braking system on battery locomotives that cut labor and material costs.

$855 Jim Mulligan of the Copper Cliff smelter recommended that worn chrome wear sleeves in the turbo mixer agitator tanks at the matte processing department be recycled, a suggestion that reduced material costs.

$465 Labor savings resulted from a suggestion put forth at Little Stobie mine by Victor Proulx. He proposed converting two unutilized slime cars for use in handling cement.

$455 Rather than using heavy duty trailing cables on converter punching machines at the Copper Cliff smelter which he found large and difficult to handle , Ray Newman suggested that light gauge cab tire electrical cable be used. Not only is the new cable easier to handle but it also is less expensive.

$380 Garnet Avery of Frood mine recommended the use of PVC conduit in the switch room in place of rigid metal conduit. This was found to be less expensive and easier to use.

$340 At the Frood-Stobie warehouse, Ray Lagace cut material costs by suggesting that two stock codes be eliminated and replaced by one.

$260 At the Clarabelle mill, Gunther Boehlen felt an automatic timing device should be installed to regulate sample drying ovens which, though required for only five hours, were left on all day. His idea cut energy costs.

$190 Also at the Clarabelle mill, Albert Garon proposed revisions to the hanger supports for magnets on E floor conveyors to permit some horizontal travel of the magnets. This allows larger pieces of muck to pass more freely and eliminates jams that resulted in damaged troughs and belts.

13 Ingenious solution

Nature curries no favor for man's A giant ice flow broke away from spring, the ice did not break up into creations. Contending with the effect of Vermillion Lake and, carried by a swift smaller flows as is normally the case. its formidable force often calls upon current, crumpled hydro poles along The ice wreaked its damage in the the application of all our ingenuity and the Vermillion River carrying electricity middle of the night. The felled poles wit. Late in April, the power section of to the Levack complex and the town of were noticed early next morning by the utilities department, found itself in Levack. Jack Hunter, power section Laurent Rancourt, caretaker at the this position, dealing with the general foreman, estimates it Richelieu property on the lake. One aftermath of an all-too-sudden spring measured approximately 300 feet three-pole stand was completely breakup. across. Due to the rapid melt this mangled while a single pole was

Jack Hunter and Laurent Rancourl aspect the damage ioflicted on a hydro pole by a huge ce flow on the Vermillion River, All three poles of another set were completely demofshed

14 cracked in another. Luckily, the poles on one stand fell in such a way that the 69.000 volt lines came to rest only three feet above the water. If they had made contact, Jack says, an outage would have occurred. As far as anyone knows, this sort of natural catastrophe has never happened before, at least not in the 40 years of the pole line's existence. The testy situation commanded immediate action. The poles had to be replaced in some temporary fashion until the extraordinarily high waters receded. Jack's solution was to fix a pole on a barge which was to be moved into place and sunk to act as a temporary The barge, with a temporary hydro pole in place, was moved measure. "That's the only thing I could into place and sunk. think of," he says. Though the power section has dealt with nature's blows before, like the tornado that hit Sudbury in 1970, it had never to contend with something as "unusual as this," as he puts it. 'There was no way to get at it." Barges were moved from High Falls to the Lockerby mine road and launched onto the Vermillion River. The power was shut off allowing the power section men to accomplish the toughest part of the mission, securing the poles. With the conductors closest to the water flagged and warning flashers up and men with radios stationed to protect the public, the poles were lashed together to prevent them from falling across the power lines. The power lines were then secured to the new, temporary pole. The barge it stood on was filled with water and sunk. Once conditions permit, the pole line will be rebuilt in a new location to avoid the incursions of any ice flows in the future. The future came a little earlier than most expected as another massive ice flow was spotted moving after a shift in wind direction the following day, This time the power section gang physically broke up the ice flow before it could cause any further damage.

Before the waters receded this barge which supports a temporary hydro pole was compieted submerged Safety conscious kids

One force that has been growing consistently in Sudbury in recent years is an army of safety conscious school kids known as the Inco Safety Brigade. Six years ago CKSO Radio sales manager Gary Duguay and then morning disk jockey Mike Cranston conceived the idea of involving elementary school children with safety. Originally kids were invited to send their names to the radio station. A letter was drawn each week day morning throughout the school year and the child was contacted by the morning DJ. The child had to repeat a safety tip that had been aired earlier in the broadcast. Of all the winners in a month, a name was drawn, and a savings bond issued to that child by K-h Aim .dlp n the sponsor of the program, Inco. Sid Forster, superintendent of public affairs, congratulates safety brigade winner Keith Joiner, son of Ted Joiner, a supervising analyst in the computer department. This past school year the format was changed. Kids were asked to write in their safety tips. From these a draw is made daily and the child is contacted by morning DJ Pat Cochrane and asked to repeat the safety tip. The daily winner receives an Inco Safety Brigade knapsack which contains information about the Company. At the end of the month, a draw is made from the winners. The person selected wins a McDonald's lunch for his entire class. Representatives of Inco and CKSO visit the school on the day of the lunch to talk to the kids about safety. Gary describes the response to the Inco safety brigade contest as "excellent" In many cases, he adds, the emphasis has shifted from individual initiative to one where kids Ea As a result of Keith's participation in the safety brigade contest, he and his classmates at St. Denis act in concert with their school mates Separate School won a McDonald's lunch. on a class project basis to come up with safety tips to send. He estimates According to Sid Forster, program is in keeping with the the number of winners over the last six superintendent of public affairs who Company's continuing emphasis on years as being between 2,500 and also acts as safety brigade promoting safety both in the 3,000 children. coordinator, Inco's sponsorship of the workplace and at home.

16 PORT COLBORNE EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS' GOLF TOURNAMENT

Date: July 24, 1985 Place: Port Colborne Golf and Country Club For more information contact: Elaine Arnold at 834-3611 or Les Lewis at 834-6671 u N TOUCH GOLF

Date: August 13, 1985 Place: Lively Golf and Country Club Entry Fee: $12, includes meal and green fees Registration is on a first come first served basis. It will be strictly limited to first 160 entries so be sure and get your entry form in early.

For more information phone Jim Bryson at 675-8236

j Please note: The entr y fee eat $12 must accompany your entry. \take 1 out your cheque or mono order pavahle to the IN Touch Pensiotters' I { Toll ll nmameill . Do not send cash by mail. J

17 Senior singers For the first time since its inception in 1980, the Walden Seniors Choir competed in the annual Choirfest competition for senior citizen choirs held in Kitchener in June. Numbering 26 the Walden club includes Inco pensioners in its membership. It is directed by Carol Butler, wife of Company employee Bob Butler. Choir pianist is Joan Doherty, wife of Morley Doherty, also an Inco employee. Variety Night raised the funds necessary for the choir to travel to the competition in Kitchener. Held at the Walden Arena before a sold out house, Variety Night featured r lrffll^ a number of musical acts Joan Doherty conducts the Walden Seniors Choir in a rehearsal prior including the Seniors Choir. to appearing in the third annual Variety Night held in Walden recently

Pension Club Maintenance Pension Club from their fellow workers. The to members of the club hosted its annual banquet in festive evening included executive committee: Bob When the Copper Cliff April at the Caruso Club in draws for over $3,000 in Roberti, president, Bill Mechanical Pension Club was Sudbury, stood at 750. The prizes made possible by the Doherty vice-president and first formed by a group of most recent "class" of generosity of sponsors. Tom master of ceremonies for the employees of the Copper Cliff pensioners alone swelled the Prior, superintendent of event; Jean Guy Crepeault, mechanical department in ranks by over 200. divisional shops, was on secretary; Paul Levesque, 1938 it boasted a Each of the new hand as Company treasurer; Bob Godin, membership of 20 men. The pensioners was presented representative and honorary director; Bernie Beaulne, tally of members after, as it is with the traditonal gold watch club president to address the director; Allen Neeley, known today, the Copper Cliff as a token of appreciation pensioners. Special thanks go director.

From left, Bob Roberti, president of the Copper Cliff Maintenance Over 700 members of the Copper Cliff Maintenance Pension Club Pension Club presents gold watches to the club's newest members Con attended its annual get-together in April. Disall6, Ozzie Carriere, Ken Cushing and Paul Levesque.

18 Birthday surprise Miners wanted Janet Poulton was mechanic at Frood mine was Miners, either professional challenge one another July wondering how she could summoned to the gate, where or amateur, can once again 14. The hours of both make her husband's 40th town crier George Houston, test their skills this summer as contests are from 10 am to 6 birthday a memorable one for aided by musician Sean Science North will be hosting pm. him. She came up with the Dempsey, son of George its Third Annual Mining Competitors will try their unique thought of having his Dempsey of the Copper Cliff Festival at the Big Nickel hand at four events, mucking birthday announced as it plate shop, proclaimed the Mine. Competition for the machine operation, jackleg might have in the 18th special day for the entire amateurs is slated for July 13 drilling, handmucking and century, by a town crier. Poulton clan. The birthday while the professionals scooptram operation. The On May 10, at noon hour, surprise, without doubt, was a entry fee is $5 per event in Doug Poulton, a maintenance cut above cake and candles. the form of a cheque payable to Science North. Entries are limited to the first 50 applicants. The closing date for entries is July 5, 1985. Winners will receive cash prizes.

'Town crier" George Houston, accompanied by trumpeter Sean Dempsey, announces to all concerned, in this case the Poulton family, consisting of from left, Anne, 7 Mark, 10, and Erin, 12, and parents Doug and Janet, the auspicious occasion of Doug's fortieth birthday

Agricultural leadership program designed to help farmers, employees of young farm leaders meet the agriculture related businesses Gem and polished rock challenges and opportunities or anyone committed to buffs will once again have the facing rural Ontario. A native agriculture in the province. opportunity to examine the of Sudbury she is a graduate Consisting of 12 seminar wares of gem and mineral of Marymount College and sessions to be held in various dealers from Canada and the the University of Guelph. She localities, the program United States at the third is secretary of the Sudbury objectives are to increase annual Rockhound Festival Business and Professional participants' awareness of hosted by Science North at Women's Club and member Ontario's agricultural industry, the Big Nickel Mine on of the Provincial Advisory its relation to national and August 17 and 18. Last year Committee for Horticulture, international communities and the Festival attracted close to Ministry of Colleges and its social, political, scientific two thousand visitors. Dealers Universities, and fiscal complexities. will have jewelry and other It is a two year program The Agricultural Leadership creations for sale. It is also a open to men and women Trust is formed by time for rock collectors to from 25-40 years of age who representatives from the meet and swap. For further have already demonstrated Foundation for Rural Living, information on the horticulturist in Ellen Heale, their leadership qualities, an the Ontario Agricultural Rockhound Festival please Inco's agricultural department interest in community College, the Ontario Ministry call Big Nickel Mine at is one of 30 people selected activities and the potential for of Agriculture and Food and 673-5659. for the Advanced Agricultural further leadership the Ontario Federation of Leadership Program, a development. They can be Agriculture.

19 Y have four fine sons: Stanley Jr., in Gil was born at Levis, Quebec in Stanley Bielanski Toronto; Henry, on staff at Frood- 1926 where he worked for a time as a Born in Poland in 1922, Stanley Stobie mill; Edward, at Elliot Lake, camp cook before heading for Toronto Bielanski came to Canada in 1948 and Christopher, in his last year at and several jobs in that town. and worked the first year on a railroad Laurentian University. To date there is Anita Myers and Gil were married at extra gang. From there he went to a one very lucky grandson, adored by Sudbury in 1952. Their five children paper mill at Ocean Falls and in 1951, his grandparents. are: Paul, in Halifax; Marc, at on the advice of a friend, came to Stanley and family have lived in the Cambrian College; Jacqueline is Mrs. Sudbury. Donovan section of Sudbury all their Peter Racippo; and Cecile is married married life and like it there. They are to Mark Henderson; Joanne is Mrs. members of the local Polish Club and attend St. Casimir's Polish Church. Stanley is very fond of baseball and hockey on TV and he hopes to do some fishing now. He likes to walk and does daily exercises. With more time on their hands, they hope now to travel more and probably see all of Canada. A happy and very pleasant couple, they are in good health, have many friends and are enjoying their new found leisure.

G' es Turyeo.n He was soon working die o ell know at reighton where he sinter plant and a few months later had worked for some 34 years, Gil moved to Frood working for Wilbur Turgeon has taken advantage of the Herman on construction and also for early service plan and is thoroughly Rick Fahey of Thunder Bay. To date Jack Bruce in the timber yard. He enjoying retirement. there are three grandchildren. went to the Clarabelle Open Pit in While working in Toronto he had The Turgeons have lived in Lively 1961 and stayed there until retirement. seen an lnco ad and came to for 20 years and are content to During the war, Stanley tried to join Sudbury where he was hired at remain there. Gil has a small garden the Polish partisans but was captured Creighton 5 shaft in 1951. During his and likes to fish for speckles. They and spent some time as a prisoner in years at that location he had worked both enjoy walking and country music, Germany. He later joined the at all shafts, first on production and and they have several friends with American army and was with them development work, then on the cages whom they have some hot euchre until he came to Canada in 1948. and skips. He spent many years at 8 games. Krystyna Brikl was also born in shaft and was a cagetender at 9 They have been to Jamaica and Poland and came to Canada in 1950. shaft. Prior to his retirement he was Mexico and have seen both coasts of She and Stanley met at the Polish an operating shaft boss at that Canada. They like to travel by car and Hall and were married in 1952. They location. are planning a few trips in the future.

20 Both are enjoying good health. long walks and are generally quite Leo Narkiewich Anita has worked for some time in the happy in their new way of life. Retired from the nickel reverbs pharmacy at Sudbury General where he had been a tapper helper Hospital and Gil doesn't mind doing for the last several years, Leo some *of the housework now. It is Joe Gudelevicius, Narkiewich is enjoying his new way of obvious that they are very compatible Retired from the copper refinery on life. He has worked at the smelter and will have a happy retirement. early service, Joe Gudelevicius has since 1948 when he came from a worked at that location since joining lumber camp near Chapleau to Inco in 1948. He started in the Frank Iorf ida Sudbury. Most of that time was spent tankhouse working for Warren Koth. in the reverb department, many of it Frank lorfida has retired from the He transferred to the mechanical at the sand bins. rockhouse at Stobi6 mine. He first gang some 14 years later and worked He was born in Bylelorussia in 1925 joined Inco in 1956 at the reverbs and with them until his retirement. and says that it is the third largest of from there he went to the Orford the 16 republics in that country. He building and later to the separation grew up on a farm and in 1944 went plant. He also worked underground at to West Germany to work on ships. Frood before moving to Stobie The following year he came to rockhouse. Canada on a contract to work one Frank was born in Italy in 1925 and year in the bush. He did that, learned came to Canada in 1951 to join his a few words of English, then came to father who was working in the bush Sudbury and a job with Inco. near South River. In 1953 he came to Leo is still single and on reflection Sudbury to work for Fraser Brace and admits that he would have preferred helped excavate the base for the iron married life and a family, but, as he ore plant stack before hiring at Inco. said, when he was young he moved about too much. But he is accustomed to single life now and has a comfortable home in the north end of Sudbury.

Joe was born on a farm in Lithuania in 1924 and he recalled that his country was overrun by the Russians in 1940. Later he was taken by the Germans to Germany where he worked until the war's end. After a period in a displaced persons' camp he came to Canada in 1947 and spent the first few months in the bush north j of Timmins. After he learned a little English he came to Sudbury and a s 1 job with Inco. Joe married Marie Estler in Sudbury, and they have six children. In 1954 he brought over his Tony, in Timmins; Richard, in childhood sweetheart and they were Sudbury; Ronald, in Windsor and married that year in Sudbury. She Susan, Betty and Tina, all in Sudbury. Leo built a summer place on the was Teresa Pissani before their There is one grandchild. Sturgeon River in 1969 and spends marriage. They have four daughters: Joe has lived in the Gatchell area most of his summers there where he Bruna, in Sudbury; Nancy, Mrs. Mike of Sudbury for over 28 years and he does a bit of fishing. He used to hunt Aitcheson; Rita, Mrs. Nelson Levellier, also has 160 acres of bush near but has given that up. and Maria, Mrs. Marc Leblanc. And Markstay, where he cuts wood. In He enjoys soccer and hockey on TV there are seven grandchildren. addition he has a summer place as they are games he understands. Frank has a good garden at his about eight miles north of Markstay He has many friends in town and home on Copper St. in Sudbury where he gets in some fishing, both enjoys a few beers with the boys quite where he grows most of their own winter and summer. regularly. produce. And of course he also He tends a small garden, likes to He hopes to travel more now and makes his own wine. He likes to fish, watch hockey on TV and belongs to plans to see all of Canada. "I'll go by has a small boat and trailer, and the local Lithuanian Club. bus or train," he said. "That way you hunts moose each year. His wife In 1971 he made a trip to Australia can see things." enjoys the soap operas on TV. to visit a brother there but otherwise A happy, gregarious man, Leo They have made one trip back to his travels have been limited. He is in enjoys good health and is looking Italy and hope to go again soon. They reasonably good health and happy forward to many pleasant retirement are active in their church, like to take with his family and friends. years. They both enjoy fishing and They were married at Christ the swimming and Mrs. Rivals has been a King Church and are active in their Lionette for many years. And now with church. They have many friends and more time at their disposal they also Al claims he is busier now than when plan to see more of Canada. In great he was working. health they are anticipating many He enjoyed his work and especially happy years of leisure together. the fellows he worked with. "They gave me a great send-off and presented me with a gold watch and Allen Casey chain," he said proudly. His wife is bothered with arthritis Al Casey has retired from Little but Al is in relatively good health and Stobie mine after spending most of happy in his new lifestyle. his Inco years at the Frood-Stobie complex. He was hired in 1947 at the copper refinery but transferred to Frood in 1951 where he worked on Roger Seguin the upper levels for Ernie "Inco treated me good and I left Weisenberger. He later went to Stobie there with good feelings with and then with the motor crews at everybody," said Roger Seguin when Little Stobie. asked about his recent retirement. Pit Rivals has been with the Al was born on a small farm in New Roger declared that retirement is mechanical department ever since he Brunswick in 1929. He had worked for the best time of his life but he does started with Inco at Coniston in 1948. a short time in a cement block plant admit he misses the boys at work. "I He was born in that town, grew up before seeing an Inco ad in the paper. go visit them once in a while," he there and delivered groceries for a So in 1947 he landed in Sudbury and said. time before joining the Company. His was soon working in the wire bar Roger is an active man who is in father Frank had retired from storage at the copper refinery. good health. He spends most of the Coniston. summer at their camp on the French During his career he worked at River where most of the family many locations including a period as congregate in summer. Roger gets in a training supervisor. He was some fishing but winter is his best promoted to staff in 1970 and earlier time as he is an avid moose and deer had spent some ten years at the iron hunter and also helps his brother on ore plant. When the Coniston smelter his trapline near Noelville. "I love the closed in 1972 he was one of a group bush and could spend all my time who formed what eventually became there," he declared. With a central maintenance. From 1982 until snowmobile and an all-terrain-vehicle his retirement he had been a planning he can pretty well go where and when foreman. he pleases. Pit met Geraldine Squires while He was born on a farm near skating and married her in 1951. Their Noelville in 1931 and went to work in children are: Blaine and Randy, in the bush and at a sawmill when he Sudbury; Lynn, Mrs. Kim Conrod of was 17. On his 20th birthday, May 18, Elliot Lake; and Nancy, Mrs. Raymond 1951 he joined Inco at the reverbs. He Gilbeau of Sudbury. There are four worked with John Weir's gang for grandchildren that get their full share He and Veronica Versteeg were of attention from their grandparents. married in 1951. Their family includes The Rivais have lived in Coniston three boys: Allen in Kitchener; James most of their married lives and intend in Toronto, and Stanley in Sudbury. to stay there. They have a summer And there are five grandchildren. Al place at Lake Kugagami where they also has a brother Charlie working at spend most of their summers and a Frood-Stobie. good deal of their winters too. "We After living many years near Lake have cross-country ski trails there Ramsey, Al and his wife have moved now," they said. They are both active to a smaller home on Ontario St. cyclists, and before he retired where Al is in the process of Geraldine had worked at the main remodelling the place. post office in Sudbury for a time. He likes to fish, and enjoys This past winter they took a trip to camping with their camper truck. Cuba and found that tourists were They may make another trip to well treated. They have been to California where he has a sister. Mrs. Florida and may now take a look at Casey has been back to Holland Texas although most of the winter will several times and Al still visits his be spent here. home province.

22 about five years then transferred to Lionel was born in Quebec in 1926 Frood and worked on production both but the family moved to a farm in there and Stobie, a good part of the Chelmsford when he was about three, time as a longhole driller. The last 10 where he was raised. They moved to years he worked with the town when he was ten. Before coming maintenance crew of the mechanical to Inco, he worked with the railroad department. extra gang and on the farm. Roger married Lola Clement in In 1950 he and Jacqueline Noelville in 1951 and they have four Castonguay were married at children: Donald in Sudbury; Roger Jr. Chelmsford. They have one daughter, at Val Caron; Anne, Mrs. Charlie Pauline, Mrs. Gaston Germain of Bisaillon of Espanola; and Linda, Mrs. Azilda. Both love their three Danny Hines in the Ottawa Valley. To grandchildren. Lionel has a brother date there are three grandchildren. Rene, an Inco pensioner and Mrs. Seguin has worked in the post Jacqueline has a brother, Rejean who office at Val Caron for 18 years so is also a pensioner. she doesn't mind Roger being off They have a comfortable home in hunting and fishing. They have lived Chelmsford and a summer place on in Val Caron since he built his home the Vermillion River. Lionel also has a there in 1954. They have made one hunt camp near Gogama where they trip to Florida and may go to Mexico hunt moose and deer and ice fish in next year. winter. "We get pike, and I like them Boxing is Roger's favorite sport but next to lake trout for eating," he said. returning to Inco in 1951 at Frood he does watch hockey and baseball They also have a garden at their mine. Later he also worked at Murray when the playoffs come. He has a camp. and Levack. small garden at his home but his first They enjoy travel, have seen both Berthe Paradise and he were love is the bush or camp. coasts of Canada and have been to married at Blezard Valley in 1946. Florida several times, to Mexico, They have a family of eight children Hawaii and Jamaica. They usually go and 12 grandchildren. The children with several friends. are: Jacques, Donald, Leo-Paul, Lionel likes to watch sports on Andre, and Jean Guy, all of television and is a Montreal fan. He Chelmsford; Gilbert of Sudbury. has now taken up cross-country Daughter Lizette is at home and skiing. That, along with the business Murielle is Mrs. Phillip Woodliffe of of maintaining his home and camp, Sudbury. Mrs. Trottier has a brother provide him with plenty of exercise. Jean Louis retired from Frood, and "Over the years we used to build another brother Leon at the smelter. houses, my brother and I. We've built Leo and his family have lived in the about 10 around Chelmsford," he Chelmsford area all their lives and said. He's a handy man to have when the family was growing up used around. their farm to grow and produce much of what they ate. They now rent the farm. They have a motor home in which they have done some travelling and hope to do more now. And in winter it is travel by ski-doo. Leo Trottier Their one big trip that they have The world is a much better place been planning for some time and because of people like Leo and hope to take next year is to Lionel Chevrier Berthe Trottier. They are the dedicated Jerusalem. "We must see that before "I enjoyed my work and I liked people who quietly go about helping we die," said Mrs. Trottier. going to work," declared Lionel those less fortunate through their All the family are musical and Chevrier. "I worked at Levack more church. They have both taken courses mother both sings and calls for than 40 years and always got along which trains them for many duties square dances. An active couple they well. And I worked on production right including the visiting and care of the do plenty of walking and also ride up until I took my pension," he added sick and older people, something they bicycles and are in good health. They proudly. do with joy. love their family and see some of Lionel first joined Inco in 1943 at Leo has retired from the South them every day. "At one time all eight the reverbs but only worked the winter mine where he was a dryman the last of them were going to school and in and went back to the farm for the 18 years. He has a back problem the morning the house looked like a summer. In 1944 he rehired at Levack which limits his activities somewhat. battle field," said Mrs. Trottier with a and stayed. "I always made pretty He joined Inco in 1943 but, like other big smile. good money too," he said. During his farm boys, went back to the farm in A very fine couple are Leo and time underground he spent seven the summer. He did that for a time, Berthe who will put to good use the years as a shaft inspector. worked for Smith and Travers before time they now have in retirement.

23 Eloi `Lloyd ' Lalande In good health they cross country shape by cycling. He is also a Lloyd Lalande is one of a family of ski, play cards, and enjoy their family member of the Legion at Chelmsford. 11 kids who grew up on a farm near and friends. They both admit that they "We are a close family," he said. Wendover, Ontario. At age 19 Lloyd are enjoying retirement. "My brothers and I go fishing togethe went to work in a local cheese factory and we have fun. And my dad lived tc where he says they made the very be 93 and my mother 85." And he best of cheddar. Later he tended bar Laurient Poulin has a brother, Gene, who is celebrating a 50th wedding for a short time at Smith Falls after Larry Poulin is one of 13 children which he came to Sudbury. He joined anniversary. who were born and raised on the Larry likes helping people as well a cousin who owned a store in the family farm near Azilda. There were Flour Mill. as his family and does so in many 10 boys and Larry says that at some ways. One of his family has 12 acres time all 10 of them had worked for of the old farm and he helps out there Inco. "We were poor on the farm," he at times. He also likes to travel and said. "I can remember helping my plans to go to Florida next year. dad sell potatoes door to door for $1 a bag." Larry joined Inco at Frood in 1950 and then went to Murray mine where he spent 18 years. Except for a brief stint at Levack he remained at Murray until it closed in 1970. The last 14 years he worked at Levack, mostly on motor crews. Earlier he had worked on production and with tramming crews. In 1949, Larry married Anita Trottier in Chelmsford. They have seven children. Their two sons are Michel, at the smelter, and Gerry in Sudbury. The girls are: Therese, Mrs. Rudy Moncion of Val Caron; Diane, of Hiring at Frood mine in 1947, Lloyd Azilda; Liliane, Mrs. Claude Michel of worked on production on many levels Chelmsford; Micheline, whose for 27 years when he transferred to husband Gilles Lavallee works at the mechanical department. He was a Stobie, and Monique. There are 12 drill fitter at Frood from 1974 until his grandchildren. Larry proudly states recent retirement on early service. He that his family of 13 has grown to 108 states that Frood was a great place to grandchildren at last count. He also ',Antonio Silvesttri work. has three brothers retired from Inco: Tony Silvesttri has lived in Coniston It was in 1949 at Rockland, Ontario, Aurel from Copper Cliff; Bert from since coming to Canada back in 1951 that Lloyd and Anita David were Levack, and Eugene from Murray. and it would take a lot to move him married. They have four daughters: Larry has lived in Azilda the last now. He is probably one of the best Helen, Mrs. Mario Anselmo of Val five years and likes it there. He gardeners in that town and he and his Caron; Claire, Mrs. Angelo Battocchio, belongs to the seniors' club and wife Teresa have vegetables galore now living in Italy; Lorraine, Mrs. attends many dances and keeps in and a riot of flowers. She preserves Bruce Everest of Hanmer, and Estelle most of their produce and their in Washington, D.C. There are seven children also enjoy that bounty. grandchildren. Lloyd's brothers, Born in Italy in 1927, Tony grew up Claude and Charlie are Inco on a farm and until he came to employees working at Stobie mine. Canada had worked mostly in The Lalandes have lived in Val farming. He arrived in Canada at Caron since 1956. They tend a fine Montreal, and spoke only Italian. He garden there. They also have a worked for a couple of months on a summer place on the Sturgeon River farm before coming to a friend, Leoni where they spend much of their Visentin at Coniston. He got a job at summers. Lloyd does a bit of fishing the smelter right away working for but his main hobby is working with Andy McLean and when the plant wood. closed in 1972, went to work in They have made a trip to Mexico shipping at matte processing in and Mrs. Lalande has been to Italy to Copper Cliff. He retired last year on visit her daughter. They hope to travel the early service plan. more now. Lloyd is a member of the Teresa Zecchini, came to Coniston Knights of Columbus and a regular in 1953. She and Tony had known blood donor. each other in Italy and her brother

24 married his sister. When Teresa first liked that type of work, and was good saw Coniston and compared it to the at it also. fertile part of Italy she came from, she Ferm was born on a fine farm in wondered if she was doing the right Italy where the best grapes were thing. But now she knows that grown. He worked there until coming Coniston is just the best town in to Canada in 1950. It was with the which to live. And they have helped help of Joe Perusini, (the famous make it so. Frood "Boxhole Joe"), that he was Their son John is with a local body able to come here with his wife. shop and daughter Mary is married to They were married in Italy and lived Peter Tulumello. There are two for a short time on the family farm. grandsons that are the light of life to Her maiden name was Caterina Tony and Teresa. Gregolon and they have three They are active members of the children. Son Angelo is with IBM in local Club Allegri. He bowls and plays Toronto; daughter Franca is a teacher bocci there and this winter had his at Cambridge, Ontario, and Maryann first go at ice fishing. They have been is in TV and radio at Pembroke. So back to Italy on four occasions and far none of their children are married, will likely go again. Next winter they so there are no grandchildren but hope to go to Argentina to visit her Ferm and Caterina are hopeful that brother. And they also hope to see the some day they will be grandparents. west coast of Canada. She loves to sew and make things for After nine years there he moved on A healthy, happy and well contented little ones and would love to do it for to a number of locations, first to the couple, Tony and his wife are her very own granddaughters. mechanics at Coniston, then to thoroughly enjoying the new life of Ferm is a gardener and grows Copper Cliff and the Iron Ore Plant; retirement and they'll likely spend everything including plums and pears. then back to the mechanics, and in more of their time in their lovely And of course his wife preserves most 1965 to the carpenter shop at garden. of their produce. He loves to work Coniston until the plant closed in outside and also is a keen hunter and 1972. After a couple of other stops he fisherman. "Never miss my moose," finally landed at the Frood carpenter he declared. And he likes winter and shop and spent the last 10 years Fermino Zadra ice fishing. there. "It was a good place to work," Well known at Frood and Stobie for They are both active at the local he declared. the past 35 years, Ferm Zadra has Caruso Club which is near their west Before hiring with Inco, he married taken advantage of the early service end home. They have made several Jacqueline Lemieux at St. Charles plan. He likes his work but felt this trips back to Italy and hope to go where she was raised. Their family was a good opportunity to leave. again. Ferm loves watching curling did include three sons, but and next year plans to curl with the unfortunately young Jacques was pensioners. killed in 1969. The other two are twins They are in good health and Paul and Pierre, both at home. enjoying retirement together. They Daughter Lillian is married to Dr. J. agree that Sudbury is the best place Fantin of Sudbury, and Jeannine is to live. Mrs. Bruce McDonald of Coniston. There are three grandchildren. Dea is from a large family of 12 children, and at one time he and five of his brothers were all working at Inco. Ovide has retired from Frood; Dea Whissell Gerald is at Stobie; Rudolf and Dea Whissell is rightfully proud of Richard are at Frood, and Claude is the fact that while he only had a little at Creighton. more than three years formal Dea and his family have lived at schooling, he is able to read Coniston since 1950 and he has a blueprints and knows a good deal of fine garden there. He also has a fish- history. camp near Lake Nipissing. Born on a farm near St. Charles in He started in the timber yard at 1928 they were burnt out when he They enjoy travelling and were able Frood in 1950 working for Jack Bruce was five and then moved to the West to visit Florida this past winter. It was and six months later went with Moe Arm area. As Dea grew up, he, like their first visit but it won't be their Fior on track maintenance. He stayed many others, worked in the bush in last. They also hope to see more of with the track gang until his winter and in a sawmill in summer. He Canada. Dea does a little carpenter retirement, working on both the did that for six years until 1959, when work and they like to play cards with standard and narrow gauge track. A he came to Coniston and was hired at friends and generally enjoy their new man who enjoys the outdoors, he the old sinter plant. life.

25 They play cards with friends, read department and stayed there until hi: ice and watch selected TV shows. And recent retirement. both still have relatives in the west In 1957, at Sudbury, he and Susan 0 that they visit quite regularly. Hebert were married. She is from John admits that although he liked Manitoulin Island. They have one sor farming he realizes that he has been Richard at home; and two daughters: better off working here, even though it Cheryl, Mrs. Jamie Dumas, and took him six years to realize that. Elaine, Mrs. Ed Armstrong, both of They are in relatively good health and Copper Cliff. To date there is one are enjoying each other and their new I grandson and Yacker says he likes leisure time. being a grandfather. They have lived at Copper Cliff all their married life and will stay there it John `Packer' Flynn their comfortable home where he To Yacker Flynn, hockey is a way of plans to add a patio this summer for life and he has been at it most of his outdoor living. He also cultivates a life starting back with Gord Alcott and garden and in summer he plays a bit his kids at Copper Cliff. From there of golf. he graduated to minor hockey and A popular and gregarious guy, John Mallick junior hockey at Copper Cliff then to Yacker admits he likes to go to one of Guelph in the junior O.H.A. the shopping malls wearing his bright It took John Mallick six tries before red Molson's jacket where he attracts he finally decided that mining was to Then it was off to the pros, starting with the New York Rangers' farm many of his old friends and buddies. be preferred over farming. He was He has no desire to travel and enjoys born on the family farm in team, the New York Rovers. Next, it was the Atlantic City Seagulls for a living in the Sudbury area. Saskatchewan and was one of 11 Mrs. Flynn has been the head cook children. He first came east in 1948, couple of years before returning to Sudbury. "I never quite made it to the at the Copper Cliff Club for the past hired at Murray, worked the winter, 12 years and Yacker recalled that his then back to the farm. In 1948 it was big league;' said Yacker with a grin and no real regret. dad came here the year the club was to the Frood; in 1949 to Levack; in built, 1915. 1950 Stobie and again in 1951. Then Enjoying his friends, family, hockey in 1952 he came to stay this time at and good health, Yacker is very happy Murray mine. He soon moved over to in retirement. Stobie and worked there and at Frood until retirement. He liked mining and had worked on production and development all his Ray Pulvermacher Inco years. "It's been a long, long winter," In 1951 he married a lovely girl also according to Ray Pulvermacher who from Saskatchewan, Verna Palagian. retired on early service pension They have a family of three sons November 1st, with 37 years credited and one daughter. John, at Espanola; service. Harold, at London, Ontario, and Paul Ray started at Levack mine in the in Sudbury. Daughter Susan is Mrs. fall of 1947 but left in the spring of John Hanninen of Sudbury. There are 1948. "I needed something to tide me seven grandchildren and that makes over for the winter," he said, "and I John and Verna happy. did the same thing the next year, but They have lived in the Long Lake this time I never did get back home, area of Sudbury for 30 years and will that's why I say it's been a long stay there to tend their large garden. While playing hockey he worked in winter." They also have an acre of land on Sudbury as a car salesman and other He found life, and work, in Levack Manitoulin Island where they had a jobs in the summer. He played with much different to his home town of garden at one time but it became too the great Sudbury Wolves for four Bruno, Saskatchewan. He recalled the big a chore. And as Mrs. Mallick said, years when he was part of the "Dirty Thirties" and then his work at most of what she preserves she just famous "Kid Line" and during that Levack. He was a Shaft Inspector gives away. period they won several titles. He still Leader at the time of his retirement. They hope now to have more time plays with the oldtimers and the Shortly after returning to Levack, to do a bit of fishing, swim more and pensioners and watches hockey Ray met Honorine (Lorraine) Ritchie, possibly travel, although they have games regularly. of Massey. They were married in been to both coasts and she has Born at Copper Cliff in 1928, son of Massey, December 28th, 1949. made a trip to Florida. John likes to the best ball player ever to come to They are proud of their four sons. work around the house and in his that town, Bert Flynn, Yacker started Alan, of the Plant Protection spare time plays the violin and guitar. with Inco as a timekeeper in the Department in Levack, married Louise He used to hunt but his knees are reverbs in 1955 and three years later Ladouceur and they are the parents giving him some trouble now. went to the capital expenditures of Ray and Lorraine's two grandsons,

26 Ray St. Pierre and Campbell Arden `Rocky' Nelson Girdwood. In 1949 he was sent to the Arden "Rocky" Nelson was born in carpenter shop at Creighton then Detroit in 1925. When he was seven back to Frood rockhouse due to a his parents moved to Toronto where force reduction. He trained to be a his dad had been promised a job. hoistman and spent the next 19 years The job had evaporated when they doing that at most of the Into mines. arrived so they moved on to His later years were spent as a hoist Manitoulin Island. He doesn't know inspector at Stobie and Little Stobie. where or how the nickname came He was born in Alberta in 1926. He about, but once he had it, it seemed came east with his family when he to follow him. was 12, first to Guelph then Sudbury Rocky had planned on retiring this where his dad was a mechanic at year but when "the offer" came Davidson's garage on Elm St. along he decided to accept, and so Bill's wife is a local Sudbury girl, after 21 years of credited service he's daughter of a well known tailor, L. relaxing and enjoying life. Hunt, who came to Sudbury in 1922. Arden worked for the Sudbury High Marian and Bill were married at School Board for a number of years before joining the staff on the and one granddaughter. Brian works Sudbury General Hospital as a in Sudbury for the Workers' custodian. In 1963 he started with CIL Compensation Board. Third son Gary in Copper Cliff and when Inco works in Medicine Hat, Alberta and is absorbed that function he came with married to Audrey Maser. Youngest them. Subsequently he joined the son Glenn is at home. general maintenance department as a Ray is a member of the Elks and is mason. He enjoyed that for it allowed a Past Exalted Ruler of that him to visit many of the Company's organization. They both belong to the facilities. Onaping Golden Age Club, and enjoy Rocky's dad worked for the travelling with their fifth-wheel camper. Company at Frood mine until his They are presently joint Secretary- death in 1973. He has a cousin, Treasurer of the Sudbury Area Claude Kerr, who is with the central Coachman Voyageurs Trailer Club. utilities department. In years gone by, Ray was an avid Rocky is an avid hunter and he and baseball player. Ray wore glasses a friend are building a tower for use when playing baseball and relates in deer hunting next fall on Manitoulin what happened to him one day when Island. He describes it as being about he forgot his glasses. The opposing 15 feet at the base and about five batter slammed the ball toward him Sudbury in 1949 and have two sons: David, a teacher at Lively; and Allen feet at the top. The platform will be and he mis-judged it. The result was about 17 feet high. There'll be a roof, a real shiner, and Ray figures he in computer work in Toronto. There is one grandson, well loved by his for protection, and a railing to keep would have been saved a lot of pain them from falling to the ground. had he been wearing his glasses. grandparents. Bill and family have had a summer In years gone by, Rocky used to Both he and Lorraine were great hunt rabbits and partridge with a bow, curlers and Lorraine says "We won place at Trout Lake, near Estaire, for nearly 30 years and they also have a but he allowed the bow to dry out and our share" They are also ardent one day it snapped. gardeners. Ray says: "I made the mobile home in Florida. However they have travelled a great deal elsewhere, He hopes to visit his many relatives garden twice as big as it was, and it's in Toronto and on Manitoulin Island. still too small!" He'll be doing a little all across Canada, to Hawaii six times fishing this summer, and next winter and to many Southern island places, he and Lorraine will be playing a lot as well as Mexico. They have been to of cards. Retirement for them looks Germany to see the Passion Play and like a busy time. last year were in Victoria for the Brier. Bill's main interest these days is his f" -S job as president of the local Shrine Club, work which he enjoys, even William `Bill ' McKnight though it takes a lot of his time. His Young Bill McKnight went right from wife is active in St. Paul's Church Sudbury Technical School to an which is near their home. She also apprenticeship at the Open Pit garage teaches dance exercise classes, knits in 1943 and he has been with the and weaves and is happily busy in mechanical gang ever since. many areas. He spent two years in the army, They are a happy and active couple then returned and finished his trade who are planning many trips and working as a garage mechanic for other activities for their retirement.

27 Lucien Brabant They used to visit the nearby ago. Their other son Kevin is an Lucy Brabant has retired from racetrack but now Mrs. Brabant apprentice with Inco. Daughter Miriam Levack where he worked the last 20 confines her gambling to bingo. They is in Scarborough and Serena is still years. He first worked for Inco at the have many friends in the area and at school. To date there are two cold Orford building back in 1948 and enjoy playing cards with them and lovely granddaughters. went to Levack in 1965, first to the Lucy likes hockey and wrestling on The Makis have made a trip to TV. Florida and Mrs. Maki has been to mill and later underground where he I did many jobs including level boss Finland. She speaks Finnish as well and track boss. "I've sharpened steel or better than Reino, he readily and done most jobs on the level," he Reino Maki admits. They have been to Canada's west coast and hope to make a trip said. Retired on early service pension east soon. But their big plan is for a from the geological department, trip to Iceland since both are very Reino Maki is happily busy in many interested in that country. recreational areas. Reino curls with the pensioners, A happy, gregarious man, he has does some fishing but has given up lived in the Beaver Lake area since hunting. His favorite avocation is 1968 and has 200 acres of what he working with the Whitefish Lions' describes as bush and rock. But he Club where he is very active. And cuts all his own wood for fuel and he sometime soon he plans to start and a neighbor have cut their own ski raising a few chickens. trail through their joint farms. Being They are a happy and healthy located right on the Vermillion River, couple who are already enjoying fishing is as close as your doorstep. some of the best years of their lives. And Reino says there are still plenty of fish in the river. He was born at Mattawa in 1931. His family moved to Sudbury in 1951 and before joining Inco in 1954, Reino had worked at many jobs including survey work for the Department of Highways. That stood him in good stead when he finally He had planned on working for at { hired with Inco because while he least another couple of years but was spent the first three weeks in the happy to accept the early service smelter he then managed to go with offer and his wife is happy to have the field exploration group. From him home since she recently suffered there he went with the geological a mild heart attack. research group and worked there until She was Monique Byrnes before his retirement. their marriage in 1949 at Chelmsford While working for the government where she was born and where they in the area near Estaire, Reino met have lived for many years. They have Sherry Kvaltin and they were married two sons, Roland and Robert, both of in 1954. They had four children but Chelmsford, and identical twin son Bruce was killed in a tragic daughters, Lynn and Linda. Lucy has motorcycle accident about 10 years a brother, Gerry, who recently retired from Levack and Monique's brother Leo Gratton was born and raised Archie is also a Levack retiree. on a farm near Wendover, Ontario in Lucy was born at Hanmer in 1929 1929. He left home in 1950 to work but they moved to Azilda when he for Noranda mines and the following was about four. He left school at age year he came to Inco. 15 and joined his father working in He started in the converter building the bush in winter and sawmill in and worked in that department for all summer. Later he had worked at the his Inco service. He was a puncher, a Espanola mill and with Fraser Brace baleman, a part-time skimmer and did before joining Inco. numerous other jobs during his time The Brabants have a camper which there. gets plenty of use in summer as they In 1954 Leo and Huguette Jacques both like fishing and camping. They were married in Sudbury. They have have never been away in winter but four children: Richard, at home; next year plan to visit Texas. She is a Diane, Mrs. Gilles Gaudreau, in member of the local Legion Ladies' 1 Vancouver Island; Carole, at home Auxiliary. Lucy used to bowl and still and Lynne, still in school. They have goes for his moose hunt each fall. ci one grandchild, the son of daughter 28 Diane, who they don't get to see that and found employment in the sinter often because of the distance. This plant. After five months there he was rectified this past May when applied for and received his transfer daughter Diane and family came to to Stobie mine. Then, like many Sudbury and were able to spend a others, it was back-and-forth between month visiting. Stobie and Frood, but most of his 33 The Grattons have a house in Val 1/2 years were spent there, and it was Caron where they have lived for 28 from Frood he retired last November, years. Leo enjoys working in the yard on early service pension. keeping his hedges looking their best. Alton, or "Al" as he was more Between that and his small garden, familiarly called, says: "I miss the he manages to keep occupied during guys" and muses about Glenn Plante, the summer months. Mike Grace and Gary Chicquen, but In the winter his activities switch to talks specifically about his mate for ice fishing which he very much the past 16 years, Bill Demkiw. enjoys. He usually goes to the When he first came to Sudbury, Al Gogama area where his son has a lived in a boarding house at 30 Beech camp. "I got a nice big lake trout Street. Jeanne D'Arc Wissell was there this winter," he said. working there, and on May 19, 1956 Leo and his wife put their camper Willy is one of 16 children and Eila they were wed, in St. Charles. Jeanne to good use during their frequent trips is one of six, but they decided that was born and brought up in West during the summer. They have their two sons are sufficient family for Arm. travelled much of Canada and now, them. Their sons are: Kimmo, in They have four sons: Eric, works for with more time, they hope to go south Mississauga and Ray, in Sudbury. the CNR; as does his brother Danny; for part of the winter. There are three grandchildren. Brian is an electronics technician The Grattons are both in good The Virtanens have lived on living in Sudbury; Steven still attends health and are enjoying their MacNeil Blvd. in Sudbury since 1954 high school. retirement. With their active lifestyle but are looking forward to living year Two of Al's brothers are miners with and their family and friends they round at their favorite place, Trout the Company, Henry at Frood, and seem to have found the recipe for a Lake. Willy does a bit of fishing but Clyde at North Mine. happy retirement - keep busy. hasn't too much time to do that now. Al and Jeanne will travel a little and He has built himself a workshop and are planning a trip to the Turner that's where he spends most of every Valley in Alberta to visit his sister. Viljo `Willy' Virtanen day. They'll take in some fishing together, They have made one trip back to too, but when it comes to hunting Willy Virtanen is a very happy man Finland and hope to go again. They we're told "when moose season ends and now that he has retired he is also have been to the Barbados and he's right into deer hunting!" Pressed doing what he likes best - working to Cuba but they like the winters in a little further on how they will fill with wood. Sudbury and enjoy cross-country their time, Jeanne confesses there's He has a summer place at Trout skiing. lots to do around the house" * ..and Lake and is now in the process of They are very happy together and it also for my mother and brothers. They building a permanent home there is plain to see that they are going to always call for Al and Jeanne" from logs he has cut nearby. He will, make the most of their new life They're content with Hagar, and of course, have a sauna in the house together in retirement. plan to stay there. but he also has plans to build a separate log sauna. Perhaps Willy's love of saunas has something to do with the fact that he was born in one on the family farm in Finland in 1925. Alton Specht Willy and the former Eila Miemi When Alton Specht left his home in were married in 1950 and came to Digby, Nova Scotia, the idea was to Canada in 1951. An uncle of Eila's, "go out west". He hasn't made it yet, Toiva Pentola was working at Frood and now has no intention of leaving mine at the time and encouraged his home in Hagar, where he and the them to come over. former Jeanne D'Arc Wissell have Willy was able to get hired at lived since 1956. Stobie mine where he worked for Before leaving Digby he fished for three years on underground lobster and sardines. The urge to construction. He later moved over to move hit him and he landed in Frood where he worked in stopes and London, Ontario, where he worked for pillars for many years. the London Petroleum Barrel The last 10 years of his Inco Company. This entailed cutting trees, service he worked with the mine and later splitting them into barrel construction gang at several staves. locations. In early 1950 he came to Sudbury Steve Szewczyk They have travelled to Europe but They are very proud of all their Steve Szewczyk has taken an early never to the Ukraine. children , but you can detect a special pension for two reasons; one, he This year they hope to see more of fondness for Jason . He's in grade twc liked the early service offer, and two, Canada and maybe the United States and the Betts report he is doing very he felt that by going now he just where Steve has some relatives. They well at school . They' ll be staying in might make it possible for someone are both in good health and Steve Sudbury until Jason graduates. younger to get a job. likes to watch hockey and soccer on Jim says he ' ll fill his time with Born on a farm in the Ukraine in TV. He is also a real chess player. walking which helps keep his legs in "He'll stay up all night sometimes," 1922, he met his future wife, Vera shape . He loves reading and watches Morozawa, in Germany. She was also said his wife with a smile. some of the more important things on from the Ukraine, and they were TV. In his younger days he played the married the following year in Belgium. Jim Bett That's where Steve went after the guitar and did some singing. For war. He worked in coal mines there Jim Be" has retired after 32 years about ten years he entertained at until coming to Canada in 1951. with the Company. various senior citizens ' clubs and for They landed at Winnipeg where he He was born in Granby, Quebec in the Ottawa Valley Club. He played for was able to find work in the 1934 and came to Sudbury in 1953 to some dances, too, but isn't able to lumbering industry. Later that same start work at the old Coniston play now . They are hoping to do a Smelter. In 1957 he went to Frood little camping this summer as they mine and a year later transferred to enjoy travelling. Levack. He worked at Levack until McCreedy mine opened and finished his service with the Company there as a haulage truck driver. His early days at the Coniston Smelter made him wonder a little about what he had gotten into. "There was one fellow on the shift who was a real card. He kept everyone going. I think his name was Ernie Laforge, but regardless, he was quite a guy. Alex Rivard was a shift boss and the super was a fellow called Murphy, but I didn't see much of him." Jim met and married the former Laurette Pharand, of Sudbury at St. Jean de Brebeuf Church. They have two sons and a daughter. The oldest year, he came to Sudbury and got a child is Richard who is now with job at the copper refinery. "I started in Atomic Energy of Canada in Chalk the wire bar storage and worked there River. Daughter Carole is married to Aurele Larose all the time," he said. He was an Richard Dube of Sudbury. Jason, at inspector for many years and recalled eight years of age is the youngest "I worked with, and for the finest when they made more than 30 family member. bunch of men" is the way Aurele different shapes of copper, and now Larose describes his working only two. relationships during his 36 and a half Steve and his wife have three years with Inco - all of them at children: Walter and George, working Frood mine. for Regional Government and Aurele was born in Hull, Quebec in daughter Anna, at Cambrian College. 1922, was educated there and in There are five grandchildren. Ottawa, then worked on a farm for Steve's wife, Vera, speaks several years before coming to Ukrainian, Russian, German, Polish, Sudbury in 1947. He spent his first 20 French and English and she was an years with the Company as a miner, interpreter for a time in Germany. and then transferred to the She has worked in Sudbury for a maintenance department where he number of years in charge of the worked as a drill fitter and drill fitter cafeteria at Notre Dame College. leader. They live in the Minnow Lake area He met Yvonne Lavigne while living where he tends a large garden and in Hull and they were married in enjoys taking his two dogs for walks. September 1947, in St. Stephen's They are both active in their church Church in Old Chelsea, Quebec. They and she is the secretary of the fondly remember the day, noting it Ukrainian Catholic Women's League. was the church's 100th Anniversary.

30 They are proud of their six children years before coming to Canada and and 12 grandchildren . Son Andre Prince Edward Island in 1948. He works in Elliot Lake ; both Guy and spent a year on a potato farm and Michel are stationary engineers in then came to Sudbury where he Sarnia , and Mario , remains at home. found work with Fraser Brace and Their two daughters both married helped construct the tailing line trestle Inco men ; Rachel , a nurse at from Creighton to the Copper Cliff Laurentian Hospital is married to mill. Douglas Mazerole of the General He and a chum quit one day in Office in Copper Cliff, while Denise is September, but not before they hired married to Little Stobie miner Gary on with Inco at Creighton mine. He Creppan. recalls Walter Sokoloskie was his Aurele is an associate member of boss at six shaft. He worked in the the Royal Canadian Legion , Branch complex as a driller and construction 76, Sudbury. Aurele and Yvonne are leader until he injured his knee in fond of skiing, ice-fishing and bowling 1978. At one point he worked steady during the winter , while in summer graveyard shift for a five-year period. Aurele's "green thumb " produces an Mike says it seemed like 20 years excellent garden . They are both avid and his wife Mary agrees. walkers. He met Mary Kinnunen, a resident Aurele spends some of his time of Long Lake, and they were married nomad. After three months at each fall cutting about 12 cords of by Magistrate W.F. Woodliffe on Creighton he went to Murray, then to wood for their air-tight stove. August 5, 1955. They have one son Garson, back to Murray then to The Laroses have no plans to leave and three daughters, and about a Levack. Back to Murray, over to North Sudbury for they feel they are among year ago became grandparents to Mine and on to Garson and finally the finest neighbors in the world. Chrystal. Son Michael and wife Patsy back to North Mine, from where he live in Sudbury where he is employed retired. He was on supervision for an by CP/CN Telecommunications. Two 18-month period and then elected to daughters, Suzanne and Monique live return to "production mining". in Brampton, while Shirri-Lin is home. Lenna Lewis was born at Spring With 35 years credited service Mike Bay, Manitoulin Island and after can't wait to get into his garden. He receiving her schooling on the Island also loves blueberry picking. In the became a teacher in Garson. They winter, to keep themselves trim, they met, and on July 10th, 1952 they were go ice-fishing and skiing. Mary says married. They speak with love and he even bought an exercise bicycle, affection of their four sons and four and "he uses it!" grandchildren. Terry, the oldest, Mary and Mike are happy to remain married Margaret Archibald. Two sons in Creighton "our home." are single, Mark lives in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, and Brian is in Toronto. Howard McCorriston The McCorristons are avid campers, "Murray was the nicest mine a man and a few years ago purchased an could work in," according to Howard old Baptist Church in Spring Bay. McCorriston who has retired after 35 They have remodelled it and now years credited service. spend their summers there, thus Born in Ridgedale, Saskatchewan in giving Howard not one, but two 1926, Howard tried to work for the gardens to look after. He hunts deer Michael Hanuszczak Company three times. He was farming in the fall and during the long winter Michael "Mike" Hanuszczak was with his parents when, in 1947, he felt evenings they both play a lot of born in Lvov, Poland, in 1924, where he could make better money euchre. he was educated. He recalls a bright, elsewhere. The "better money" was Howard says, "I'm not rushing into sunny Sunday in September 1939. As the sixty-two and a half cents an hour anything now that I am retired. I'm they left the morning church service he received for each of the 56 hours just looking, and taking my time." they found themselves surrounded by a week he put in at the copper Asked if they were considering troops. All the young people were refinery. He gave up after three moving away they both replied "No, rounded up and taken to camps months and worked on road we like it here. If we didn't we where Mike spent all the war. construction. In 1949 he had a ten- wouldn't have stayed" Questioned He talks candidly about those days day stint before leaving. In February further about his time in Sudbury and reports he did very little work. 1950 it was a case of "Third time, Howard replied: "You know, when I His main recollection is that they Lucky!". Howard started at Creighton came here we had electric light in the were often required to stand in line 1 six-shaft as a production miner, a term house, and running water, and inside i for up to eight hours to get a meal. he likes to use. toilets. My parents didn't have that He was released in 1945 and It's hardly possible to keep track of until a few years later. No, Sudbury is remained in the area for three more his work history, for he was a great just fine.""

121 Raymond Muse Raymond and Vany plan on taking working in the nickel reverbs. Raymond Muise came to Coniston dancing lessons. Raymond is an avid However, by Easter he had had to play ball. He was well known in his Blue Jay fan and foresees several enough. July saw George back and native Nova Scotia as a pitcher, and trips to Toronto to watch them. They he has now retired with 36 years when, in early February 1951 he have also planned a trip to Nova credited service. During his working received a phone call from the Scotia. years, all of them in the nickel Coniston Red Sox he was off like a In their Coniston home, where they converters, he worked at every job plan to continue to live, they enjoy a except the one he really wanted - garden which according to Vany is craneman. split between them. "He has the He attended a wedding in vegetables and I have the flowers." Powassan in April 1948, where the At hunting time Raymond, his bride was Susan Busch, of nearby i brothers and cousins will be on Nipissing Village. George feels he Manitoulin Island where they rent a was very fortunate to be the groom. hunt camp. George and Susan have two sons Raymond finally confessed that and a daughter, and four when he was young, very young, he grandchildren. The two boys, Harvey had a nickname. His even younger and James worked briefly for Inco but brother had trouble saying Harvey is now in London, Ontario, "Raymond" and called him while James is a pilot flying out of "Maymon" which eventually became Calgary. Lori, their daughter, works "Mummy". At the same time he told for Mid Canada Television. of this, the Triangle elicited the fact he His brother Clifford is also an Inco still holds the best "Win-Loss" record pensioner. in the Nickel Belt League - 9 wins George is a member of the Royal and only one loss! A grand memory Canadian Legion, Powassan Branch, i to take into retirement. and the War Pensioners of Canada. shot. He arrived here the day of the During their retirement, George serious bus accident, February 9th. plans to continue using his skills as a His first shift was on Sunday, barber, especially at Pioneer Manor in February 13th in the metallurgical Sudbury where he has been cutting department at the Coniston smelter. hair once a week since the Manor Ray spoke of John Rogerson and opened in 1953. George says there's Fred Murphy in almost the same no way he's going to cut wood breath as he talked of Gerry Wallace, though, nor is he going to fish or hunt and Spike Wormington, and George anymore. He found there were just MacMaster. After his first three too many flies. They do plan many months he transferred to the visits to their grandchildren. maintenance department and As for Susan, she says "I like remained in Coniston until that facility having him around the house; it's was closed. different, but I like it." He worked for the maintenance The Kealls are looking forward to construction section for two years and many years of happiness together. then was over to the copper refinery. For about six years he worked as a locomotive engineer. He transferred to the maintenance department and he Louis Labelle retired from the electrowinning section When "Black Louis" Labelle tells of the copper refinery with 34 years you reluctantly of his nickname one credited service. has to question how it came about. Two months after starting at Inco, George Keall He directed our attention to his black Raymond returned to Digby, Nova it was in Powassan, in 1919, that hair. We suggested "Smiley" would Scotia, where, on April 9th he married George Keall first saw the light of have been our choice, for Louis is Evangeline "Vany" Comeau in St. day. He received his education there happy in his retirement. Patrick's Church. Their marriage before turning to work on a fox farm Born in St. Leon, in Quebec's resulted in three sons, and, eventually in Kitchener. He moved from ranch to Gaspe area in 1926 he recently 3 grandchildren. Son Gary, has two ranch for three years before returning wound up 37 years with the Company. daughters, while David, who married to Powassan. He went to Bathurst, New the former Sharon Harper, has a son. He joined the RCAF in 1943 and Brunswick at the age of seven. His Their third son, Peter resides in remained with them until he was first job was on the waterfront in Brantford. discharged in 1945. He had learned Halifax at the age of 16, and he Ray's brother, Joseph, currently the barbering trade during this time, joined the army when barely 18, works in the Copper Cliff casting so he returned to Powassan and serving with New Brunswick's North department, while another brother, worked there and in Burke's Falls. Shore Regiment. Discharged two and Paul, retired in 1979. In January, 1948, he joined Inco, a half years later, he moved to bush j

32 Finland then, so his father left for Frank Chirka Canada before Vic was born. His Frank Chirka, known to the bowling mother followed in two years. Vic's fraternity as "Fire", was born in father, Arne "Big Matti", found work in Creighton in 1925. He was educated Frood Mine in 1930, and retired in in Sudbury however. By 1947 he 1963 from Murray. In 1931 Vic, his couldn't think of any good reason why brother and sister joined their parents. he shouldn't work for Inco so he 1 Immediately after leaving school Vic joined "Jock" Rennie in Copper started work with the Northern Ski Cliff's Miscellaneous Fitters, more Factory, He remained there for eight commonly known as "The Misfits." months until joining CPR's telegraph Eventually he spent some time in gang, spending the next six months the separation building and then repairing these lines. moved to the Frood-Stobie mill in On February 27, 1947 Vic started at 1972, and from where he retired with the Copper Cliff copper refinery, a total of 40 years credited service. and 38 years later he has retired. On May 2, 1953, Frank married Vic recalls working for Herb Anna Mae Parker, a Sudbury "girl". Shoveller and B.C. Armstrong and, in bs^nil4 They have five children and two particular, his co-worker at the grandchildren. The family is a little work in Kapuskasing, and on his 21st refinery, John Dominique. He also spread out. Michael, the oldest is birthday, June 10, 1947 Black Louis talks of another "Dominique", June, married to the former Cindy Hatch started in the Mines Mechanical no relation to John, whom he married and is working in Toronto, while Miles Department at the Levack Mine June 1st, 1974 in the First Baptist I lives and works in Winnipeg. Rockhouse. Church in Sudbury. Youngest son, Mitch, is attending Johnny Campeau was the first man Sudbury Secondary School. he worked for, and he recalls Tom Both daughters are married: Holly St. Amand and Ray Beach. He was to Reino Kotilehti, in Sudbury; and sent to the Levack sand plant in Hope, married to Tom Behenna, also October, 1982, and it was from here in Sudbury. he retired. His partner there was Frank is an ardent Blue Jay's fan, Claude Brunet, whom he remembers although he likes the Expos, too. fondly. Louis says: "Claude is a very After all, says Frank, "They're good man." Canadian teams!" During his school years another Frank and Anna met through their student was Wilma Lagacy. On interest in baseball. He was a coach August 15th, 1949 they were married and she was on his team. Frank used at a ceremony in Levack. They have to be a pretty sharp bowler, too. one daughter, Loretta, who is married The Chirkas would like to go to Jim Patry. They reside in somewhere just a little warmer, but Chelmsford, as do Louis and Wilma. that will have to wait until Mitch There is one grandson. leaves the nest. He keeps them busy Asked if he is a member of any at present with hockey in winter and clubs Louis replied: "No; I don't like soccer in summer. to be hooked up with anybody - except Wilma". And Wilma admits he gets up early but he doesn't bother They have no children and so are her. She says: "It's nice to have him able to engage in very active hobbies home". together. Golfing heads the list, Louis will be hunting deer and especially for Vic. June says if it moose around Onaping Lake and he wasn't for fishing, Vic would list golf has a garden. They return to New as number two, also. The fish in Lake Brunswick about every other year and Manitou, on Manitoulin Island can hope to continue doing this. Their big expect an onslaught this year, and plans at present are for a visit to they will have to be wary in the winter, Vancouver and to Expo '86. Louis has too. Birds will have to be on the look- a brother-in-law there and is hoping out in the fall. there's a spare bedroom. When it comes to cooking they share, more or less, 50/50. They have a camper on their truck and keep a tent, as a spare. June claims the tent Veikko Malinen and a special screened "kitchen". Veikko "Vic" Malinen is a June sums up pretty well. "He's transplanted Finlander, having been jack-of-all-trades, but master of none, born May 16, 1927 in Kuhmo, I've got it made! I'm glad Inco retired Finland. Times were difficult in him." 1 John Sander youth camp project . Anne is the mandolin or guitar, and doing odd John Sander has retired from President of the Holy Trinity CWL so jobs around home and camp. Stobie mine after 37 years with Inco. that both are very active in their He and his wife belong to the local church. Golden Age Club where they meet i His service with the Company started in 1947 when he was hired by a They both enjoy walking , although many friends and play cards. They recruiting team in Saskatoon, John says " not too far". They wouldn't have travelled all across Canada and Saskatchewan. He started at Frood miss their weekly bingo and in plan to travel more, now that they summer there s the garden which mine and throughout his working life ' have more time on their hands. comes under John's care. He says Charlie is no TV fan and limits his spent all his time at either Frood or "it's only about six feet by 20 but it viewing to one hour on Saturday Stobie mines. when wrestling is on. They are in He recalls, with a chuckle, his gives us everything we need. I like doing anything with wood, too" good health and looking forward to "indoctrination" by Frank Southern. sun and fun in retirement. During the hour-an-a-half period the Their retirement will see them travelling . Perhaps this summer to new workers were allowed to smoke Sault Ste. Marie, Ottawa, and when all of a sudden Frank reminded Joseph A. Belfry Hamilton. Next year they plan to visit them there was "No smoking here!" Al Belfry was born at Espanola but John' He recalls, too, Fred Levert and Bob s mother who lives alone in moved to Sudbury with his family ll visit John's six Mitchell, both dead now, and the man Saskatchewan . They' when he was eight. That was in 1934 he completed his working days under, sisters and two brothers, too. and his father Elwood came to work Claude Lalonde. at Inco. He retired in 1959. Al grew up Although recruited in Saskatoon, in the Minnow Lake area and Belfry John actually was born in the small 1 Ave. is named after his dad. town of Scott, in 1924 and was Al first worked for Inco in 1942 at brought up in Revenue, age 16, at the copper refinery but quit Saskatchewan. His pre-Inco days to join the army in 1944. He went included helping his blacksmith father, overseas with the Queen's Own Rifles working on the railroad, and mining in and was on occupational duty in Flin Flon, Manitoba. He put some Germany. He returned to Canada on time in at a pulp mill in Ocean Falls, the Mauritania along with General a shipyard in Vancouver and was a Montgomery, and others, and was lumberman at Lake Cowichan, B.C. discharged in 1946. That same year he rejoined Inco at the reverbs, worked for a few years at the sinter plant, then went to the iron ore plant where he worked until his Charlemagne Desforges retirement on early service. Charlie Desforges was born on a It was at Sudbury in 1948 that Al and Anne Marttinen were married. farm at Hanmer in 1922, one of a They have five children: Allan, in family of 12 children. He grew up Sudbury; Jim, in Elliot Lake; Bill, in there and in the Hagar area where he Sudbury; Judy, Mrs. Mario Peloso, of worked in a sawmill at the age of 12. Sudbury; and Cathy, Mrs. Glen Mitton, In 1942 he hired on at Levack, of Elliot Lake. There are six worked with tramming crews for six grandchildren. years, then quit. He rehired the same The Belfrys have lived on Elm St. in year, 1948, this time at Garson where the west end of Sudbury since 1951 he worked until his retirement on never dreaming then that they would early service. He was a diesel have a highway past their door motorman at Garson. John married Anne Kovac in Holy The same year he changed mines, Trinity Church in June 1948. Anne was 1948, he and Emea Loyer of born in Kolibabauce, Czechoslovakia Chelmsford were married and they and emigrated to Canada in 1938. have one daughter Gertrude, a They have five children: Dennis, secretary in Hanmer and her husband married to Emila Diniro, is employed Georges Bouchard works at Stobie. in the Accounting Department in There are two grandchildren. Copper Cliff; Rodney and John Junior, Charlie and his wife have lived at are both at home; Caroline Anne is Hanmer all their married life and plan now in Ottawa where she is employed to remain there. They have a large by the Department of National garden that they both enjoy and last Defence. Their other daughter, Mary summer bought a summer place at Rose died in 1973 at age 16. They West Arm. remember her fondly. Charlie likes to hunt and fish, John is a member of the Holy winter and summer, and his other Trinity Men's Club and helps in their hobbies include playing the fiddle, -__1 34 someday. But they are used to the mill where the late Jack Gifford was traffic now. his boss. Johnny Hamilton worked in They had a camping trailer for the tool room. From there he worked many years but last year bought a for seven years at the nickel refinery, place on Manitoulin Island where they and it was from here he retired. plan to spend much of their time now. Sam's wife of 38 years, Grace Anna 'Al likes his steam bath hot and has a (Isnor) was born and educated in fine sauna at their summer home. Halifax. They were wed December He does some fishing, they enjoy 22nd, 1947. The Banfield's have five travel, mostly short trips, and they children, three girls and two boys, and have made many camping trips with five grandchildren, also three girls their children. Al likes to work with and two boys. They are proud of them wood and make things for his all. grandchildren. They both enjoy Bruce, the oldest works in the walking and Mrs. Belfry does nickel reverbs. He married the former volunteer work at the General Terry Brownlee. Their other son, Hospital. Her dad Vaino, was also an Bryan, is living in Kingston. Sarah Inco retiree from Frood. (Sally) is the oldest of the girls and again in Sao Paulo where they were They are a happy couple who are works for Bell Telephone in London. married April 30th, 1955. enjoying good health and each others' Jan is now Mrs. Don Gummerson. Just before Christmas, 1955, they company as well as that of their Don works for the transportation left Brazil on their journey to Sudbury. family. department in Copper Cliff. Sandra is The day they left Sao Paulo it was still at home. 105 degrees (Fahrenheit), and the day Sam spent most of last winter they first set foot in Sudbury the remodelling their home. He plans to thermometer dipped to -30! fish and hunt and in winter they will Jozef worked for Milanov Painters both be bowling. They enjoy daily and recalls painting some of the ) 4P walks and they share a garden 50-50. houses then being constructed in Grace Anna says "He digs; I seed, Lively. On December 20th, 1956, i and we both weed." Jozef put in his first shift for the They are planning a trip back to Company in the converter aisle. Three Newfoundland which will be their months later he transferred to the second trip since leaving. They'll also separation building. He recalls there try to work in a trip to the other coast were 65 men working there. When he in a year or two. In the meantime left work for the last time he left 12 they'll enjoy their home, family and mates behind. He had kind words for friends on 4th Avenue in Minnow them, and talked of William Saunders Lake. and Robert Renaud, his supervisors. He added: "I was very happy Samuel Banfleld there ... there were no arguments ... Maintenance mechanic first class never a dull moment. I loved working Samuel "Sam" Banfield has retired Jozef Gluszek for the Company." after devoting 33-1/2 years to the "He's a good person to have Jozef and Anna have two sons and Company. around," is the way his wife feels a daughter. John married Lisa Koivola Sam was born in Garnish, about Jozef Gluszek's retirement on a and they now live in Toronto. Susan, Newfoundland and worked on a disability pension. He spent 28 years an admitting clerk at the General fishing boat out of Halifax before in the matte processing department. Hospital, and Tony, who attends being lured to Sudbury in 1949 by his Jozef was born in Chwaliszew, in Cambrian College, are both at home. sister. Her husband, Wilson 'Newf" Western Poland in 1933 and at the The Gluszeks are members of the Anstey, worked for the Company. He age of ten, was taken by his parents Polish Club of Sudbury. is now retired. to Austria. When the Russians took When the Triangle asked what he Sam was unable to hire on Austria he, and his parents simply left. would do in his retirement Jozef could immediately so he worked first for According to Jozef, "We just locked foresee no problems. He started Cecchetto and Sons and then for the door and left everything so it collecting stamps with a Jewish friend Fraser Brace. He started with Inco in would appear the house was still lived in the early 1940s. He was forced to June, 1951 working with "Jock" in, and went to a refugee camp in abandon his collections two or three Rennie, and the Miscellaneous Fitters. Germany." In 1949 they went to Brazil times, but always returned to it. He He recalls Jack Beaudry, Jock's in what turned out to be stop-over to has his own "stamp room" and can assistant, and time-keeper Oscar Mei, Canada, and to Sudbury. easily spend eight to ten hours a day and Leo Lafrenier. In fact, Sam says, Anna was born Anna Burger in there. He trades and deals with "I worked with so many good fellows Turda, Rumania and she and her friends throughout the world. I can't even remember them all." family, too, fled to Germany. They met We closed our interview on this He went over to the Iron Ore there, but were separated when Jozef philosophic note from Jozef. "I told Recovery Plant for several years and left for Brazil. The Burger family my boys, get to like your job; then you then transferred to the Copper Cliff followed a year later and they met go to work happy!"

0 F Ron Desormeaux Emilio Visentin Ron Desormeaux was born in North Retired from the machine shop at Bay in 1928 and has retired on early Copper Cliff where he had spent most service pension with 38 years of his Inco years, Emilio Visentin is credited service. Ron's friends know adjusting nicely to his retirement. him better as "Bidoux", but Ron says Born at Britt, Ontario where his he hasn't the faintest idea where the father worked at the coal dock, Emilio nickname came from. finished his education at Sudbury Ron's dad came to Sudbury to Mining and Technical School. He work for Fraser Brace in 1930, and joined Inco in 1945 with the Ron had no alternative but to come mechanics. Laid off after a few too. But he says he has no regrets. months, he worked at Parry Sound He started with the Company in and Toronto before returning to Inco in 1947 in the nickel reverbs where he 1947, starting with Jock Rennie's worked as a skimmer until 1978 when 'misfits', he soon moved to the f he transferred to the Copper Cliff blacksmith shop and then the plate shop. machine shop where he operated a Bob Jakov Ron and Georgette Lalonde, of drill press. He has taken the early Bob Jakov and his wife, the former Sudbury, were married at St. Jean de service pension. Pauline Tanko were both born in Brebeuf Church in 1949. They have Emilio married Argie Grottoli, a Yugoslavia. Eventually they six children, three of each sex, and, local girl from a well known family in immigrated, independently, to as Ron said "two, four, six, eight; 1949. She was born and raised at the Canada and they met when Bob was yes, eight grandchildren". end of Copper St. and at one time working for Inco and she was living in Claude is a machinist with Craig Bit she recalls her dad raised several Creighton. They were married at Holy in Val Therese; Ron Jr. works for the hundred pigs along with many Trinity Church in August 1948. Good Neighbours Salvage Shop in chickens. She also remembers Andy Their family consists of three Sudbury while Tommy keeps them Boyce driving his cattle from children. The oldest is John, who hopping at home. Their three Martindale Rd. up to their Gatchell married Colleen Weaver. He works at daughters are all married: Claudette graze. the Taxation Data Centre. Diane to Bob Bodson, of Bon Accord, married Mehmed Chehic. Their other Alberta; Patricia, to Gerry Laroux in daughter, Carol Ann is married to Sudbury; and Jan, to Ron Ouellette, Maurice Falcioni. There are two also of Sudbury. grandchildren. Georgette was unable to meet with Bob says his dad came to Canada the Triangle as she was suffering an in 1928 and worked at Frood mine. injured foot so we do not vouch for He and his mother followed in 1937. Ron's claim that "I built her a Bob worked on a farm for a while and greenhouse about two years ago, but then went to school to learn English. I do all the hard work and she just He was a mechanic at the rockhouse does the planting." at Frood and when the Frood-Stobie mill was opened he transferred there, a move he doesn't regret. Recalling their early days in Sudbury, Pauline says she used to buy milk by the gallon from the There are two children in the location now occupied by the Beaver Visentin family: Richard is in gas station on Lorne Street. Their Burlington, and daughter Linda, Mrs. home on Bessie Street in Sudbury, Louis Anceriz, lives at Mississauga. boasts a garden they are both proud There are two granddaughters that of. Bob used to be a heavy smoker are dearly loved by their but he quit a year ago. He feels much grandparents. better but there's been a bit of a side The Visentins built their own home effect; he gained a little weight. The in the Gatchell area back in 1953 and Jakovs have never been back to still live there. Emilio enjoys his Yugoslavia but they hope to correct garden there and his wife preserves that this fall. Ron has planned for a couple of much of what they grow. He also With 44 years credited service, Bob fishing trips this summer as well as a makes his own wine, and is a real retired partly because he suffered a trip to Alberta. Although they have a television sports buff. heart attack a year ago. He's feeling house trailer, Ron said he's going the Argie is active with the Catholic fine now and recalls with fondness easy way - driving in their car, and Women's League and she enjoys the fellows he worked with. He says: stopping at motels. In the fall there'll travel but Emilio is happy around "They were a swell bunch of men to be more fishing, hunting, followed by home. He likes to walk and does so work with and were always very ice-fishing and skiing in the winter. every day. friendly."

36 company and work well together and are happiest when they are in their AWA own home. Joe used to hunt and fish but now he likes to work around the place and take short motor trips. Marcel Brunet Marcel Brunet was born at Massey in 1933 and was raised on the family farm at Noelville. He left home at the age of 14 and came to Sudbury where he washed dishes in Murray's restaurant which was located in the Coulson block. Later he worked in the bush during winter and the tobacco Joe Grabish fields of Delhi in summer. Arni Kontturi He joined Inco in 1953 at the Except for a short break in the mid Arni Kontturi was born and raised in roasters and worked there for 13 forties, Joe Grabish has worked all his Copper Cliff and has returned to live years before joining the mechanics at Inco years at the Frood mine and like in the house that he was born in. His Copper Cliff. In 1969 he went with the many other good miners, Joe admits father John retired from the Company mines mechanical department at it was a good place to work. in 1959 and Arni joined Inco in 1948 Murray, Little Stobie and Stobie mines He was born in Poland in 1921 but as a machinist apprentice. and the last few years he was at the the family came to a farm near Swan He attended school in Copper Cliff new central shops with the River, Manitoba in 1928 and that's with such well known boys as Yacker component repair centre crew. where Joe grew up. He started work Flynn and his hockey linemates. He He and Claire Roy were married at at the tender age of 13, driving a finished his education at Sudbury Sudbury in 1954. They have four team of horses in a bush camp. When Technical School and worked a couple children: Robert in Sudbury; Andre, is he was older he tried construction at of years with the old Sudbury with Inco's computer department; Port Arthur before coming to Sudbury Construction and Machinery Co. in 1941 and hiring at Frood. before joining Inco. In 1945 he quit to join a brother in After completing his machinist the trucking business in Winnipeg but apprenticeship he remained in the when that didn't work out he rehired machine shop. He worked on most of at Frood in 1948. "I've done most the jobs there but his favorite was the jobs," Joe said. "I worked on 12-foot planer at which he spent many tramming, on 12-8 shift, drove raises, years on a wide variety of jobs. He was pillar leader and the last 10 years liked his work and readily admits he I was school stope instructor at Frood- worked with and for some of the best Stobie. I found that very rewarding guys you could find. work," he added. In 1955 he married Marcelle Foran It was in 1953 at Sudbury that he in Sudbury. Her brother, Frank, and and Pauline Chimilar were married. father, Jack, will be remembered by She is from Gimli, Manitoba. They oldtimers at Frood mine. There are have four children: Larry and David, three children: Ken, is with the CBC both in Toronto; Corine in Ottawa; and Gilles operates the snack bar in the on Manitoulin Island; Dave, is in Dorothy, Mrs. Ron Cail of London, Scotia Tower; and Lynn is Mrs. Paul Wallaceburg; and Marni is at home. Ontario. There are 11 grandchildren Desjardins of Kitchener. To date there Arni and his wife lived for some along with one great-granddaughter of are eight grandchildren, seven of years in Lively but now reside in which they are very proud. them girls. Mrs. Brunet is happy Copper Cliff because it is close to The Grabishes have a very making things for them and their two camps; one at Black Lake comfortable home in the Minnow Lake babysitting as needed. and the other at Biscotasing. Arni area where they have lived for over They have lived on Ester Road near likes to hunt and fish and in winter 30 years and have one of the best the four corners and have a lakefront uses his snowmobile for ice fishing. gardens in the area. A few years back property on St. Charles lake so there They hope to travel more now, in they remodelled their home with both is no need for a summer place. They Canada and possibly head south in of them doing most of the work. They also have a camper that sees plenty winter. Arni is active with the Copper are very happy there and have no of use. They both love to travel. Cliff Legion as well as the Creighton- plans to move. Marcel likes working around his Lively Elks Club. Arni enjoys the odd They visit their children and both home and does just as much as the poker game with the boys and he is have relatives in the west. "Our mood suits him. Claire is happy to also a football fan. summer place is at Gimli," said Mrs. have him at home and they are both They are happy in retirement and Grabish. They are a very devoted in good health. As Marcel says: "I just are looking forward to spending more I couple who enjoy each other's love this retirement." time at both of their camps.

37 William `Bill' Mills Bill is a moose hunter and claims Toronto, and three daughters; Kielo, he hasn't missed in 26 years. He is married to Randy Carlson of Bill Mills was born in Canada's also a sports buff on TV and enjoys Newmarket; Kaija, who is a very potato growing province but he admits curling. He is a charter member of familiar and friendly face at the that the spuds he grows on his acre the Levack-Onaping Legion and they Sudbury library. Her husband Claude of land on Manitoulin Island are as Malloux is a lineman with Inco; and good or better than those grown at are members of the Golden Age Club. They love their grandchildren and Marjatta, still attending university. P.E.I. both declare that it is the best thing Matti is very active with the Bill was one of 10 children on the that has ever happened to them. They Sudbury South Lions' Club and that farm during the depression and things are very happy in retirement with their keeps him pretty busy. But he enjoys were tough. He left the farm for the family and many friends. being involved in community work and army in 1941, saw considerable gives much of his time to it. They service overseas and was wounded at have lived near the four corners area Normandy. He was back in action for some 25 years and will stay there. before the war ended and then spent Matti Asu They have made several trips back to over a year with the occupational Big, hearty, cheerful Matti Asu has Finland where they both have army in Germany. decided to retire from Inco but that doesn't mean he has retired. He is as relatives. Matti's mother is 99 years of busy, or busier than ever in his age. They are also members of the involvement with several local Finnish Lutheran Church. organizations. And that is what he They have done some travelling in enjoys doing, and does well. Canada and hope to do more and Born in Finland in 1926, he had I perhaps go south some winter. They worked for Inco at the Petsamo mine enjoy visiting with family and friends in Finland for a year before the and they have many of them. Russians took over. Matti served on two occasions in the Finnish army and is now the president for all of Canada of the Finnish Second World War Veterans. !T^i . In 1951 he decided to come to Canada and since his wife had an aunt in Timmins that is where they went. Matti worked a couple of years at the McIntyre gold mine before coming to Inco in 1953. He worked a short time at Creighton five shaft , was After discharge he went back to the laid off and soon recalled to the farm but on the advice of a friend in copper refinery where he worked the the army, came to Sudbury in 1947 next nine years. In 1964 he went with and hired on at Levack. "The best the mechanics and for the last 12 place I ever worked," he declared. years was a diesel mechanic at the "And Charlie Lively was a real great South mine. character. I just loved being there." He It was in 1949 that he and Sisko had worked on production and Myllykoski were married in Finland. development including 11 years They grew up in the same area. Their driving raises. The last 10 years he J. Kenneth Conibear family includes one son Ahto in was on sandfill. J. Kenneth "Ken" Conibear spent Marie Snow had come from 33 years with Inco and upon his Newfoundland to work at Levack and retirement February 1, 1985, was that is where she met Bill. They were senior mines project engineer. married in 1952. Son Billy is a Born in Ingersoll, Ontario, in 1925, graduate from Laurentian, working in Ken received his early education Sudbury, and their two daughters are: there. It was interrupted immediately Barbara, Mrs. Dan Jiricka, a nursing after V.E. Day with service in the director at Saskatoon Hospital. She Army of Occupation. Returning to the was an Inco scholar in 1973; Brenda, University of Toronto, he graduated is Mrs. Brian Deziel of Onaping. with a Bachelor of Science degree as There are four grandchildren. a Mining Geologist, in 1950. The Mills have lived in Levack for After graduation, Ken spent a year 38 years and plan to stay. They have in the field before joining the a garden at home in addition to their Creighton mine engineering staff acre of potatoes. Mrs. Mills enjoys March 19, 1952. His boss then was working and she still does at the Lyn Goard, now retired, and living a Levack High School and at the ski hill short distance away from Ken's in winter. summer retreat at Honora Bay, on

38 Manitoulin Island. Another nearby been in hockey for 38 years, but I resident, and also a former associate only play twice a week now," he said. is Merv Dickhout. We are a tournament team and have After ten years at Creighton, Ken been to Lake Placid and Banff" He was moved to the Copper Cliff mines also played for several years with office for three years. He spent seven Sudbury Hardrocks football team. yearn at Garson as Area Engineer, Woodworking is something he and in 1972 rejoined the mines loves, making fine wood toys for his engineering department as a planning children, grandchildren and friends. engineer. His shop burned down recently but he Ken has travelled widely for the has salvaged some fine wood from Company including New Caledonia, some old garages at Levack and mine planning in Nevada, and for the plans to build a bigger shop. McBean gold mine in Kirkland Lake. If that isn't enough he has a hobby On February 16, 1952, just a farm on Lake Mindemoya and month before starting at Creighton, welcomes scores of friends as well as Ken married Margaret Dickhout. She family. He and his wife are happiest was born and lived on a farm at went with the metallurgical when there is a crowd at their place. Salford, Ontario and it was the scene department. He quit in 1949, and And yes, they have a large garden of their wedding. She and Ken have spent one season on the Great Lakes too, and Barney is a keen fisherman. two sons; Richard who is at home, steamboats, then returned to Inco in He was born at Sudbury in 1933, and Paul, living in Vancouver. 1951, at the sinter plant. Six months joined Inco in 1950 at the smelter, Ken will maintain his interest in later he went with the maintenance went from there to Stobie, then to their church, St. Paul's United mechanics and worked at most mines. Levack where he worked 12-8 shift for Church, Garson, where he currently He later went underground at Levack 14 years until McCreedy West serves as Council Chairman. He says where he drove raises and drifts. He opened. He was a payloader operator "I'm going to catch salmon in British returned to the mechanical there until retirement. Columbia," but qualified it to say department at Levack in 1975 and in "well, at least I'm going to try, but I 1983 went to Frood as a first class caught some nice ones last year". rigger and finished up his service He'll look after his camp on there. Manitoulin Island and enjoys wood- His wife, the former Marlene working of all kind, although admits to Thornton, is also from an Inco family. building construction as being his Her dad Fred had been with the chief interest. riggers at Frood and retired from Margaret will maintain her interests there. Bob and Marlene were married too. They include service to the in Sudbury in 1951. Their three Sudbury Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, children are: Robert Jr., in Edmonton; and to the Hospital Auxiliary Donna, whose husband Paul Berube Association of Ontario, where she is works at Levack; and Carole-Lee currently a vice-president. She is well- whose husband Wayne Riley is in the known in the area for her quilting Armed Forces. There are five expertise and will continue with this grandchildren. avocation. Bob and his wife have lived in Levack for over 30 years and also Robert Langstaff , have a summer place at nearby Windy Lake. They have a motor home In 1957 he and Doris Demers were Bob Langstaff has taken an early and have been south many times and married at Levack. Her father, Urgel, service pension and is now enjoying plan to continue spending their had worked there and she has two some of the best times of his life. "I winters in the south and summers at brothers, John and Roger who have feel great, have lots to do and now Windy Lake. retired from that same location. have the time to enjoy more things Bob likes to fish, has a garden at Barney has one brother Gerry at with my wife," he said. camp and Marlene preserves much of Stobie. Their children are Danny and He was born at Port Arthur in 1929 the produce. Bob is an active member Paul at Elliot Lake, and daughter Lise and his family moved to Sudbury of the Elks Club. in Sudbury. There are two when he was a baby. His dad worked granddaughters. for Nordale Construction and helped The Forests have travelled Canada build the copper refinery. Bob grew from coast to coast and may do more up in the Gatchell area of Sudbury Bernard `Barney ' Forest travelling now, if they find time. In and the only job he had before joining Barney Forest is one of the most addition to Barney's activities, Doris is Inco was setting pins in the bowling gregarious, happy and busiest the librarian at Levack. They are a alleys at the Inco Club. pensioners one is ever likely to find. very happy couple who are entering He hired on during the war at age And now that he has retired he'll be retirement with enough enthusiasm for 15 and worked in the mail room at the busier than ever, if that is possible. ten people and their love of life is general office until he was 18 then He is an active sportsman. "I've very evident in their actions.

on Mike Zatezalo And they both like that. Mike likes to are: Maurice and Marcel are in work around the place, cut a little Toronto; Paulette, Mrs. Reg. Mike Zatezalo has taken advantage wood but he is not into raising any Blanchard; Nicole, Mrs. Richard of the early retirement plan and is livestock. Doyon, and Gisele, Mrs. Ken Hytti, all happily enjoying his new style of They are a happy and healthy of Sudbury. There are five living. He and his charming wife are couple who are enjoying retirement grandchildren. happiest when they are at the family and obviously are pleased to have Aime and his family have lived in farm near Alban , and that is where more time now, to spend together. New Sudbury for 30 years and Mrs. they spend a good deal of time, Lepage works at the Health Care summer and winter. Pharmacy there. Aime likes to fish Mike met Agnes Greer, a Scottish and bowl, and they have travelled to nurse from Windsor, in Muskoka in Aime Lepage both coasts of Canada and to Florida 1962. They were married the following Aime Lepage, who retired recently three times. year. Their two nationalities seem to from the mechanics at Copper Cliff, They are a close family who are blend well and they are obviously very has had an interesting and varied very happy together and have many happy together. career. He was born at Sudbury in friends. Mike was born in Yugoslavia in 1924 and went straight from school to 1925 and his father brought the family a job as a delivery boy for a drug to Canada just before war broke out. store. Then he joined Nordale when The family bought a small farm near he was 16 and helped build the Wahnapitae and that's where Mike Murray headframe. was raised until he joined the In 1942, he joined Inco at the Canadian Artillery in 1944. copper refinery but quit in 1945 to help his brother with their store on old Borgia St. When his brother joined Ken Brown as Brown and Lepage, Aime ran the store for a time, spent a year with Crawley McCracken and ran a store for Capreol Bus Lines for three years. He came back to Inco for a year at Coniston but quit again and returned to being a storekeeper, then in 1951 he rehired to Inco this time to stay.

t '^ 1 Peter Zwarich Peter Zwarich was born on a farm near Winnipegosis in 1921 and tried several other avenues before coming He saw action overseas and was to Inco to work. After leaving the farm discharged in 1946 but it took him 10 in 1939 he joined a brother at years of other jobs before he realized Beardmore but couldn't get on at the that Inco was the best place to work. mine so went to work in the bush. He started at Creighton five shaft in Later he worked at Leitch gold mines 1956 and went to Levack in 1958 from 1940 to 1943 when he joined the where he worked on the level and on army. surface before joining the mechanics. He went overseas with the Princess He worked at several different mines Pat's in 1943 and in 1944 was with and finished up his last few years at the Canadian contigent in Italy. A year W the matte processing department. later he was in Holland and when the Mike and his wife have a He had worked with the mechanics war ended he served with the comfortable home in the New in many locations at Copper Cliff and occupational troops in Germany. Sudbury area and will continue to live for the last several years worked with After his discharge in 1946 he there. They enjoy travel, have seen 'Moose' McQuarrie. returned to the family farm then went most of Canada and made several Aime has also been active in the to B.C. and worked in gold mines trips both to Yugoslavia and to Union over the years but mainly in 1 there until 1951 when he came east Scotland. His wife says that many of the recreational field, working with and a job with Inco. He started at her friends from Scotland have taken Kerry Size. He has been president of Creighton three shaft and later went winter vacations in Yugoslavia. their mixed bowling league for many to six shaft. In 1970 he went with the The family farm near Alban is what years and is still active with their ventilation crew and worked there they refer to as their retreat. They Sports and Recreational Committee. until his retirement. I enjoy being there and as Mike says, He married Marguerite Davis at He and Mary Rozmarnowich were "we always have lots of company." Sudbury in 1947. Their five children .married in 1947 at Winnipegosis

40 which was her home town. Their six the youth bowling movement in For a number of years he worked children are: Leonard, in Hanmer; Sudbury. with tramming crews and was also a Peter, at school; Darlene, Mrs. Paddy Born at Fredericton in 1926, he hoistman for several years. He joined Kidd, of Sudbury; Debbie, Mrs. John apprenticed as a plumber in 1941 the mechanics as a garage mechanic Boyuk of Sudbury; Brenda, Mrs. Kevin then joined the army the following in 1976 and a year later transferred to Jack of Calgary; and Kim, just year and saw service in Canada and the iron ore plant. The last few graduated from Western in overseas. Upon his discharge he months he worked at the nickel occupational therapy. There are six returned to Fredericton, completed his refinery. grandchildren. plumbing apprenticeship and worked In 1954, Don and Aldene Moxam They have lived in the Minnow Lake there and in Toronto as well as in were married in Sudbury. She is a area since 1952 and plan to stay Sudbury for a couple of years. He member of the well known Moxam there. They are both interested in knew Ev Staples well and went to family of Waters. Her dad, John, had gardening and preserve much of their school with Bubba Jewitt and played worked for the Company for 25 years. produce. Peter enjoys all sports and ball with them in his home province. used to play both blooper ball and He only played a few games with broomball. His wife states that he is a Garson here. very handy man around home. He and Marjorie Tims were married Now that they have more time they in Fredericton in 1948. Fredericton hope to travel more. They still visit was also her hometown and they met back home and are a close family while he was with the army. Their son with their children. Peter is a member Dale is with the Taxation Data Centre of the Legion, Branch 76, and he has in Sudbury and daughter Cyndie is ws. ^. A no hesitation in stating that he is married to Paul Bois. enjoying retirement. Ab and his wife moved to Copper Cliff last year after living many years in Sudbury. They like it there because Albert `Ab' Amos Ab is known and knows so many A well known and popular member people. They have a summer place of the mechanical gang at Copper on Ham Lake and spend their Cliff for well over 30 years, Ab Amos summers at camp where they do has taken early service pension. He some fishing, play golf at the French River course and cultivate a garden has been troubled lately with a heart The Forbecks had four children but problem so he felt the wise thing to too. They have been to California and one son, Kenneth, was killed while do was take his doctor's advice and walking on the highway back in 1975. Florida and also Canada's west coast ease up now. The other children are: Bruce, at and that is where they may spend Cambrian College; Perry, with Noront some time in winter now. They also Steel; and Brenda, Mrs. Ronald visit back home to Fredericton. McCauley works at the Memorial Ab enjoys sports on TV, likes to Hospital. And their two grandchildren read, walk and exercise. He and his are, as they put it; The light of our wife Marjorie are very happy together lives". and are anticipating many pleasant Don had a camp on Penage at one retirement years. time and would like to have one again. They have a tent trailer that has been busy but their energies and talents are directed more to their church, the Waters Mennonite Church, where both have made, and continue to make, great contributions Don Forbeck of their time and talents. Retired on disability pension with a Don is a very handy man, has built kidney ailment, Don Forbeck is busy his own home, and can make or fix as ever in many areas. He is an most anything. Woodworking is his The thing he misses is the ardent hunter and fisherman and specialty. He is in great demand by competitive sports he once played, each year looks forward to the moose church, family and friends and is especially bowling where he was on hunt. He fishes winter and summer. always happy to oblige. many winning teams. However, he Born at Poole, Ontario he had Don and his wife have travelled hopes that he will be able to bowl worked with his dad in the painting through much of Canada and have again later this year and possibly golf and decorating business until 1952 made one trip to Florida. They are this summer and ski in winter. when he came to Sudbury. He hired happy with their many good friends Ab has been very active with the on at Creighton five shaft in that same and neighbors and this year they Copper Cliff Maintenance Pensioners' year. At Creighton he was fondly hope to find time to golf. They are a Club. He was president for the past known to many as "Cannonball", and happy, dedicated couple who are an 12 years. He was also involved with -I was very popular at the mine. asset to any community. 41 trailer at the Ranger Bay Trailer Park, greenhouse and much of their near Alban for relaxation and easy produce is preserved. living. They both look forward, with They are a fond couple who are great anticipation, to their retirement. happily busy doing things they both find rewarding. They have not done too much travelling but hope one day Charles Wilkin to make a trip to Great Britain. Charlie Wilkin has retired from the Copper Cliff nickel refinery where he has worked since 1972. "I started with Lyalt Gibson Charlie Brownlee's gang in 1948," he Lyall Gibson has taken advantage recalled. From there he went to the of the early service plan and has old crushing plant and worked for retired from Garson where he spent Jack Gifford until that plant closed. most of his Inco years. He started at Charles was born at Little Current the Coniston smelter in 1948, worked on Manitoulin Island in 1925. He grew the best part of a year, spent a few up there on the family farm and is the days at Copper Cliff then went to third generation to do that. Before Garson and worked on production for Ray Desloges joining Inco he had worked one the next 20 years. "And I always season on great lakes steamboats. made pretty good bonus too," he said. Thirty-nine years at Frood is Ray Charlie and Doris Paulenko were He later went on the hoist at Desloges' credited service with the married at Sudbury in 1944. They met Kirkwood mine and when it closed Company. He's one of three family while she was working at the smelter down went to Garson as a hoistman members to retire November 1st, during the war. They have one until retirement. leaving only Harvey still working at daughter Beverley, Mrs. Leslie He was born near Cobden in 1925, Frood. Foreman of Kingston, and there is and had worked on the farm and for He was born near MacFarlane Lake one granddaughter ready for college. Ontario Hydro before coming to on February 24th, 1927. Ray worked Sudbury. "I had about nine uncles on his father's farm before joining the who worked here at one time or Company's work force in 1946. another," Lyall said. He is glad he Starting as a miner at Frood, Ray came here. "I've had a good living, transferred to become a drillfitter in have a comfortable home and raised 1960. He served as a shift boss from my family, so I'm happy," he declared. 1965 to 1972 and then chose to He and Ruth Williams were married transfer to Creighton. In three months' at Sudbury in 1950, she is from the time he was back at Frood's drill Garson area. Their three children are: shop, from where he retired. Bill, in Elliot Lake; Brent, at Stratford; Ray married Rachel Deschamps in and Gail, Mrs. Willie Kellar, of Val St. Eugene Church, Sudbury, in Terese. There are three grandchildren. October 1949. They have no children. Lyall has a brother Denzil, working In his years he has picked up the with security at Copper Cliff. skills required to be an excellent The Gibsons have lived on the hunter and fisherman, and holds a Skead Rd. since 1956 and Lyall has a trapping license in the Townships of fine garden there and Mrs. Gibson Broder and Dill. He enjoys trapping, preserves much of the produce. They and all outdoor activities. To enhance have a trailer and both love to fish so his skills he attended Cambrian They are very active members of they go to many different places. They College's "Fur Farming" course, the local Berean Baptist Church and have high praise for the Provincial which he found not only interesting, live their religion daily. They have but helpful too. He's very unhappy lived in Copper Cliff since 1958 and with trappers who abuse animals and over the years have developed a is pleased that the "Fur Farming" small business growing plants. "We course is now compulsory for all have met some of the nicest people," future trap-line operators. said Mrs. Wilkin. "And they come Ray and Rachel have seen Canada back each year." She and Charles set from coast to coast "from out some 3,000 - 4,000 plants, but it Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, is work they enjoy doing. Charlie used and we've been as far south as to make wooden ornaments but has Mexico City". In the future are fishing no time for that now. trips in the north, and they are They have a summer place on especially looking forward to visiting Manitoulin Island which they enjoy. the North West Territories, perhaps Mrs. Wilkin would gladly live year next year. On their travelling schedule round on the Island but Charlie is not is a trip to Greece. ready for that yet, he says. They have In the meantime they maintain a a big garden as well as their

42 Parks. In winter, Lyall snowmobiles Crescenzo Ciolfi and does some ice fishing. After 26 years at the Port Colborne Both are active in their church at nickel refinery, Crescenzo Ciolfi has Gerson and Lyall is a handy and busy taken an early retirement. man around their home. They are a Born in Castrodignano, Italy on May close family and enjoy regular visits 25, 1922, Crescenzo arrived in i from the children. He likes to watch I Canada in December of 1953. He sports on TV and is happy and worked for two years with a positive in his approach to retirement. construction firm in Toronto and was Both he and his wife are in good hired by Inco in December of 1955. health and obviously get along well Crescenzo started out in No. 4 together. building and worked in the warehouse for over 15 years. He was a shear Winston Moir operator and a laborer before Winston Moir was born at retirement. Enterprise, Ontario and raised at On March 24, 1945, Crescenzo and Levack, where his father, Clayton, had his wife Cesarna were married in worked. At age 16 he went to work Italy. The couple have six children, and the men he knew, he is with the Foundation Company on Nick, employed by the Canadian thoroughly enjoying his new leisure. construction. He also did other National Railway in Sarnia; John, at He is an ardent outdoorsman and construction work but he is proud of an electrical shop in Port Colborne; has a hunt camp for moose hunting the fact that he helped build the Pat, a mechanic in Stoney Creek; in the fall , an ice fishing hut on Lake Levack mill right from when the first Angelo, at Atlas Steels in Welland; Wahnapitae for the winter, plus a drill hole was made for its excavation. Maria, with a drafting firm in Toronto boat and a trailer so that he is able to Winston joined Inco in 1959 and and Mike, a Grade 10 Port Colborne spend his summer months at many was with the diamond drill crew. He High School student. different locations. He plans to park worked underground for 17 years at his camping trailer at a small park in Levack, Coleman and McCreedy Wahnapitae this year. West. He then transferred to the "We used to have a summer camp mechanical department at the mill when the kids were growing up," he and stayed there until his recent said. "But we sold it and bought the retirement on a disability pension. trailer . And we like that." In 1965 he and Marlene Walker Lawrence was born and raised in were married at Levack. She is from Garson and recalls that his father Dowling. They have two children; worked for both Mond and who is studying to be a Terry, Falconbridge. Lawrence joined Inco in mechanic, and Kathy, a student at 1948 at Garson and worked on Levack High School. production all his Inco years. He was Winston's uncle, Bruce Moir, is an a shift boss and relieving general Inco Pensioner. His brother, Bob, foreman the last couple of decades. works at McCreedy West mine. In 1949 Lawrence married Beatrice The Moirs have always enjoyed Barsoleau in Garson. They have four living in Levack. Winston likes to hunt sons : Gary in Timmins; Arnold in and fish but is not too sorry if he Sudbury; Andy in Toronto, and doesn't get anything. He used to bowl They also have four grandchildren, Darren at home. One daughter, and may start again. He enjoys Tammy, Chris, Timothy and David. Diane, is married to Jack Vandettie of somewhat limited physical activities. Crescenzo says he enjoys working Skead. There are five grandchildren Learning to live with his limitation is in his large garden during his spare who have a very proud and happy { taking some time but with the help of time. "Actually there hasn't been grandpa. "I really enjoy them," said his wife he is making good progress. much spare time when you are Lawrence. "And we enjoy our family raising a big family. Six children can life." really keep you busy," he said. Lawrence has two brothers who are Crescenzo also finds plenty of work also retired from Inco; Henry from to do on his Steele Street home. The Levack and Frank from Garson. couple have travelled a few times in He is in relatively good health and the past and enjoy visiting their plans to do more travelling now both children. in Canada and possible a trip to Arizona at a later date. He enjoys sports and wildlife shows Lawrence Burton on TV and is a happy man with his A supervisor at Garson for the last home and family. He has lived in 20 years. Lawrence Burton has Garson all his life and plans to retired on early service pension. remain there and enjoy his family, Although he admits missing his work friends and retirement.

4.'^ William `Willy ' Signoretti winter. He likes to watch sports on TV They are both members of branch 76 and enjoys fishing and hunting. "I had of the Legion. Willy Signoretti is enjoying his my own boat but I sold it," he said. A John attends a health spa and retirement and between his big former member of the Caruso Club he exercises regularly Their travel is garden at their home on Kelly Lake used to bowl and play bocci. pretty well limited to visiting their Rd. and his woodlot farm near In good health, apart from an injury children. John watches hockey and Horseshoe Lake and his other to his foot, Willy is glad to be retired baseball on TV and he enjoys activities he is a busy and happy and hopes to see more of his reading. He finds that he is man. grandchildren now. thoroughly enjoying his retirement. Willy was born "on the hill" at In good health they are looking Copper Cliff in 1923. His dad Rudy forward to many happy years in had come over from Italy in 1912 and retirement. had worked for the Company. But John Miatello when Willy was three the family John Miatello was born and raised returned to Italy and he grew up in Espanola. His first job was working Rheal `Ray' Seguin there, attended school, worked in a along with his dad on the construction Ray Seguin has been bothered with sawmill and spent nearly four years of Inco's plant at Lawson Quarry. His a back problem for some years so with the Italian Navy. father worked at Frood prior to the has decided to take his retirement. He first war. When the plant was built injured his back in 1975 and has been John was laid off and for the next on modified work at Frood since that year he worked in the bush and with time. Earlier he had operated a the CPR. scooptram on 800-level. In 1942 he joined Inco at the reverbs, worked at many jobs, then in 1953 transferred to the transportation department as a laborer. Later he worked with train crews on all jobs and since 1972 has been surface boss. He has taken advantage of the early service plan although he was considering retiring since he turned 60 this year. John and Anne Ranich were married at Sudbury in 1946. Mrs. Miatello recalled that they met while she was working at Inco during the He returned to Canada in 1950 but F didn't weigh enough to get on at Inco. war. Their family of four includes: Don However, his cousin Boogy, the well and Bob, both in London, Ontario; known ball player, told him to eat lots Sue, at Edmonton, and Bev attending I of bananas which he did and in about Cambrian College. six months he was hired at the sinter plant. He first joined Inco in 1949 and He worked there and the Orford worked on the reverbs until 1964 building where he operated the crane. when he decided that mining was He was also a craneman for 17 years what he wanted to do. So he in the casting building. The last seven transferred to Garson and was very years he spent with Super Bertuzzi's 1 happy as a miner. He had worked on mechanics. I production there, and in 1973 went to Willy married Sabauda Serafini at the Frood. "I liked Frood, it was a Sudbury in 1952. They have four good place to work," said Ray. "I was children: Robert, in Calgary; Paul, at in the dry the last few years" Echo Bay; Sarah, Mrs. Grant McLean, Ray was born and raised on a farm is also at that location; Cathy is still at near Noelville. He quit school when school. There are five grandchildren. he was 15 and worked a couple of Like all good Italians, Willy is a years with the CPR before joining great gardener and also makes the I Inco. best of wine. He has his own He and Marguerite Mallette were greenhouse and grows all his own married at St. Jean de Brebeuf plants. From his woodlot farm he cuts They have lived in the Hillcrest area Church in Sudbury. She was born in all his own wood and plans to of Sudbury since 1960 and will Sudbury. Their four daughters are: subdivide and sell most of that probably stay there. John is an avid Collette, Mrs. Denis Gagne of property some day. darts player and belongs to the local Sturgeon Falls; Suzanne, Mrs. He made a trip back to Italy in 1970 Nickel Belt Dart League. His wife also Michael Brunelle of Chelmsford; and has been to Mexico. He may go plays and they attend many Pauline, Mrs. Robert Proulx of somewhere else in the south next competitions both here and away. Niagara Falls; and Rachel, in

44 I Sudbury. To date there are five Lahaie, of Milton. There are four and when he returned, it was on a grandchildren. grandchildren. modified work program as a Ray and his family have lived at Val John bowls and curls and used to warehouseman. He would have liked Caron for 30 years but their favorite hunt and fish but has lost interest. He to have continued mining but was spot is their summer home on Trout is active with the Elks Club, the unable to do so. Lake which is only about six miles Golden Age Club and their church. In 1942 he married Claire Savage at from where Ray was born. He likes to "An electrician is always welcome," he St. Charles where she also was born. fish, used to hunt, and enjoys cross- said with a smile. They are very proud of their family. country skiing. These activities, along They have travelled across Canada Son Gatien is a professor at with his favorite hobby, woodworking, and made one trip to Florida. But Laurentian University, and Bernard is keep him as busy as he wants to be. their real joy is their family and the a lawyer in Sudbury. Daughter Denise Mrs. Seguin has had a rural mail visits to the homestead on the Island is married to Cleo Lemieux who works route for the past 15 years and enjoys of Kirk. at the sulphur products department, that. It hasn't prevented them from and Joanne is at home. There are taking several trips to Florida and one four grandchildren. to Hawaii. They hope to spend longer Leo has lived in the New Sudbury periods in Florida now and may even area since 1953 and they plan to stay buy some property there and just there. They both love to travel and keep the camp here. have seen Canada from coast to They are a very close family and coast as well as travelling to Hawaii, enjoy visiting. At their summer place Mexico and Florida. Some years ago they have a fine large garden on their they took a quick trip to Europe and two acres of prime land. next year they plan to take a more extensive trip there.

John Mihajic John Mihajic has the ideal vacation spot although it is some distance from his home in Levack. It is on the Island of Kirk in the Adriatic where he was born in 1924. "It's a beautiful place," he said. "The climate is great and now it is a favorite tourist area. When I grew up there, we didn't have A fine, happy couple, they are in tourists, just our farm" good health and pleasantly active in John's brother looks after the family their retirement. home there and he and John exchange visits about every five years. They have been back there three times and plan to spend longer Lionel `Leo' Gervais there now. Leo Gervais has retired on disability John's dad, Tony, came to Canada from Frood on his doctor's advice. He and a job at Frood in 1935. He later had earlier been injured at work and moved to Levack where he retired in since then has had two open heart 1963. John and his mother came to surgery sessions. And while he is They both bowl, Leo likes hockey feeling quite chipper he is heeding his Canada in 1939. He had finished on TV and they enjoy the new grade school in Yugoslavia but started doctor's advice. Seniors' Club in their area. He also at grade one here and in four years Born on a farm near St. Charles in likes to work with wood. And they was through school. 1922, one of a family of nine children, have many plans for a happy He was hired at Levack in 1942 as Leo had worked on the farm and in retirement. an electrical apprentice and worked the bush before joining Inco in 1941 with that department until his early at the copper refinery. retirement. "And it has been a real He worked there until 1945 when he Don Knutson good place to work," John declared. quit to return to the farm, this time to Don Knutson admits that ever since "And Levack is a good place to live," operate his wife's family farm. But he was a young fellow back on the he added. after five years he realized that in farm in Saskatchewan he thought that John didn't have to take his wife on order to educate his children and he would like to be a miner. So in the proverbial honeymoon to Niagara make a decent living, he needed a 1948, he came east and got a job at Falls because that is where Mary Carr steadier income than the farm could Garson. "Foster Todd was the was born and raised. They were provide. superintendent then," he recalled. married in 1949 and have four So in 1950 he rehired at the Frood "And I'm glad I came here, I prefer children: Ron, an electrician at mine and worked underground in mining to farming," he added with a Levack; Jim, at McCreedy West; and pillars for many years. An injury put grin. Peter, at school and Nancy, Mrs. Ed him on the disabled list for some time At Garson he worked on production

45 worked on production and advantage of the early service plan. development work and was a shift Hiring on at the reverbs in 1951, he boss from 1967 until his recent moved over to Jock Rennie's gang in retirement on early service pension. 1957 then spent most of his time Andy is a happy and very active working with the mechanics at the man who has participated in most separation and matte processing sports including curling with the departments. "I liked my work," he pensioners. He has a summer place said. "But I was going to retire soon at Lake Onaping, runs a regular so I was glad to take this offer." trapline and has other interests as well. He uses a snowmobile in winter and gets in some ice fishing too. He and his wife the former Claudette Laberge, were married in 1957. They both play badminton and she enjoys that sport despite having had open heart surgery three years ago. She has nothing but praise for and construction and the last 15 years the local heart unit and feels just was shaft inspector. He liked his work great after her operation. and was planning on retiring next year but took advantage of the early service plan. It was in 1955 that he and Gertrude Poysor were married at Sudbury. She came here in 1951 to work at the General Hospital. They have two sons: Robert, of Val Caron; and Terrence at home. There is also one grandson. Born on a farm near Noelville in The big project for the Knutsons at 1932, he came to Sudbury when he the moment is finishing their was 18 and worked on several permanent home at Lake Nepawassi construction jobs around town before where they have had a camp for joining Inco in 1951. many years. They have lived in the Len and Laurette Soucy were Levesque subdivision the last 27 married at Hanmer in 1960. She is years and now are looking forward to from Rimouski, Quebec. They have spending all their time at the lake. He four children: Lucien, in Sudbury; Claudette Laberge is a Levack is building their home himself with the Gabriel in Garson; Diane, in Sudbury; help of his two sons and hopes to native and her dad Oscar is a Levack and Helen, in Ottawa. There are no retiree. She also has a brother Larry have it finished soon. grandchildren to date but Len would working at Levack. Don likes snowmobiling and still like some as he is from a family of 10 They have three daughters: Karen, does some water skiing. Mrs. Knutson children. He has one brother Gerry at an optometrist in Toronto; Laurie, enjoys babysitting their grandson, the nickel refinery and brother John is whose husband Enio Pidutti is also knitting and preserving. They plan to retired from Frood. an optometrist, and Marcia at have a garden at their new home. Hanmer has been home to Len and University in Waterloo. The Knutson family reunion, which his family since their marriage and he They have been to Florida and is held every two years, will be held has no plans to move. He enjoys hope to spend more of their winters this year at their home at Nepawassi. puttering around his home where he there now. They have also travelled Don and Gertrude are enjoying has a small garden. Next year both Canada from coast to coast and plan retirement and anticipating year round he and his wife plan to take up cross- to do even more travelling now. They life at the lake. country skiing. have both taken up cross-country Len used to hunt and fish but has skiing and are active in the Levack given that up. He is a very happy Andy Wisniewski community where they have lived all man who obviously enjoys life and Born on a farm in Manitoba in their married life. may yet find some small job that suits 1934, where his parents had A relatively young, healthy and him. homesteaded, Andy Wisniewski grew happy couple, they are looking ahead They belong to the local Seniors' to up there with his nine brothers and many pleasant years in retirement. Club and he is active with the Knights sisters. He left the farm in 1953 to join of Columbus. Now with more time, two brothers working at Inco. Leonard Beaulieu they hope to see more of Canada. Andy was hired at the Coniston Len Beaulieu worked with the They still visit back at the farm and smelter, went to Frood in 1954 and mechanics at Copper Cliff most of his enjoy their children. "We are a close then to Levack that same year. He i Inco years and has now taken family," he said. ------46 Pensioners ' and Employees' IN MEMORIAM

Name Age Died Service Auger, Roger 81 May 14 37 Bene, George 80 May 15 38 Desmarais , Armand 69 May 12 24 Dovigi , Angelo 69 April 27 37 Errulat , Werner 53 May 15 25 Galipeau , Claude 56 June 3 31 Gegear, William 96 May 9 31 Hill, John E. 93 May 4 24 Horan , Leonard J. 76 May 5 36 Judd , Lorne H. 56 April 26 19 Kearns , Albert J. 69 April 28 40 Komarnickey , John J. 62 May 2 35 Kunto , August E. 66 June 1 26 Labelle, Yves 59 May 10 31 Lacroix , Richard 33 June 11 15 Moise, Alex 75 May 25 41 Moore , Reginald 68 May 16 33 Munro , Lawrence H . 73 February 28 33 Muron , Ignatius 65 May 8 32 Nightingale , Albert 85 April 20 22 Nurse , Leonard 59 April 23 27 Pidruski, John 71 May 3 30 Riutta, Antti 78 May 2 34 Rollin, Oscar J. 68 May 7 33 Stoker, Harry 84 May 12 33 Thompson , Russell A. 84 May 4 35 Toiviainen, Toivo 58 April 27 25 Urban, John 82 May 4 36 White , David B. 67 May 2 39 Wilson , George E. 72 May 14 36 Young , Norman C. 57 May 27 38

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