SUMMER 1969 VOL. 29, No. 2 CONTENTS
VOLUME :Z9, No. :Z, SUMMER 1969 1. Editorial. HARRY MILES, Editor 2. Farewell. Published quarterly at Flin Flon, Manitoba 3. Winnipeg Office. by Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited. 4. Green Trophy Competition. Authorized as third class mail, Post Office 5. Flexar Opening. Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. Permit No. 5252. 6. Appointments. 7. Toronto Office . • 8. Main Office.
PICTURE CREDITS 10. Flin Flon Area Mines. Front cover color picture, Reflections in 12. Snow Lake Area Mines. Flintoba Creek, by Vera Honeyman; outside back covor picture, Northern Lake Scene, 14. Community Club. by Cyril Steventon. All other pictures con- 16. Surface & Transportation. tributed, or by H.B.M...& S. Publications Department. 18. Warehouse. 19. Research-Assay. • 20. Safety Department. 23. Mechanical & Construction. OUR COVER 24. Churchill River Power. 25. Zinc Plant. 26. Power House. 27. Smelter Department 28. Electrical Department. 29. Mill Department. 30. Trout Festival. 32. Parade of Champions. 35. Pictures. 36. Pictures, Wit & Wisdom.
The calm surface of Fllatoba Creek In what Is known as the North Star Mine area, southeast of Flin Flon, reflected a pictur- esque summer sky when this picture was taken. EDITORIAL
TOMORROW'S LEADERS
ENTURIES ago Diogenes said: "The foun- requires guiding hands: government, business, Cdation of every state is the education of its the professions, the fine arts and the mechanic youth." To which can be added another self- arts. evident truth: "From the ranks of today's youth will come the leaders of tomorrow." A moment of truth will be faced by a num- ber of young people everywhere during the Never before in Canada's history has there summer holidays. And, as in the past, when the been such great demand for well educated citi- fall school term starts, there will be some faces zens; and only through education can our young missing for a variety of reasons. Some students people be made ready to cope with the great will not be able to return, while others will tides of changes that are sweeping over the decide that getting any kind of a job will be world. better than going back to school.
Today's youp.g people are well aware that Those of the non-returnees who try to de- education prepares them for opportunity, and velop natural aptitudes by attending technical that opportunity grasped and -pursued can bring or vocational schools will still have a chance a rewarding life. What they must also be aware of carving out a fairly good livelihood. But of, however, in order to take advantage of the those who grab at low income jobs just to facilities for education now available, is that escape school will run the risk of committing there must exist or be cultivated the will to themselves to a lifetime of low-standard living. learn, a hunger for knowledge, and the deter- To this latter group we would urge: before you mination to strive for it. give up on school, ask yourselves one final question : If I quit school now, with only a Education does not come from schools and partial education, where do I go from here? colleges alone. But the learning to be gained in these institutions provides a basis upon which Adults know that constant emphasis on get- the student can build, toward the general range ting a good educat~on is irksome to those going and quality of intelligence required in today's to school. But education is vital and parents world. and well-wishers of youth just can't afford to stop stressing its importance. The need for leadership in all walks of life is greater today than ever before, and oppor- Tomorrow's citizens and tomorrow's leaders tunities are unlimited for those with the neces- will need all the education they can get. Just sary qualifications. Business is reaching out how well they are educated, and the kind of more and more for people with education in learning they absorb, can determine not alone depth, employees who can function from a the future of our world and way of life, but sound basis of learning. Every aspect of living the course of history as well.
1 Guest of honor Reg. Blake is shown centre above with One of two " unique" gifts is being removed from its exec utive vice-pre ident W. A. M orrice left and general container here. manager D. J. Robertson right.
in 1930 to work in the Company Hospital. FAREWELL GATHERINGS The wedding took place at Waskada, Manitoba HONOR REG. BLAKE in 1932. In his remarks to the farewell reception at FAREWELL gatherings in both Flin Flon Flin Flon, Mr. Morrice said the guest of honor and Winnipeg, for which Company officers was "a very valued member of our staff and and staff members were hosts, honored Arthur he will be greatly missed." He added: Reginald (Reg) Blake on the occasion of his retirement March 31 . He held the posts of "He has handled the financial affairs of our assistant treasurer and assistant secretary when Company from the 30's, when the ways of he retired. accounting were generally si mple, to the present E. S. Austin, president of Hudson Bay time when the amount of 'red tape' and statis- Mining and Smelting Co., Limited, was master tical data, both taxwise and otherwise, make of ceremonies for the Winnipeg reception, as- his professional duties most complicated in- sisted by executive vice-president H. A. Mc- deed." Kenzie, and assistant treasurer and assistant Mr. Morrice said that in his own inimitable secretary E. A. Rummery. style, Reg had endeared himself to the hearts W. A. Morrice, executive vice-president, was of all who worked with him. In concluding chairman of the Flin Flon gathering, assisted his remarks, Mr. Morrice extended to Mr. and in presentations by D. J. Robertson, general Mrs. Blake and family, the sincere wish for manager, and G. H. Mcintosh, assistant to the many happy years together. general manager. In his reply, Mr. Blake had several humor- Mr. Blake was the recipient of a large ous anecdotes concerning his early days with Eskimo carving at the Winnipeg farewell, and the Company at Flin Flon. In concluding on a transistor world-radio receiver at Flin Flon, a more serious note, he said his 39 years of plus two unique gifts of local origin which service with Hudson Bay had been rich in inspired colorful responsive remarks from the association with many fine people, whose kind- guest of honor. ness and friendship he would long remember. Born in Norwich, England, March 4, 1904, Equipped for retirement with gifts designed and presented by Reg Blake began his employment with Hudson Howard Mcintosh, left. Bay at Flin Flon, April 17, 1930, as a meal checker at 53 cents an hour. He subsequently worked in the capacity of shipping clerk for the accounting department here before being transferred to the Winnipeg office June 7, 1935. He was chief accountant there until 1949 when he was named assistant treasurer. He became assistant secretary as well in 1954. While still at Flin Flon, Reg Blake married Edythe Amos, a trained nurse, who came here 2 WINNIPEG OFFICE ERMA HAMIL TON UCH activity has taken place in the Win- Mnipeg Office since our last issue. Early in January, Jean Watt decided to enjoy the climate of "Westwood". We miss Jean in the office and hope that she will enjoy what-
ever work she pursues. Company president E. S. Austin holds Eskimo carving pre- sented to retiree Reg. Blake, 2nd from left. Executive vice- Arlene Ingimundson returned to the office president H . A. McKenzie and E. A. Rummery. assistant to the Traffic Department, to fill in the gap treasurer and secretary complete the group. until the head office move to Toronto in July. Guest of honor surrounded by the distaff side of Winnipeg office staff. back row, left to right: Phyllis Franklin, Margaret Arlene will be taking up the full time task of McLean, Marjorie Robertson, (Mr. Bl ake), Darlene Savage, Arlene l ngimundson. Erma H amilton. Front row kneeling, keeping house and looking after a family at Rit a Emerison, Maisie Gray, Nancy Hnatychen. that time. Rita E merson joined us on January 20th and has been busy looking after the work for Dr. Sarthou and Mr. Epp. Rita enjoys snow skiing, water skiing and , we understand, is quite a bowler. Rita is married and has two children, so is kept busy as well looking after her family. Gerry Pestun decided that the North had more appeal to him than Toronto and left us in February. He now is with Intern ational Nickel at Thompson. We also welcomed to our staff, April 1, 19 69, Mr. John L. Carpenter, who has been appointed General Counsel for the Company. March 28th the staff honored Mr. A. R. Blake, Assistant Secretary and Ass istant Trea- surer, who retired April 1 after 39 year of to a 9 lb. 5 oz. son, David , on March 8th. service. A dinner was held at the Manitoba Sandra informs us th at he is progressing nicely. Club where Mr. E. S. Austin , Company Presi- AI Gillies and his family started the holiday dent, acting as Master of Ceremonies, paid season earl y this year by motoring to Banff, tribute to Reg for his long, faithful and loyal March 29th, for two weeks. They are all ski service to the Company. Best wishes for a enthusiasts and enjoyed their stay at Sunshine long, happy retirement were extended to Reg Lodge. The weather was ideal for skiing with and Mrs. Blake. No doubt Reg will enjoy hi s a 60" base of snow. AI advises that this is hobbies of golf, gardening and curling. the first trip to the mountains for his children We were all pleased to learn that Sandra and that they were really thrilled. Visits also Konetchy, who left us in December, gave birth were made to Calgary, Regina and Saskatoon.
Mrs. Bla ke, left. pinned with a corsage by Mrs. Austin .
Rita Emerson joined the Winnipeg office staff in J anuary. W . A . . 1969 winners o f the Green Trophy Competition was this Surface & Transpo rtation Department rink. Left to right: Stan Borley. D on Saunders. T orn Scou and skip Do ug Gourlay. 1969 runners-up rink from E lec trical Dept. Left to right Jack COVETED TROPHY IN Fox, Phil Simpson, Ron Huyton , and L orance Peppler, sk1p. COMPETITION SINCE 1935 HE W. A. Green Curling Trophy, for annual T competition amongst the various depart- ments of the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited, was first put up for competition in 1935, carrying the name of Mr. W. A. Green, then General Manager of the Company, later president and now director. The trophy is the top prize in elimination curling which first sees each department hold- ing its own annual bonspiel and winners com- son was a two-time winner for the Electrical peting in the Green Trophy competition. Department, in 1957 and 1959. In the 34 years of trophy playoffs since it A team from the Zinc Plant, skipped by was first won by Pete Mann in 1935, the fol- P. B. Mann, with R. Logan third, P. B. Barager lowing is a list of winning skips and depart- second and M. Kasumovic ,Jead captured the ments: trophy in its first year of competition. Ed Longmore, Smelter, 1936; Bill Saul, The Electrical Department has produced five Electrical, 1937; D. Ross, Zinc Pl ant, 1938; winners in the 35-year history of the trophy, Cec Hope, Surface, ,1939; Charles Benter, tops amongst all departments. The Smelter, Mine, 1940; Bill Croft, Mill , 1941 ; Bill Gray- Surface & Transportation, the Mine, Mechani- son, Island Falls, 1942; Goldie Goldsmith, cal & Construction, and Miscellaneous have Machine Shop, 1943 and 1944; Don Dow, each won the trophy four times ; the Mill and Electrical, 1945 ; Cec Hope, Surface, 1946; C.R.P. Island Falls three times each, Zinc Plant Fred Gray, Miscellaneou s, 1947; AI Ball, twice, and the Power House and Snow Lake, Machine Shop, 1948 ; Clarke Hume, Smelter, once each. Winning years for the Electrical 1949; Ches Henry, Island Falls, 1950; Harry Department were 1937, 1945, 1957, 1959 and Grose, Miscellaneous, 1951 ; Pete Wiebe, Mine, 1960. 1952; Cec Hope, Surface 1953; lsh Holmes, Winningest skip over the years was the late Mill, 1954; Don Randell, Mill, 1955; Jack Cec Hope who brought the highly prized Green Barkwell, Island Falls, 1956; Kelly Stevenson, Trophy to the Surface & Transportation De- Electrical, 1957; Ted Sparling, Miscellaneous, partment three times, first in 1939, then in 1958; Kelly Stevenson, Electrical, 1959; Wally seven year intervals in 1946 and 1953. Warnkk, Electrical, 1960; Jim Brough, Smelter, Goldie Goldsmith won two years in a row 1961; Bud Mcintosh, Mine, 1962 and 1963; for the Machine Shop, 1943 and 1944; Bud Ivan Boyce, Power House, 1964; Larry Kirby, Mcintosh duplicated the feat for the Mine De- Snow Lake, 1965; Jack Lavis, Smelter, 1966; partment in 1962 and 1963, and Kelly Steven- (Continued on Page 5) 4 FLEXAR MINE OPENING FLEXAR BECOMES SIXTH PRODUCING MINE APRIL 1st LEXAR MI E, 8% miles southwest of F Fl in Flon, went into production April 1, 1969, bringing to six the number of base-metal producing mines being operated by the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited. Flexar Left to ri ght: W. A . Morri ce, D. J. Robertson, H. Wennerlund Mines Limited, 80 percent owned by Hudson (Mine Foreman), J . R. Bray and Shift Boss Walter Redman viewing sa mple of first ore . Bay, is located besid e Birch Lake, in the Sas- katchewan area adjacent to Flin Flon. W. A. Morrice, executive vice-president of HBM&S, D. J. Robertson, General Manager, and J. R. Bray, superintendent of mines, jour- neyed to the property for a brief offici al open- ing ceremony. Production at Flcxar has been scheduled for 2 10 tons per calendar day in 1969, increasing to 277 tons in 1970. The ore from Flexar is being trucked to the Company's metallurgical plant at Fljn F lon by a private contractor. Main component of Flexar ore is copper, with zinc, gold and si lver present Load of Flcxar Ore at South Main ore dump into o re cars. in smaller quantities. Flexar ore being backed into ore bin dump shed at North Main. The property was optioned from a group of local investors. The headframe was enclosed in 1964, an ore bin in the qeadframe and pl ant utilities were completed th at same year. Sh aft- si nking began in November, 1965. F lexar derives its name from portions of the names of three claims : FL from the Flash Mineral C laj m; EX from Rex Mineral Claim , and AR from Star Mineral Claim. COVETED TROPHY (Continued from Page 4) Arnold Nowosad, Miscell aneous, 1967; Guy Hume, M achine Shop, 1968, and Doug Gour- lay, Surface, 1969. two rookies who had never curled before - Eleven departments had representatives in second Don Saunders and lead Stan Borley - the Green Trophy Competition this year, won and because the winning rink went through its by the Surface & Transportation rink skipped department bonspiel and the Green Trophy by Doug Gourl ay. In this connection it is competition undefeated. interesting to note that Doug's quartet included Presentation of the Green Trophy to the two cu rlers who have never suffered defeat in Gourlay team was made by General Manager curling, in their lives . This unique situation D. J. Robertson. Individual trophies go to came about because the rink personnel included the members of the winning rink. 5 APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED BY E. S. AUSTIN, PRESIDENT: JOHN L. CARPENTER Company General Counsel, Effective April 1, 1969. Graduated 1950 with honors from Manitoba Law School, University of Manitoba, became barrister and solicitor with Winnipeg law firm . Joined legal department Great-West Life Assurance Co., Winnipeg and served in various capacities. Became Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) 1965. During World War 2 served in Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve and held rank of Probationary Sub-Lieutenant. NORMAN J. KNOWLES General Manager Francana Oil & Gas Ltd. Effective May 1, 1969. Graduated 1953 with B.Sc. degree in engineering from University of Saskatchewan. Gained wide experience as petroleum engineer with major Canadian companies, including Imperial Oil Ltd. Joined Francana in June 1966 as senior reservoir engineer. Appointed chief engineer in 1968 and became assistant general manager Jan. I , 1969. Francana is controlled by, and is the operaf1ng oil and gas wing of Hudson Bay. Francana plans to move its head office from Regina to Calgary in July. ANNOUNCED BY J. S. WARICK, GENERAL MANAGER, SYLVITE OF CANADA, HBM&S POTASH DIVISION, EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1969: DONALD C. SMITH NORMAN J. CYR WILLIAM G. SCHULTZ FRED J. GREEVES Production Manager Administration Manager Mine Superintendent Mill Superintendent Graduated Haileybury Former chief accountant Graduate Colorado School Graduate University of School of Mines 1956, HBM&S Flin Flon office; of Mines as Mining E ngi- Manitoba 1958 with B.Sc. holds diploma in chemical comptroller for Rodell Cor- neer, 1956. Was mining mechanical engineering. ln engineering. Had base-metal poration. Attended Univer- consultant on potash de- July 1968, sent by Sylvite mining and potash mining sity of Minnesota a nd is a velopment, and exploration to Florida on design work experience prior to joining member of the Society of geologist prior to joining for refinery complex at Sylvite. Industrial Accountants. Sylvite. Rocanville, Sask. TORONTO OFFICE AL BoLTON HE most important news since our last Tarticle is of course the corning transfer of the head office of the Company from Winnipeg to Toronto. May we take this opportunity to welcome all those who will be transferring to Toronto as a result of this move and hope that they will enjoy life in this fair city. Our department has recenty had a charming addition in the form of Debbie Hunt. Debbie hails from Burlington, Ontario and is currently doing the typing of the copper shipment docu- ments for Miss Barclay. We also note that there is a June wedding in the offing. Diane Risebrough is sporting a lovely sparkler and looking forward to the big day. Frank McCarthy, Secretary and Treasurer of our Company will be retiring at the end of June. Frank came to Toronto from the New York office, and we hear he is planning on returning to Connecticut. He will certainly be greatly mi'ssed by all, and we extend our best wishes to him and Mrs. McCarthy for a long and happy retirement .'' David McLeish, son of Bill McLeish, Toronto office, feeding the pigeons jn St. Mark's Square, Venice. The curling season has ended and we are pleased to report that the two office members who take this sport seriously, Ozzie Buchanan and the author, acquitted themselves quite AI Bolton taking a break on the bonnie banks of well. Loch Lomond. At last word, our geological staff are still roving about. Doug Hopper returned alive and well from the sunny south and is now firmly established in the bush. Ann Pat Lubbock spent a month at Chibougimau, and has re- cently returned to Toronto. Finally, Hso Kahn Pha is on holiday and presently finishing his flying training at Toronto Airways. In conclusion, we must mention that every- one is extremely envious of our telephone receptionist, Maureen Delaney, who has just returned from Trinidad and Tobago with a beautiful suntan that makes us other mortals count the days until our holidays begin. 7 daughter, Mary Lou, is a Grade 12 student in MAIN OFFICE Hapnot Collegiate. The sincere good wishes of this column go to Don and his wife for JOH N SPENCER many happy and healthy years of retirement. ORN sixty-five years ago in the Town of The Engineering Department, located on the BMorris, Manitoba, Don Hay started work- second floor of the Main Office, has also lost ing for the Company on April 13, 1939 and, an expert employee of many years standing, since 1941 , has taken strict care of many in the person of Harry Booth. millions of dollars in payments and receipts, Harry has been a member of this depart- as an esteemed member of the Accounting ment since April 24th, 1940 and will be sorely Office staff. missed by his many friends and associates in His retirement on April 30, 1969 will be the Main Office. felt by all his Accounting Office colleagues He first saw light of day in Miniota on who have experienced the benefit of his un- March 15 , 1904 but was soon transported to failing support and assistance during the past the City of Brandon where he received his 28 years. public schooling,. He later studied Engineering We are all happy that Don's retirement will in the University of Manitoba. not take him away from Flin Flon where he During his 29 years of residence in Flin has been a pillar of strength to the Ross Lake Flon, his two daughters, Helen (now Mrs. N. Curling Club since its inception. He is a past V. Sundstrom), and Frances, were born and winner of the H.B.M.&S. Trophy and is known received their preliminary education. Helen throughout Northern Manitoba curling circles later ea rned her B.A. at Manitoba University as something of a giant-killer. and her B.Sc. in Nursing at the University of He also played hockey in the early days of Saskatchewan and is now instructing in nursing Flin Flon as a member of the Flin Flon Fliers in Winnipeg. Frances has received her Bache- and was a noted outfielder and heavy hitter lor's degree in Science and is now studying when baseball was played on the Lake Bottom first year Medicine in the Manitoba Medical Park. As a baseball umpire . he never made a School. wrong decision. For the past ten years Harry has been the Don Hay and his wife, Edna, live in a lovely Property Chairman of the Flin Flon Music home on Tweedsmuir Street where their three Festival Association and has also been keenly children grew up. Their son, George, is mar- interested in woodworking as a hobby. ried and is now the Saskatchewan Represen- He and his wife Ann plan to move to tative of Canadian Laboratories. Their eldest Winnipeg this summer where they intend to daughter, Heather, is training for her R.N. in Grace Hospital, Winnipeg, while their younger Watchman Charley Devine. retired April 30 after 21 years with the Company. He is shown centre, below, after a presccn- tation by Company Steward Earle Mc Donald, lef.L Chtef Don H ay of the Accounting Office retired at the end of April. Watchman Bert Sixsmith is on the nght. AIS() reunng but H e is shown centre, below, wnh Cla rence Merrell, Chtef unable to be present for the picture, was Hughte Mtller, who Accounta nt, left, and Kjell Hvidsten, Cost Accountant, n ght. started wi th the Company in 1953 . build a new home in the Charleswood area. Shirley Neilson attended the wedding of her Blayne McLuckie, who is one of Flin Flon's daughter, Patricia, to Ken Sallows. The wed- name curlers and several times the victim of ding took place in Deer Lodge United Church, Don Hay's prowess, has been transferred from Winnipeg, M arch 21st. the Pay Office to the Accounting Department. Sporting news is the next category to be Two new girls have been added to the Main considered, and the greatest Main Office suc- Office roster, namely, Leona Head, Personnel, cess of the past winter was the winning, by and Linda Bailey, Pay Office and we offici all y the Byers rink, of the feminine edition of the welcome them to our midst. H.B.M.&S. Curling Trophy. The girls, who Wedding bells rang out on April 12 when won the 1969 watches, include Beatty Byers, Maureen Watson of Personnel became the skip, and Wilma Gallagher, lead, from the lovely bride of John Brophy. The wedding Steward's Department and Pay Office respec- took pl ace in St. Peter's Church and the happy tively; and well known Flin Flon curler Teena couple travelled to California on their honey- Konik, third, and Joyce Trueman, second. moon. We are happy at this time to publish the Also heading in the direction of California line-up of the H.B.M.&S. Office Girls' Spring but stopping short at Las Vegas, Norma Jean Five-Pin Bowling League, the name of the Steph a nsso n with her mom and dad and team and the captain being listed below: Suzanne Martel of the Machine Shop Office, Joy's Pride and Joys Joy Lofcndalc lost plenty of money, she says, but came back Winnie's Wild Wons Winnie Ledieu to Flin Flon with a gorgeous tan. Viv's Vikings Vivian Beck Another ubiquitous Main Office lass, Judy Reid's Roll ers Darlene Reid Maitland, flew to Bermuda in the company of Darlene's Darlings Darlene Lauterer Marsha Switzer from the Warehouse. This Ev's Ever-Ready's Evelyn Oliynyk trip, they recommend to everyone despite the fact that ~he weather was damp and dismal We almost failed to report that Judy Reagan, for two-thirds of the time. We thought it was another of the Personnel Department beau- always beautiful in Bermuda. They stayed at ties, became the Trappers' Festival Queen can- a lovely, ex pensive hotel where they had to didate for the Town of Flin Flon and only dress for dinner on Thursday's and Saturday's, just failed to become this year's queen. and spent most of their daylight hours riding And talking about Personnel Department around Hamilton on little motor bikes. beauties, Irene Lengyel has become more Mary Szocs travelled to Calgary for a visit beautiful than ever, decorated as she now is with her fiance, Bob Balabas; and Bev Haens- with a gorgeous sparkler, placed on her left gen jetted to Vancouver on March 28 for a fourth finger by Ron Chartrand, of Thompson, week's vacation at the Coast. Manitoba. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Baniulis (nee Marlene Jenner) are Harry Booth of the En· shown here foll owi ng their g inccring Depart me nt wns J anuary wedding. Marlene is an April 30 retiree after Lind a Ba iley is a new the youngest daughter of Len 29 years se rvice with the Leona Head looks after employee in the Pay Je nner, of the Watchman's Company. the mail de partme nt. Office. Dept., and Mrs. Jenner. In this group of Mine employees are tho e who retire Left to right at retirement party. Harry Wennerlund, Alex yea r. Left to right as faces appear. or are indicated, are: a nd Mrs. Trojanowich, Mrs. Roy Mooney and Mrs. Wenner- J ack Hartman, hidden behind Geo rge Komonac at front; then lund, back to ca mera. Frank Hurta, AI Leblanc, Fred Therrien, J ohn Kl ucar, Garnet Eidt, Gus Wolden, Alex Trojanowich, John Warga, Harry Wennerlund, Roy Mooney, Nick Putko, George Marcin at back, Paul Isaksen, Fred Wilcox, Mike Czettisch and Ernie Last. FLIN FLON AREA MINES ED. MARTEL PRING and Summer brought retirement time Sfor many mine e mployees , and without exception all have many years of service. At the top of the list was Ernie Last, who joined the Company on January 14, 1928 and had 41 years of service to his credit. Others are Mike Czettisch with 39 years, George Marcin 37 years, Harry Wennerlund Left to right: Stan Curtis, master of ce remonies; Mayor A lex Clark of Creighton making presentation to Mr. and Mrs. 36 years, Roy Mooney and Garnet Eidt each Angus Mullaney at 40th wedding anniversary party, held in their honor. with 35 years, Nick Putko 34 years, Alfred Therrien 29 years and Paul Isaksen with 27 years. To all of them we wish many years of happy retirement. Congratulations to Gus and Mrs. Mullaney who celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary, and to Sam and Mrs. Smuland who celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary. Percy Switzer is now clerking in the Mine Office, Marian Pazdiersk i has transferred to A five-generation family group is shown above. Front row left to ri ght they are Mrs. S. Rosenberger of Flin Flon, the Mechancal Department, Mike Coderre has great grandmother holding little Miss Brenda June Barnes; Mrs. M. Foote of Oshawa. Ont .. 93. great great grandmother; moved from CFAR to the Flin Flon Mine, and back row: Mrs. Arnold Graham of Clavet. Sask .. grand- mother, and Mrs. Lester Barnes. her daughter, of Allan. Sask. Ken Collison and Otto Spacik have joined the Trout Festival pickerel event winners with individual trophies are Art Aspevig at ri ght with son-in-law and two daughters. The long and the short of it , in children and fi sh, left to ri ght : Sharon O'Reilly, Robbie Watt and Maureen O'Reilly with their catch at Beaver Lake. Reminiscing at the retirement ga th ering. Louis Tusz, repairman, Art Cooper, cage-tender, Gerry Trueman, Safety Foreman, Jan Jawniak, handyman, at South Main 3250 level. Engineering Department, Bob Bray is filling Lawrence Fancy's shoes as mucker boss, and Lawrence has gone to Flexar Mine. Maurice Miners Glen Nomeland and Kirby has been appointed Mine Foreman. Martin Broland leaving man-hoist cage on surface The last group to receive their 25-year at North Main. Albert Burwash watches include Leo Lavoie, Ernie Leafloor, is the cage-tender. George Lyons, Gordon MacLellan , Jack Thompson, Vic Hook, Doug Reid, Tom Fitz- patrick, Fred Therrien, AI Anderson, Stewie Crerar, Harold Walker, Lawrence Fancy, Jake Coulthard, Henry St. Godard , Curly Krahn, Alex Trojanowich and Fraser Smith. Earlier this year, the National Safety Council granted an Award of Honor for all of the Lionel Plante in a Company's underground mines for 1968. restful moment at Flexar Mine. In a letter sent out by Flin Flon Area Mine Superintendent Howard Black, he pointed out that "this is the highest award that is made by the National Safety Council and reflects the high standards of safety that have been attained by our unde rground mines." He said the achievement was appreciated by management. ln adding his own appreciation he said: "You have made our mines a very safe place in which to work. With your continued support in this Safety Program, I'm sure we can keep Mr. and Mrs. Leo Twerden in them that way." Shipwreck Kell y's Bar, H awaii. Champagne Flight group Walter J ones (Smelter) a nd Mrs. J ones, Steve Kowalewich, Mrs. Thor Grant, Milt Young and Thor G rant in H awaii. VeraM~~e"()fr\~~: ''stealing'' cocoanuts. Snow Lake area mine superinlcndcnl Lloyd Nilsen con- gralula!ed lhe Surface crew fo r a 600-day slrclch wilhoul lost time accident. He lping hold the sign is Jim Bates, Surface foreman, right. Supcrinlcndcnl of Mines, Bob Bray and Shop Foreman Lloyd Crockel holdi ng sign proclaiming 2,000 days of work wilhoul losl lime accidenl for Snow Lake shop. SNOW LAKE MINES Russ YouNG ELIEVE it or not, this is the first time we Bhave started a Summer issue write-up with- out three feet of snow on the ground, and this is our II th Summer report. Larry Kirby's rink won the Mine Bonspiel and represented Snow Lake in the Green Tro- phy pl ayoff. Larry had Hans Crone as third, Norm Covey second, and Mike Kowalchuk lead. Runners-up in the Main Event was the Gary H augen rink of Diane Bartley third, Gary Neil on second and Pat Sayes lead. Re lax in g during th e bonspie l. Consolation event winner was the H arry Graham rink with Milt Pedwell third, Bev McMurchie second, and Mel Stener throwing lead rock . Second in this event was John Salahub and hi s rink of Greg Foord third, John Dutka second and Eldon E rickson lead. To compl e te the winter news, in minor hockey our Bantams lost out in the semi-finals and th e Juveniles lost out to Gimli in the fin als of th e provincial pl aydown s. The Seniors were also second best this sea- so n, losing the third game of a best of three seri es to Grandview in the Intermediate fin als. Certificates prese nted to Elec trical Apprentices Jim Overland, A very s uccess fu I Tom Thumb Hockey J r .. Bill Hoski ns and Paul Waroway. lcfl 10 righl. Tournament was staged by the Minor Hockey Associati on during the Easter holidays with G len Bartley on snow cleanup with front-end loader. teams from Thompson, Flin F lon, T he Pas, Winn ipeg and Snow Lake tak ing part. Winn i- C:1fctcria staff at one of their monthly meetings . with Joe Bauhs. manager. in foreground . Snow L ak e Surface crew . peg carted off the silverware with Flin Flon Piper F rank St ewart and drummer T ommy Y oung leading grand march in M en's Bonspiel Opening, Snow L ake. the runner-up. Snow Lake placed third fol- lowed by Thompson and The Pas. Three more Electrical apprentices received their certificates late in January. Superintendent Lloyd Nilsen was on hand to present Bill Hos- kins, Paul Waroway and Jim Overland Jr. with their certificates. He congratulated them on their achievements and pointed out the value it represents to the Company. Lest we forget our Population Explosion Dept., congratulations go out to Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kowalchuk on the birth of a son January 27, Mr. and Mrs. Cec Zilkie a daughter Janu- ary 31 , Mr. and Mrs. Sam Furkalo a daughter February 7, Mr. and Mrs. J. Clinton a son Donor "Sandy" Morrice was on hand to present th e W. A . M orrice . Trophy to main event winners Larry Kirby skip, February 11, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Laffin a girl H ans Crone third (missed from picture), orm Covey second and Mik e Kowalchuk lead . Mr. Mo rri ce is executive vice- March 4, Mr. and Mrs. Rene Lamontagne a president of the Company. son March 8, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lycon a son Mardi 19, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Lan- driault a daughter Ma~~h 20, Mr. and Mrs. Vic Gaudet a son March 26, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Walker a daughter March 29, Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Guiboche a son April 4, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Haugen a son April 10. Our Surface crew and Shop crew were com- mended earlier this year when Superintendent of Mines J. R. Bray congratulated the Snow Lake Shop crew on going two thousand days without a lost time injury. Snow Lake Area Mine Superintendent L. R. Nilsen congratulated Gary H augen sk ip, Diana Bartley third, Gary eilson second the Snow Lake Surface crew for a 600 day and Pat Sayes lea d, placed second. stretch without lost time injury. Consolation runners-up, John Salahub sk ip, G reg Foord thi rd, Consolati o n winners. H arry G raham skip, Bev McMurchie John Dutka second, Eldon Erickson lea d . second, Milt Pedwe ll third, M el Stener lea d. Ethel Caulfield trophy for juniors presented by Mrs. Ha rl and presents Preston-Johnson trophy for Dodi e Wardle to H eather Erickson. 2nd Shirley boys, wo n by Tad J awniak. 2nd Edwin Olson, Erickson, Centre, 3rd Sandy Ferguson. Centre, 3rd Randy McLean. Figure Skating Club president J ack Kirkbride presents Junior Rose Bowl trophy for COMMUNITY CLUB intermediates to Patricia Evans. JOHN PELLETIER B ACK in 1960 when our hockey teams won Midget, Juvenile and Junior provincial championships, we figured that was a season record for our town which would stand for all time. D a nd B trophy for Begi nners A , presented by Instead, the 1968-69 season will top that D. Panasiuk to Julie Van Caeseele. record, with Flin Flon clubs already holding 2nd Debbi Lycan, centre; 3rd Manitoba titles for Bantam 'A', Midget 'A' and Carl a Norman. Junior 'B' hockey clubs and a Western Canada Hockey League Junior 'A' championship as well. There was a possibility also that the Junior Bombers would add the WCHL's East- West championship to its laurels, in a series with the St. Thomas, Ontario Barons. Before going on to the summer program we wou ld lik e to write a few wo rds about our first ever North country Pee Wee hockey tourna- ment. This is a sure sign , we beli eve, that Kinette trophy for Begi nners B, some day in the not too distant future we will presented to J oan Leask by Mrs. have an all Northern Hockey League, indepen- Hurta. 2nd Gwen H ogue. 3rd dent of the heavy mil eage now travell ed for Linda Scott. games. So far, such a setup is in the dream stage, but we predict that such a league will operate some day and we onl y hope we will be around to see it. Next item of interest will be the ever-colorful and ever-popul ar Cordwood Bon pie! for the young people. Also we hope to see another Broomball tournament to close out the Winter season. As per custom, our reliable Glee Club staged Boyce trophy for Senior Dance. presented to Heather Dunbar and Sue McNeil by Mrs Wardle. asselquist trophy for Ju venile B, presented to Brenda Ri ce by Mrs. Lennartz; 2nd Arlene Mackie, 3rd Penny Holmes. Wardle trophy for J4-11 ior Pairs, presented to Shirley and H eather Erickson by Mrs. Wardle. Campbell t r o ph y for Junior Dance, presented by J ane Camp- one of their best efforts ever in "Annie Get bell to Heather and Shirley Your Gun!" We heard rumors during the off- Erickson. season what with one or another leaving town, retiring from active duty etc. But surmounting all handicaps our Glee Club as usual managed to find replacements and come up with a great Setterington Trophy show. for Juvenile A , presented to Shelly J ebson by H enry St. We say "thank you" to all who attended the Godard. 2nd Patsy Zi emba, 3rd performance, and to the Glee Club "well done D ebbie Watt. as usual." We feel sure that the entire cast and members of the club must have a feeling of accomplishment after a show of this calibre. Once again, thank you all. We intended to have definite information about this year's summer program, but due to our manager's out of town commitments, Ross Style Shop trophy and a long-lasting hockey season, we will have for pre-school class. presented to Lori Flatt to just roughly outline what our outdoor recre- by J . Kirkbride ; 2nd Sherri Rideout. centre; 3rd ation will tJe in the coming months. Swimming Tannis Martinot. will be one of the big objectives as usual with playground ball leagues and track and field getting more attention. However, we will leave the programming to our club manager, knowing that he will come up with the best possible schedule to cover A gift of appreciati on a wide list of activities. presented to Tom Lyons, club manage r and Meanwhile, please keep your Community icemakcr, by J ack Kirkbride. Club in mind. One of the best ways you can help is to try and convince non-members to join up and help carry the load. The Community Club wants all youngsters to have the advantage of the summer play- ground and swimming and all the other club Hudson's Bay Store trophy activities, but it also needs the help that can for Seni or Pairs, presented to Heather Dunbar and Sue be had only by a large membership of adults. McNeil by M . Haas. And finally, heartiest congratulations to our figure skaters, from beginners to seniors, for the very fine style and execution of intricate skating in the tests held here this Spring, and to the club executive. Pictures of the trophy winners are presented here. eil Washburn a nd Glenna J ohnson Surface & Transportation JIM AIMOE UMMER was almost here again when this Swas written in late April and there was talk of vacations with holidayers to head out in all directions including a few thinking about joining chartered flights to England. On January 31st there was a capacity gath- ering in Legion Hall to bid farewell to our retiring superintendent Ben GrimmelL Then, in April, we were saddened by the news of Henry Garuk, right, hi s sudden death. Our sincere sympathy goes was prize committee out to Mrs. Grimmelt and the family . chairman, shown here with Supt. W att. Another tremendous bonspiel was held Feb- ruary 8 and 9 at Willowpark Curling Club rink with prizes galore. Superintendent George Watt, assisted by Rec Club president Cliff McCullum, secretary Henry Garuk and treas- urer Paul Haugen were on hand to make presentations. Doug Gourlay's rink of Tom Scott, Don Saunders and Stan Borley took top honors and received the trophy plus four lovely oil Vince Kadas, John and Mrs. Rujak, paintings. Neil Washburn with Don Cooper, Walter and Mrs. Cole, D. Goy and daughter Gordon Smith and Jim McKay took second are in this group. pictured at the S & T place. They received interior car warmers. retireq1ent party. Cliff McCullum's aggregation of H. Bowman, Cliff Tokle and Dan Toner placed third and won hunting knives, while dip fish nets, as fourth place prize, went to Bob Njegovan's rink of Ted Barre, Lloyd KreHer and Pete Saranchuk. Ed Gauthier's quartet with George Feld- mann, Wayne Shomperlen and Angus Fitz- patrick won hunter's hand lanterns as first in Herb and Mrs. the Consolation Event; Sonny Hemmings, Pete Whitbread enjoying the dancing. Haffick, Albert Secord and Dale Ross won cool car seas for second place; Marcel Vandergucht, Ab Judd, Garner Benson and Reno Pearson won third place and spark plugs; and Alf Keisman, Cliff Andres, Ernie Kalinchuk and Another one of those Big Island The department's new HlAB Speed Loader mounted And a good time was had by all! ·•monsters" ... Th at's Paul Haugen on No. 4 truck . on the right. Presentation to Denis Fancy won fourth place and thermo retiring superintendent Ben Crimmelt by glasses. Rec Club president Following the presentations, entertainment C liff McCullum. was enjoyed by all with Murray McDonald vocalist and his own accompanist, and Alf Kiesman, vocal, with Mrs. Gourlay as accom- panist. Refreshments were provided by Depart- ment 68 management. On March 5th at 4:30 p.m., the Surface Recreational Club annual meeting was held with Cliff McCullum in the chair. The slate Victorious S & T of officers presented to the meeting for the rink a nd Green Trophy winners presented oil coming year was accepted unanimously, includ- paintings and trophy: Don Saunders 2nd, ing Cliff McCullum continuing as president, D oug Gourlay skip, Tom Scott 3rd, Paul Haugen continuing as treasurer, and with Stan Bo rl ey lead. Alex Lekopoy assuming the post of secretary. Sick visiting committee chairman will be How- ard Pascoe, social chairman Spud McKenzie, and Allan Coe will serve as vice-presidents. Henry Garuk carries on as dues collector. Runners-up in Dept. A motion was passed to accept $6.00 per year Bonspiel. eil Washburn skip, Don Cooper 3rd, dues in advance, payable during the first two Gordon Smith 2nd, Jim McKay lead, paydays in January, beginning in 1970. This presented car interior warmers by Dept. Supt. will enable your club officers to plan the year's George Watt. activities in advance. So, when you see Henry coming your way in January, don't run, just dig down and get that six dollars paid off. Please watch your Rec Club bulletin board for year round events, ~uch as the opening of Harold Bowman 3rd. the fish derby, summer picnic, fall smoker and Cliff McCullum skip, Dan Toner 2nd many other interesting events which you and and Cliff Toklc lead, (missing your whole fami ly can enjoy. from picture), won hunting knives for On March 9th Doug Gourlay skipped his placing third. rink of Tom Scott, Don Saunders and Stan Borley to a narrow margin victory over Laur- ence Peppler's Electrical Department rink of Ron Huyton, Phil Simpson and Jack Fox, to capture the W. A. Green Trophy Competition. This is the fourth time Dept. 68 has won the Consolation winners Ed Gauthier skip, Green Trophy since the start of the competi- Wayne Shomperlen 2nd, tion in 1935. Congratulations to the Doug George Feldman 3rd. Angus Fitzpatrick lead, Gourlay rink. received hand lanterns. (Continued on Page 36) Third placers received spark The D e p t. Supt. presented plugs from Cliff McCullum left. Thermo glasses to fourth placers and George Watt: Reno Pearson A lf Kiesman skip, Ernie Kalin- lead. and Garner Benson 3rd in chuk 2nd. Cliff Andres 3rd, and picture: skip Ma rcel Vander- for Denis Fancy, missing. gucht and Ab Judd 3rd, missing. Runners-u p Sonn y Hemings, sk ip. A Ibert Secord 2nd. Pete H affick 3rd, Dale Ross lead. got coo l car seats. An excellent Safety record was in the m aking by this group at the Warehouse with 11 32 days marked up without a lost time accident. T he best previous record in that de- pa rtment was 496 d ays. Warehouse supervisor Ray Mcinnes is seen left in econd row with Purchasing Agent J oe Putney next to him. Assistant Purchasing Agent Bill Tindall is down front, right. In the Purchasing Office, Bill Tindall re- WAREHOUSE ports his sons enjoyed their first year of Flin Flon hockey and that they are now settled in Bas DAnsoN their home and exploring the surrounding areas, HE annual Warehouse Bonspiel held on lakes and trails. Wayne Kelly, our hockey TMarch 15th was the usual huge success. linesman, is now assisting Kent Morgan. Gamet Cluff's entry with Flo Berry, Einer We have two new employees, Mavis Jackson, Crone, Elaine Slugoski won the Joe Putney a graduate of the high school commercial Trophy. Ken Hanson's rink with Cliff Work- course, part time upstairs and part time assist- man, Helen Nowosad and Vera Hanson won ing Dadson and Crone in the downstairs office; the Consolation Event. We all enjoyed the and Bill Gammon, a product of the Toronto, delicious smorgasbord provided by our ladies Ontario area, transferred from the Fuming in the Elks Lounge Room. El Warrington Pl ant. Bill has the honor of being the tallest provided the Hi-Pi music for dancing. Charlie member of our crew, 6 ft. 5 inches. Persian proved an excellent bar tender and a Tom Berg is taking his 21-day special vaca- whale of a time was had by all. tion and has been observed working in his This year's early break-up caught most of immaculate garden. He was also pl anning to us unawares and our gardeners and cottagers motor to Winnipeg to pick up daughter Judy have been working overtime on spring clean- from University. ups, tackle overhaul and boat and engine Mrs. Bill Small is convalescing in the hos- checks, a month earlier than usual. pital in Winnipeg and we all join in wishing In the new arrivals column, Oz and Marg her a speedy recovery and trust she will be Perkins report the arrival of a grandson, home again soon. Harlan William Clarke, December 31, 1968. Our new Towmotor propane-powered fork- Proud parents are daughter Laren and son-in- lift was enroute from the supplier at this time law Derwin Clarke of Gillam, Manitoba. Der- of writing. Also we were arranging with our win is employed by Manitoba Hydro at. Kettle shippers and truckers to load our supplies on Rapids Power Plant. wooden pallets in Winnipeg where feasible. We congratulate Evelyn Cassan whose mar- The fork-lift will greatly speed up unloading riage to Pat McQuaid will take pl ace on May and eliminates a great amount of bull work. lOth. For the amount of material of all shapes, sizes Marsha Switzer jetted to Bermuda for a and weights we handle, we have achieved with winter vacation and reported that it rained a the help of the Surface and Rigger crews a bit, which apparently did not slow down activi- remarkable safety record, about which you may ties, but was a big change from 40 degrees read in the Safety Department news in this below to 80 degrees above in a few hours. issue. 18 HBM&S BU RSARY WI NER Research-A ssay Superintendent. J. . Kirkbride. is shown here presenting HBM&S Bursary to Brian M urphy at th e orthern M anitoba V ocati onal Centre, The Pas. Brian started his Mi ning Technology course in Sep· tember, 1967. In hi s first yea r he won the M .T . Jn strucwrs Pri ze and the Ca nadian Institute of Minin g and Metallurgy prize. At the e nd of his third term he won the HBM&S bursary wi th an average of 82%. RESEARCH-ASSAY GIL DESROCHES ONGRATULATIONS are in order for CRichard and Margaret Billy who were mar- ried in March; and to Marvin and Bev Dowhan on the birth of a baby girl, March 26. The baby has been named Karla Moreen. Bill Friesen from the Spectrograph Lab, and Warren Welling from the Smelter research, both had unfortunate accidents and suffered broken limbs during normal skiing activity at the Ski Club knoll . Both are impatiently await- ing the day when they can resume regular activities. Geoff and Mabel Mo.!Jid are back with us following a three- month stay in Saskatoon where Geoff was involved in work being per- formed for HBM&S at the Saskatchewan Re- search Council. Ed Pegg spent a three - week vacation in March in the Barbados and came back well tanned. Unfortunately, the photo of Ed taken Ri chard Billy and Ma rgaret Judd were married in March. with the jungle-bunnies did not turn out. Mervyn Watson of Zinc Pl ant research has Instant replay of how Warren Welling's first become "stereotyped" like the rest of the staff- sk i le sson terminated. house inmates. This was accomplished with his recent acquisition and assembling of a heathkit stereo amplifier. Mervyn now enjoys " turning everyone on" to a higher emotional state with audio impulses of " Vanilla Fudge" and the "Beatles". Our department has good representation on the local C.I.M.M. branch executive this year with Charlie Munro filling the post of chair- man, and Harry Easton taking on the duties of secretary-treasurer. 19 Flin FIC?n Mine Elec tricians and underground repair crews are rolling up excellent safety records. Superintendent of Mines Bob Bray is seen here congratulating Electrical Fore- man Ken Finch a nd crew for going 2,000 days - since October 1963 ... without a lost time injury. An Award of Merit, second highest award obtain able, was earned also by the Flin Flon SAFETY Mine. JIM CONNER And a Certificate of Commendation, third FOR a second consecutive year, the top three highest award, was won by the O sborne Lake honors for outstanding safety records under- Mine, for no lost time injuries from November ground have been awarded to Hudson Bay 21 , 1967 to December 31 , 1968, a total of Mining and Smelting Co., Limited base-metal 152, 155 man hours. mines by the National Safety Council, Chicago. A fourth honor, a special Safety Council An Award of Honor, the highest recognition award, was won by the Flexar Mine for no obtainable, was awarded to all five operating lost time injuries from July I , 1967 to June Company mines in northwestern Manitoba and 30, 1968. one mine in northeastern Saskatchewan. They In 1967 the top three honors also were won include Schist Lake Mine and the Flin Flon by Company mines: an Award of honor to Mine at Flin F lon; Stall Lake Mine, Chisel Stall Lake Mine, an Award of Merit to the Lake Mine and O sborne Lake Mine in the Mechanical Department at Flin Flon, and a Certificate of Commendation to Fl exar Mine Snow Lake area; and the 80 per cent owned for operating from September 14, 1966 to Flexar Mine in northeastern Saskatchewan, 81/2 miles southwest of Flin Flon. December 31 , 19 67 (8 1,2 32 man hours), with- out a lost time injury. The congratulations of the Safety Depart- ment are exended to all the men and super- visors of the Mine Department for contributing so notabl y to the Accident Prevention Program of our Company. Keep up the good work. Another fine sa fet y record was in the making at the time of writing, in the Warehouse De- partment at Flin Flon. The group of workers there had compiled a total of I, 132 days wi th- out a lost time accident. The best previous The Supt. of Mines also congratulated the North Ma in Repair Crew 111 the I I 70 underground shop. as did Mine Superin- record for their department was a stretch of tendent Howard . Black. standi n g, 2nd left, front row. Seated at . hiS n ght ts underground maintenance foreman 496 days . Congratul ations to all concerned in Cha rley W1llox . Tho r Grant. North Ma in repair foreman is at the left end of the second row and North Main Shop this connecti on were extended by Safety Super- for~man Joe C1pnck IS seated second from ri ght, front row . ThiS crew . had gone over . 600 days without a lost time intend ent Nick Iannone. acczdc nt when th 1s ptc ture was taken in April. The holiday movement at Flin Flon has Assist ant Supcrinten~ent of Mines Arnold Stcph ansson con- gratulated the men 111 the 3250 South Main shop on going already started in earnest. Bob McDowell has over 700 days without a _lost time accident. The ASM is sh?"': n hold1ng th e Sign w1.th Cha~ley Willox , extreme right. M1ckey Genyk, South Ma m repair foreman is immedia tely booked passage for E urope and plans to visit beh1nd the ASM and Louis He nk e. South Main Shop foreman the land of hi s birth. the Emerald Isle. Many IS sea ted to his right, front row. ' others appear to be taking advantage of the early summer weather for camping and travel- ling. As in other yea rs we issue the friendl y re- minder that a happy holiday is a safe holiday. Usc care, caution and courtesy, not onl y on the highway but on the water as well. 20 PROVINCIALLY SPONSORED MINE RESCUE COURSE HELD Shown here are the instructors and supervisors who attended This group left 10 right includes: D. Delaronde (P. Harrison the provincially sponsored Mine Rescue course here la st Co.), W. Leaderhouse (!nco), Ron Evason (EIIi oll Lake), winter, hosted by the HBM&S. L. Foreman (Sherrin Gordon). George McPhail (Ontario Department of Mines), D. Eggleu (!nco). Left to right are R. Glassford (Ma nitoba Department of Left to ri ght above a re N . Iannone (HBM&S Safety Super- Mines), J. Jeffries (Manitoba Accident Preventi on Association). intendent). G. Trueman (HBM&S Safety Foreman). H. Bunn D. Zahalen (Manitoba Dept. of Mines), H. Bloy (M.A.P.A.) (HBM&S Snow Lake), J . Walsh, (HBM&S Asst. Mine Supt. Snow Lake). TRAIN RULE CLASSES HELD AT FLIN FLON HBM&S and CNR representatives co-operated in Flin Flon. Left to right above are: George Wall (HBM&S Supt. Surface & Transportation). J ack Trach (HBM&S Asst. Supt. S & T), Tom Hood (H BM&S Train Rule Instru ctor), . Iannone (HBM&S Safety Supt.), AI Rushby, (CNR, The Pas). Hugh Mc Donald, (CN R, Winnipeg). T om H ood. instructor. with st ud ent brakeman left to right: G roup picture of HBM&S train crews. 1969. orall y tested D. McLaughlin, B. Eastman. W. Weseen. L. Nagy, R. Ray. on operating rul es by CNR instructors . 21 SAFETY GLASSES, GOGGLES PREVENT EYE DAMAGE Eugene Schaerer, Wize Owl No. 59: While working o n 550 10, 1969, switch. partner's circui t te ster shorted causing severe flash. rece ived fac ial splash of hot copper m atte when partner Permanent eye damage was undoubtedly prevented by threw wet sand into lau nder. Safety goggles saved eye damage. eye protection. RETIRE FREE FROM DISABLING INJURIES DURING EMPLOYMENT H arry Booth , Engineering. H arry Wenncrlund. Mine. J. H. Boardma n, Mecha ni cal. Hugh Miller, W a tchman. Charl ey Devine, Watchman. (Also Eti enne MacDo nald, Churchill River Power). Prese ntations were made by Department Superintendent Mac Coli ison. as above to Cli ff Boyd, assisted by M&C Rec Club president Wilf Forsyth. The men above are retiring from the Mechanical & Con- struction Department th is yea r. With their ladies they are C. R. (Pat) and Mrs. Delgatty. Fred and Mrs. Constable, eil and Mrs. Morrison, Cliff Boyd and daughter, L. F. (Shorty) a nd Mrs. Dwyer, C. F. and Mrs. Ruckle. Retirees missing from picture are Tom Blcnkinsop and J. H . Boa rdm an. in Montreal all during the war and came to Mechanical & Construction Flin Flon in June of 1946. He was employed BERT IMRIE by the Company as a machinist on June 12, 1946 and has been employed in the Machine HE Mechanical & Construction Club held Shop ever since. We understand Shorty is a very successful retirement social on Satur- T pl anning on living in Winnipeg during his day, April 19 in R. H. Channing Auditorium retirement. of Community H all. Close to 200 friends Tom Blenkinsop was born at Gatehead-on- gathered to honor eight of our club members Tyne, England on March 1Oth , 1904. Tom who are retiring from the Hudson Bay Mining took hi s fitting apprenticeship in England and and Smelting Company this year. came to Canada in the 1920s and tried his Department Superintendent Mac Collison, hand at fa rming for a whil e before coming to assisted by club president Wilf Forsyth, pre- Flin Flon in 1933. He worked in the Smelter sented each of the retiring employees with a from December 16, 1933 and came to the beautiful scmll on which was li sted the names Machine Shop in June 1942. Tom is a real of all our club members, and a cheque from Bomber fan and is also well known in curling the Mechanical & Construction Club in the circles. amount of $65. Mrs. Collison, and our office John (Herb) Boardman was born at Nr. secretary Miss Suzanne Martel, pinned corsages Wigan, Lanes., England on February 13 , 1904 on the ladies and boutonieres on the men prior and came to Canada at an early age. He came to the presentations. to Flin Flon in 1942, hired on as a tinsmith's The retirees this year include C. R . (Pat) helper and wo rked hi s way up to Tinshop Delgatty, Tom Blenkinsop, J . H. (Herb) Board- Foreman, the post he held at retirement. man, Fred Constable, L. F. (Shorty) Dwyer, Fred Constable was born at Moncton, New C. F. Ruckle, Nei l Morrison and C. R . Boyd. Brunswick on March 24, I 904. He has Jived Pat Delgatty was born in Gilbert Plains, in the North country since the late 20's and Manitoba on July 22nd, 1904. He taught was a foreman on a Dominion Government school in Saskatchewan for several years but bridge and dam project at Cranberry Portage decided that the pay was not adequate so he before coming to Flin Flon in I 939. Fred owns migrated to Flin F lon in 1933. Pat took a and operates a hunting and fishing lodge at special machinist apprenticeship here and Cranberry Portage and no doubt that is where worked himself up through the ranks to Mach- he will be spending many of his retirement ine Shop Shift Boss, the post he held on retire- years. ment. eil Morrison was born at Kelvington, Sas- Lawrence (Shorty) Dwyer was born in Syd- katchewan, May 27, I 904. He commenced his ney , Nova Scotia on August 14th, 1904. Shorty working years in the carpenter trade, working worked as a machinist in a war industry plant (Continued on Page 26) 23 ment, and changes in the control board . The Plant is being run from Flin Flon at present, but it can also be controll ed from Island Falls if necessary. The Control Centre must be a lonely place Winter scene at Isla nd Falls hydro development settlement taken last April by PL!bli c Rela ti ons manager AI Epp on a at the time of writing with most of the staff fl ying-trip to outlyon g poonts 111 H BM &S operau ons. at Island Falls. Also Gordon Dash has a crew from the E lectrical Department at Mile 13, and Electrical D e p a rtme nt Superintendent Stuart Evans has a crew at Sherridon fo r some CHURCHILL RIVER work on the Snow Lake line. We will be re- sponsibl e for directing the high tension switch- POWER ing necessary for this work. ART WENMAN Now, as far as the Island F alls Camp, or townsite is concerned, due to abandonment it ANY people have expressed an interest in is no longer the beauty spot it once was. Still, Mthe conditions prevailing at Island Fall s the important thing is that Churchill River since automation. Since publication deadline Power pl ant continues to be a reliable source for this issue fa ll s during my routine tour of of energy that benefits us all. duty at Island Fall s, I will try to answer some E arly this week , C.R.P Superintendent of the questions. Harry Olson fl ew in to The Fall s to offici ate At the .moment things are far from normal at a retirement party for Etienne MacDonald . here as Roy Bunn has a crew of I 0 men from Etienne, a carpenter, has established a remark- C.R.P. in Flin Flon, plus I 0 regul ar employees able record of service over a peri od of 39 from Sandy Bay busil y installing new static years. His contribution to Churchill River exciters for the seven main generating units. Power is appreci ated by all , and especiall y by These replace the shaft-driven rotating exciters. his former partner, Alf Broster, also retired. As these generators have been accustomed to We . all wish Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald the lavi sh care and attention over the years, they best of luck and continued serenity in the now need more sophisticated equipment to future. keep them happy. This modernizing trend will be a continuing process for some time yet. During .more normal periods, the personnel here is reduced to a kitchen staff of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Berge, one operator, two main- tenance men, and about a half dozen per- manent employees from Sandy Bay . At present Mrs. Margaret Jeffrey is lending va lu able assis- tance in the kitchen and staff-house. The power house interior has changed con- siderably since automation. Es pe ci a ll y the generator fl oor with th e addition of new equip- Fred Bowman was MC for the retirement party. Carpenter Etienne MacDonald was honored a 1 a retire- mcnt party at I sland Ernie Westbury. Chief Tom Wi ll ey. C RP Art Wenma n. Des Pyne. C RP Falls in April after Operator C RP Roy Thompson. Control Office. Operator. Operator. 39 years with CRP. Control. c hanging MW chart. Art D odds. T ankhouse W elder. Erik Persson, T ankhousc L oader. Winners Zinc Plant Novelty Consob.tion w inners: A I Hillier. Spiel: I. to r . Brian Wilson. skip: Austin Baily. Mrs. Baily and G eo rge Bradbury, Mrs. Bradbury Mrs. Forsy th e. and Mrs. Wilso n . pany were Art Dodds, Jack Websdale and Erik ZINC PLANT Persson. Unfortunately, Mr. and Mrs. Persson were unable to attend. However, Art and Jack LEW WULLUM were there with their wives. Superintendent THE annual Zinc Plant Social and Recre- Bill McFadden presented them with desk sets ational Club Novelty Bonspiel was held on on behalf of the Club. Life Memberships in the weekend of March 8 with sixteen rinks the S. & R . Club, also were given to the retiring participating in competition for the Ray Gibney employees. Memorial Trophy. Officers of the club for the coming year are Wayne Mohr, president; W. Wolpert, vice- Main Event winners were rinks skipped by president; John Souter, secretary-treasurer. B. Wilson, D. Lawson, A. Lindgren and J. Nawrocki. Consolation event winning skips Two weddings of interest involved Zinc Plant were A Bailey, R. Kennedy, D. Weaver and men's families. On December 27, 1968, Donna A. Thompson. The big end prize was won by Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Al- the Earl SteveM. rink. bert Hand, wed James Earl Goodfellow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Goodfellow in North- The S. & R . annual meetiug, supper, retire- minster United Church. ment party and dance was held on April 12 in the Elks Hall. The ninety-three people On April 5, 1969, Alana June, daughter attending enjoyed a delicious meal served by of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Abar was married to the Ross Lake Ladies Curling Club. Gordon Robert Appel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Appel, of Kenora, Ont. The wedding Those retiring from the service of the Com- took place in Knox United Church, Kenora. L eft to r igh t: R. Robi llard. Pau l M arsollicr. M el Aunc and The stork has been busy since the last time \ Vcs Tnu..• m an in the T ankho usc testing room . of writing. Proud parents are: Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Chaisson, a son, February 4; Mr. and Mrs. Julian LeBlanc, a son, February 28; Mr. and Mrs. Larry Dwernichuk, a daughter, March 7; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hynes, a son, March 19; Mr. and Mrs. Hector LeBlanc, a daughter, March 29; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hedman, a son, April 8, and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Chretien, a daughter, April 8. Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. -Josh Billings Ron Furgala, Coal Plant Helper, a nd wffe, Lena. Retiree Harry Hill. Walter Kshywiecki, Coal Stati onary Engineer. Plant 2nd operator. pulverized and distributed to the Smelter and POWER HOUSE Fuming furnaces, with the excess coal received JOHN DANSEREAU stored in silos for use when the need arises. It is highly important to keep the flow of AFTER twenty-eight years of faithful service pulverized coal coming into these furnaces with the Company, Harry Hill has reached without interruption and, according to specified the end of a successful career as a Stationery demand as to grade and intensity. Engineer. Most of these years were spent as Shift Engineer at the Mine Compressor Room. Our Coal Plant crew's job is to see that For those of us who cuss the 8:00 a.m. whistle this service is maintained day and night on occasion, we should also be thankful to throughout the year. Harry for he also blew the 5:00 p.m. whistle In this issue we have pictures of two of the just as often. Many happy retirement years relatively new members of the Coal Plant crew. to you Harry and Mrs. Hill. Congratulations to Brian Burling for having MECHANICAL & CONSTRUCTION successfully written a Third Class Engineering (Continued from Page 23) paper, thus making him a member of the Third for his father who really did a wonderful job Class Engineering fraternity. in tutoring his son. Neil worked on elevator Although the curling season has passed, we construction for several years before coming would like to mention the Power House color to Flin Flon where, on July 24, 1934 he was bearers in the Green Trophy Competition. hired as a carpenter. Neil finished out his time Don Wright was the skip, Bob Lau third, Ed with the Company as a lead carpenter and sub Wolden second and Bob Putko, lead. foreman. He is a dedicated and artistic crafts- Congratulation.s to Carl Norlander for hav- man. ing been chosen as instructor of apprentices. He is now attached to the Research Depart- Cliff Boyd was born at Bethany, Manitoba ment. on March 5, 1904 and in his younger years Something of a surprise was awaiting most worked as a house and barn construction car- of the personnel at the north end of the plant penter in the Minnedosa area. He hired on on Friday, April 11 , an early annual Smelter with the Company as a carpenter on May 16, shutdown. Now that is all over and the annual 1939 and finished up as sub-foreman of the chore accomplished, things are back to normal. Zinc Plant carpenters. During all this time We were sorry to lose Irwin Drinkwater to Cliff had only one lost time accident. the Flin Flon Municipal Airport. Irwin, after Claude Ruckle was born at Petrel, Mani- receiving special training in Winnipeg in the toba, March 27, 1908 and came to Flin Flon operation and maintenance of airports, will in 1940. Claude worked as a welder for the return to Flin Flon to take up his new duties. Company until the year 1968 when he decided Anyone knowing Irwin will agree that being as he would retire from work at the age of 60. air-minded as he is, he should find his new Claude came back to Flin Flon this spring career an interesting one. after spending the winter months in Arizona Perhaps the least mentioned section of our and from the looks of Claude, the weather Department is our Coal Plant, that is why in down there certainly agreed with him. this issue, we very briefly describe the part Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond the Coal Plant cre.w play in the overall opera- Fieber on the birth of a daughter on March tion of the plant. 30th. Congratulations also go out to Mr. and The coal, being to the Smelter what blood Mrs. Roger Hagberg on the birth of a daughter is to the human body, has to be unloaded, on April I Oth. 26 David a nd Julie (Viand) Jo hnston after their wedding in Calgary last October. A ni ce Smelter-family picture, th e D ave Johnston's, is shown here. Left to right back row are D onn a. Gwenda Ma rtinson, Carol Atchi son, Judith Grixton and Lesli e . Seated fro nt are Dave and Chrissie J ohnsto n a nd David . The pi cture was taken at a fami ly reunio n held last October in Calgary . • Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gulka SMELTER on the birth of a daughter, April 22, 1969. GORDON N AYLOR Carl Christi anson left our midst to reside VERY successful curling windup was held in sunny B.C., and Don Grudgfield Jr. to join the R.C.M.P. Good luck to both of you. A in the Ross Lake Curling Club on Satur- day, February 7th. The program included Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bulow spent a vacation playing of the semi-finals and finals in the in the southern United States and whil e there annual Smelter Bonspiel, the presentation of vi sited with fo rm e r Flin Flon fr ie nd s and trophies and prizes, followed by a social and Smelter employees. dance. This event is sponsored by the Smelter All Department 40 employees were saddened Rec Club. by the sudden passing on April 17 of Tom Jordan, a fell ow worker since 19 56. Our sin- Winner of th e Roy Mast Trophy and repre- cere sympathy is extended to his wife and senting the department in the Green Trophy family. event was the Gail Craig rink with R. Douglas, Only one Smelter e mployee was on the W. Johnson and C. Grant. Runners-up in this Spring retirement li st. He is John Dmytriw, event was the Clayton Haggarty quartet with who had 26 years of service with the Company. P. Popp, V. Cullen and R .. Simpson. Placing We wi sh him many years of we ll-earned leisure. third was the Barry Smith aggregation with In keeping with the unusuall y fin e earl y L. Ford, H . Chester and Y. Petterson; and spring weather are the enthusiastic conversa- fourth, the George Kent rink with M . Gal- tions about cabins, boats and motors, fi shing braith, J. Lawrie and M. Hodgins. and summer vacations. Let's enjoy it while it The Detrick Arch Trophy was won by Doug lasts and hope that it will be a long summer. Simpson's rink with G. Hill , F . Fey and D. Tamlin . In second pl ace was the Bert Figas rink with V. Rogal, C. Walton and A. Pockett. Pl acing third was the Reg. Ward foursome with J. Dubinak, W. Skwa rchuk and P. Roziak. Fourth pl ace fini sher was the Gerry Nomeland aggregation with T. Lofgren, G . Erickson and F. Williams. _,,--=.-..- Roy Mast tro phy presented by Superintendent Geo rge Kent to Sme lt er Bonspie l winning rin k. I. to r., C. Grant, R. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mast a nd M r. Do uglas. (Supt. Kent), G . C ra ig, skip. and W. J ohnson. Li nda Rc nas at Ponderosa, a nd Mrs. R. Renas enjoying the Phoe nix . Arizo na. warm Arizona cli mate. Retiree J ohn Dmytriw. Left to right are Wally Warnick, Roy Warren, Don Brooks and Henry Budlong at Roy's farewell party. Larson. congratulations and best wishes for a long and happy life together. Frank Snorro will be heading Winnipeg way to attend classes at the Manitoba Institute of Technology to complete the course required to Garnet Forsythe, front row centre, says goodbye to his mates: Alex Huston. Roy Styba, Foreman Tom Barker, (Garnet) obtain a certificate of qualifications for an Gerry Gagne, Don Brooks, Hal Roberts, Mike Booker and Alex Kennedy. Electrician Journeyman's license. Don Mac Dougall with his fell ow-workers at the Zinc Sub- Morley Naylor will attend Army camp in station: John Hallie, Frank Stewart, (Don), Ken Ransom and Roy Douglas. August. We extend our congratulations to Roy War- ren our Mill Electrical Foreman on his appoint- ment as Chief Electrical Inspector at Sylvite of Canada, the Company's potash develop- ment. Roy was one of our "oldtimers" and a valued member of not only the Electrical Department but of the community as well. Best wishes to Roy on his new venture. ELECTRICAL We congratulate also Art Lyon on hi s pro- motion to Mill Electrical Foreman succeeding JIM WARDLE Roy Warren. WO former emP.Ioyees returned to the fold . We extend our best wishes to employees TWe welcome back John Anderson to our who retire this year: Garnet Forsythe, Roy Construction Gang and Morley ·Naylor to the Douglas, John Hattie and Don McDougall. Meter Room crew. Garnet had 40 years and 44 days service with New employees are Roy Cole, who has seen the Company, Roy 40 years and 28 days, John a lot of country for a young fellow, working 3 8 years, and Don 25 years, a total of more at Malartic, Quebec, Toronto and Winnipeg than 143 years. Some service record for four before coming to Flin Flon. men! Doug Smart joined us recently after working at the trade in Ontario and at The Pas. Changes in the Department saw Gerald Ger- vais go to the Zinc Sub from the Line Gang; Jean Danis from the Zinc Sub to the Line Gang; Cliff Lennartz from the Smelter to the North End, and Alex Huston from the North End to the Electric Shop. The Line Gang have been busy patrolling Bert Pl ant who offi c iated. a nd Retired J ock Killoh a nd wife the Snow Lake transmission lin e, with George Christine and Gene Schae rer signing Kay. ni ght-clubbing in the reg ister after their wedding. early Mexico. Dadson, Art Schaerer, Bill Reeves and Marv in 1969. Prall taking on most of this assignment. Art Lyons. promoted We are pl eased to report that Gene Schaerer to Mill Electrical Art Cole. new Doug Sm~Ht. new Foreman. employee. employee. is fully recovered from hi s accident and is back on the job. And wedding bells rang for Gene and his charming bride, the former Christine 28 MILL BERT PELLETIER HE Mill Rec Club extends many thanks to TKen Mark who did such a remarkable job as Northern Lights reporter. Ken always man- aged to gather plenty of interesting information along with many good pictures. The entire Mill Department is grateful to you Ken for a job well done. A letter of commendation in this connection also was received by Ken from Mill Superintendent Jim Goodman. We welcome at this time two new members to the Mill Rec Club executive, C. Kitson and Russ Woods. Last year's executive members were all returned to office for another year. The new executive of Bert Pelletier, president; Joe Gurba, vice-president; Russ Woods, secre- tary-treasurer; Ernie Grandison, Adrien Fafard, Wayne Chamberlin, Morley Cook, Bob Russell Sr., and Clarence Kitson will endeavor to guide recreational activities for the next year. Looking north on Main street Flin Flon circa 1932. Build- ings nearest on right hand side appear to be barber shop, A sure sign that Spring is here is the return Royal 'H otel, Golden Gate Cafe. On left side, top end is Flin Flon Hotel. Beyond hotel probably Community Club of Ron Chrapun and Les Betteridge from an- building of that day. other term at University. We expect other students to be along very shortly. Again this year, the Mill Roustabouts will On Marcli 15, 1969, Miss Linda Bates and be out in full force to defend the Broomball Brian R edman, both of Fl,in Flon, were united championship they won last year. in marriage at the Presbyterian church. This Holiday season is coming on very fast and, department wishes the young couple the best to all, we wish a very enjoyable vacation with of health, wealth and happiness in their mar- good fishing, boating and whatever else you ried life. like doing. Linda Bates and Brian Redman, wed in March, 1969. Looking south W. F. Hughes Men's Wear a nd Bell's Hardware o n site now occupied by Flin Flon Department Store. TROUT FESTIVAL SUMMER, 1969 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS A last-gap look is being given by that finny fellow on the right at the three lovelies on the lawn, and who can blame him. Centering the trio of mermaids, is last year's queen, PROMISE ACTION and FUN Brenda Brown of Virden. Her princesses are Lucille Beaudette of Thompson and Wendee Paull of Flin Flon. AT TROUT FESTIVAL THREE-DAY $3,000 Gold Rush Canoe ADerby , thousands of dollars in prizes for a wide variety of fishing contests and classes, beautiful girls, street fair, street cook - outs, midway and rides, fashion show, stage show, fish frys and darrein' and numerous other acti- vities are scheduled for this year's Trout Fes- tival from June 27 to July 1st. There'll be aquatic events and sporting events as well , street dancing and a square dance jam- boree among other events. To put you in the picture on what's happen- ing at the Trout Festival, and when, here are the program highlights, starting from Wednes- day, June 18: The winners, amateurs Danny Lyons and Ed Erlendson left, and pro Winners orm Crerar and G1b McEachern on the right, with Queen Mermaid Brenda Brown in th e centre and the two trophies in front of them. They're digging deep these paddling teams entered in last year's Gold Rush Canoe Derby, right from the starting gun at Ross Lake. PROGRAM TROUT DERBY - SATURDAY, JUNE 14 TO SUNDAY, JUNE 29 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18th-Trout Derby Official Cast at Boker's Narrows by Chamber of Commerce. SATURDAY, JUNE 21st to SUNDAY, JUNE 29tf.- AII other Fi shing De rbies. THURSDAY, JUNE 26th - Main Street Midway and Rides. FRIDAY, JUNE 27th - Street Cook-Out, Main Street Midway and Rides, Kidies' Street Fair, Queen Mermaid Teo and Fashion Show, Kinsmen's "Tommy Hunter" Stage Show and Opening Ceremonies, Street Fair, Fi sh Fry, Festival A-Go-Go, Square Donee Jambo ree . SATURDAY, JUNE 28th-Street Cook-Out, 1st Lop Gold Rush Canoe De rby, Voyageur Canoe Dedication, Parade, Soccer Tournament, Boker's Narrows Day (Aquatic Events, Official Opening of Provincial Camping Area) Main Street Rides, Kinsmen's 'Tommy Hunte r" Stage Show and Queen Mermaid Crowning, Street, Fair, Fish Fry, Festival A-Go-Go. SUNDAY, JUNE 29th-2nd Lap Gold Rush Canoe Derby, Soccer Tourna- ment, Beaver Lake Day (Native Events), Minor Baseball Tournament, Bond Concert, Midnite Fi sh Fry, Midnite Festival A-Go-Go. MONDAY, JUNE 30th-Final Lap, Gold Rush Canoe Derby, Soap Box The size of the fish caught 'down north ' is show n above. De rby, Talent Show and Pri ze Awarding (Fish and Canoe De rbies), Fish Fry, Festival A-Go-Go, Queen Mermaid Boll . TUESDAY, JULY 1st-Golf Tournament- Flog Raisi ng and Canada Day Ce lebration at Phantom Lake, Fest ival A-Go-Go. That's 600 lbs. of fl our the man is packing in one of the feature events of Beaver Lake Day held each year during the festival. . - , scene during the festival. FLIN FLON'S 1968-69 PARADE OF CHAMPIONS EVENT * Left to right - J ohn Akert sk ip, Bob Quinn third, Eddie Martin 2nd, G ra nt Adams lead . Presentati on of trophy and U N FLON'S 1968-69 fall and winter sports prizes was made by General Manager D. J. Robertson. Fseason was literally full of championships in most branches of competition. New champions were crowned in local men's and women's bonspiels and in the Green Tro- phy; and in virtually every section of hockey competition. F lin Flon rinks topped both the men's and women's bonspiels, and Ray Quinn's rink with Rick Billy third, Doug Simpson second and Jack Billy lead almost pulled off th e upset of the year in the British Consols playoffs at Winnipeg. They lost out going into the finals of one side of the competition. Flin Flon hockey clubs captured both Cana- dian and provincial honors. The Junior 'A' Bombers won the Western Canada League title and championship, and captured the league's LADIES' DONSPIE L HBM&S EVENT WINNERS Won by T ina Konik rink with Beatty Byers skipping. Shown East-West title as well. The Junior 'B' Bombers, left to right are G . H. Mc intosh, assistant to the ge neral man- ager, who made the presentation of trophy and prizes, Tina the Midget Bombers and the Bantam Bombers Koni k third, J oyce Trueman second, Beatty Byers sk ip, Wilma Gall agher lead . all brought home Manitoba titles. As well, local Bantam, Peewee and Tom Thumb hockey flo uri shed last season with W. A. G REEN TROPHY COMPETITION WIN E RS champions declared only after hard-fo ught final Left to right - Sta n Borl ey lead, Don Saunders second, Tom Scott third, Doug Gourlay skip of Surface and Trans- series. portation Dept. The trophy and individual trophies as seen he re were presented by General Manager D. J . Robertson. The Little League hockey is sponsored by the Fl in Flon Community Club, directed by an Advisory Board, with teams managed and coached by men dedicated to hockey and youth development. Much credit is due to all local citizens who have helped in the promotion of all sport in Flin Flon. On this and following pages are pictures of winning rinks and teams in the 1968-69 season. WESTER CANA DA HOCKEY LEAGUE AND CHA EAST-WEST CHAMPIONS JUNIOR BOMBERS Left to right, front row: Reg Leach, Murray Anderson. Ray Martynuik, Pat Ginnell manager-coach, Cal H ammond, Bob Clarke captain. Centre row: ick Oklobdzija trainer, Gerry Petryk, Wayne H awrysh, Dale Garinger. Bob Clyne, Bob Mc ivor, Brian Marchinko, Larry Romanychuk, Larry Klewchuk , Don Forrester, Don McElroy statistician, Billy Mcintyre, stick boy. Back row: Nyall Hyndman club president. Gordon Mitchell executive, Mike Sauter. D oug Abel, Ron Burwash, Ron Wilson. Keith Tomasson, Steve Andrascik, Jake Klewchuk executive and league governor. MA ITOBA CHAMPIONS JUNIOR ' B' BOMBERS Left to right, back row: Arnold Kitch man- ager, Roger Crone, Glen Petersen, Gordon Burr, Brian Law, Rod Weseen, Tim Leslie, Kelly Cross, Dennis H yndman, Ri ck Rain- ville, Wayne Berkner, Ross Livesey trainer, Ernie Poirier coach. Front row: eil Little, Brady Winters, Ray Lavin, Gary Holmes, Ron Mymko captain, Joe H amilton, Dennis Hughes, Gordon Goodman. MA ITOBA CHAMP IO S MIDGET BOMBERS Left to right. back row: Arnold Kitch man- ager. Craig M ohr, Brian Bonis. Jerry Willey. Gordon Ferg. Clarence Pcucrsen, Drew Moore . Cliff Morrison. Randy Bow- man. Sheldon George, Roy Jarvis coach. Front row: Dave Burr. Don H oll cu. Bob Kowalewic h. Bl aine Winter. Miles St. Godard, J ohn Laidlaw. Joe Williams. Miss- ing from picture, Doug Dutcawich cap tain . MA ITOBA CHAMPIONS BA TAM BOMBERS Left to ri ght, back row: Paul Floch coach, Bla ir D avidson. Michael Floch, Roger H agberg manage r, Ron Dobson. Gerald Boychuk, John Boychuk trainer, AI Hillier. Del Ia nnone. Centre row: Harvey Stewart, Tim Wi11 son, Bri an Schuman, Allan Sorenson, Grant Davis, Jack Willey, Glen Mahoney, Frank Oullelle. Front row: Rob Wan, Ray Malula, Doug Abrahamson, Duane Bray, Obie Erickson. LOCAL CHAMPIO S BANTAM BLACK HAWKS Left to right, front row: R. Hall , Paul Gagne, Ricky Zimmer- man, Henry Evans, Pe ter Premachuk, Bob Creaser, M. Davidson. Centre row: J . Lister. Kelly Post, M. Garuk, T . Lyons, Ron Willey. David Freeman, Dwight Hurdal captain, Roy Mitchell coach. Back row: T om Huston, Steve Zolinski. Miss ing from picture: Charley Bcrkncr manager and stick boy Davidson. LOCAL CHAMPIO S PEEWEE I DIANS Left to right , back row: Louis Bonis coach, Ray Nyuli, Harley Eagle, Ricky McCaig, ' Ricky J ones, Glen Tindall, Tom Zcimcr. Brian Bortis assista nt coac h, Jim Chrupalo. Centre row: Darrel Fox. Trenton Swrby, Howard Bei lby, Ri ckey Ri ce, Colin Fisher, Gordon Ri chardson. Front row: Terry Anderson. Terry Andrechuk, Wayne Ham ilton, Lo ui s Coderre. LOCAL CHAMPIONS TOM THUMB PATS Left to right, back row : Doug Smith, Brent Belquist, David Provencher, Joey Rowlelle. Pat Liss, Waller Abrahamson coach, Wayne Campbell, Vance Belquisl, Bill Lea ther. Front row: Lyle Toffan, George Muir, Terry Norman, Wayne Wilson, Lance Black, Duane Larson captain, Ricky Ras- mussen, Darrell Hedman. Missing from picture, Allan Sattle· berger, Don Robertson, Kirk Kozak and Bill Koza k assistant coach . Shown above is a picture of the Flin Fl on Mine Staff, circa Carl Brauner. Hans Van Be ntham , Roy Mooney, Archie 195 3. Many of the group arc st ill in the Company's employ. Welsh. Colin Ha rrell. 0 . K. Sorli e. Charl ie Willox. G arnet So far as could be asce rt ained , th is pi cture ha s not appeared Eidt . lvo r Heggmar k. Jim Webbe r. Fo urth ro w : - G unna r in the magazine previously. It is th e propert y of Pete Wiebe, Hammcrstad, D~ave Sutherland, Gus Gold strand. Leo Twerdun, M ine Fo re man a t Ande rson La ke Mine. Harold Reesor, Ernie Mooney, Vi c Hook. Frank Highfield, J oe Ciprick, Cece J ohnson. Fifth row: Tunney Hvo rk a, Chuck See n left to rigi-H , front row sea ted. are: Jim Wilson. Frank Donald. Nip Johnson. Bern ie Knudson, Jim Billingsley, Howa rd Lawson. Art Skoda. T om Kenn edy. Pete Wiebe, Ke ith Black. J oe W a ri ck. T ed Coates. Back row: Gord on Simms, Sproxto n. Len Lapo inte. Jack Honeyman. Second row: Fred \Vinter. G eo rge Lyons. Lawrence Ogryzlo. Sandy Morri ce La rry Kenny, Jim Overl a nd, Bob, Ash. J ack Chrisp, Charley Ed. Hamell, J ohn Lautimus, Cuthbert McNeil and ' Rob•lla rd, Thor G rant. H a rry Wcnnerlund, Joe Skoda, Jim Stewart Crera r. Watt. Eric Austin. Third row: Bob Coombs. Lawrence Fancy, Chief Hoistman Norm Snyder recalls that Watering Plants and Flowers the plants got their most "tender" care at the Improves Humidity hands of women employees when they filled ORE than 40 plants and window-boxes of in on surface plant jobs during Second World War years. The greenery was well looked after flowers in the South Main Shaft hoist M he said. At one time orange trees were in- room of the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting H oiscm an W acson Gilmore in th e foreground checks over one Company at Flin Flon serve a practical as of the pl ants in the vicinity of the ore-hoist equipment in HBM&S South Main Shaft hoist room at Flin Flon. while well as a decorative purpose. oiler cum waterer G eorge Potkonjak gives this thirsting Coleus a drink. Hoistman Frank McCaig is the interested observe r Electrical Department superintendent Stuart on the platfo rm of the ore-hoist operating console. Evans says careful checking has shown that the watering of the plants and flowers adds humidity to the atmosphere which is beneficial to the commutation of the hoist motors. The motors turn huge drums of cable in the highly important ups and downs of man-cages and ore-skips essential to underground mining. Oiler George Potkonjak swaps an oil can fo r a watering kettle to keep the pl ants and flowers from drying out in the cavernous hoist room. SURFACE & TRANSPORTATION Walter Cole was born in Arden, Ontario, (Continued from Page 17) April 16, 1904. He hired on permanently with Friday, April 25, four retiring members of the Company in 1937 and worked as a handy our department were honored by a capacity man and shovel operator. Prior to coming to crowd in Legion Hall. A delicious banquet Flin Flon he operated a restaurant in Duncan, was served by the Legion Ladies Auxiliary, B.C. followed by presentations by Rec Club presi- We wish you gentlemen good health and dent Cliff M c C u II u m and by Department happiness in your retirement years and we trust Superintendent George Watt. The evening's you will make good use of the travel bags program was concluded with dancing to the presented to you. music of Bob Warren's orchestra. John Rujak was born in Cholmec, Czecho- WATERING PLANTS AND FLOWERS slovakia in 1904. He hired on permanently with HBM&S July 2, 1930. John worked for eluded in the group of plants. He remembers Dominion Construction in The Pas before giving an assist in pollinating to help keep coming to Flin Flon. He worked as trackman such plants vigorous. and brakeman and has been on the shovel The plants range in size, season and name with the company since 1937. from Amarelis bulb to Rubber Plant, from Vincent Kadas was born in Radvastka, Spring Violets to Christmas Cactus, and from Czechoslovakia, April 2, 1904. He hired on Chinese Lily to Japanese Hoy a. They include with HBM&S in 1933 as a mucker and worked as well, Angel Leaf Begonia, Coleus, Oleander, as a surface miner, rigger and pumpman. Philodendrum, Citrus, Boston Fern and other Dave Goy was born on November 4, 1903 varieties of fern, (Elephant's Ear) Wax Bego- in Ukrania, Poland. He hired on with HBM&S nia, Rat-Tail Cactus and Barrel Cactus, Orna- in August, 1929. Dave worked as a surface mental Grass, (Busy-Lizzie) Wax Begonia miner and left the Company's employ as a English Ivy, and a plant made famous in song, foreman-first. an Aspidestra. 'A Dad and his Lad' go fishing. It was time for a picnic lunch on a Schist Lake island when this picture of 8-year-old Ronald Porter was taken. He is the grandson of Mrs. Porter and the la te Earl e Porter who was an employee of the Compa ny on the Carpenter Gang. The Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Canada Hockey League toured the Surface Plants of the Company during their visit in April for the WCHL championship series. Coach- m anager Bill Hunter is seen fourth from left back row. Garnet Dundas, a former resident of Flin Flon and son of Jack Dundas of the Zinc Pl ant was named publisher of the Woodstock Sentinel Review. He started hi s newspaper career in Port Arthur in 1956. H e is a past president of the Western D ail y Newspaper Advertising Mana~ers A ssocia tion. It's not the critic who counts, Nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled Or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; Whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, Who strives valiantly, Who errs and comes short again and again, Who knows great enthusiasm, and great devotions, And spends himself in a worthy cause. Who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievements, And who, at the worst, if he fails, At least fails while daring greatly, so that His place shall never be with those cold and timid souls Who knew neither victory or defeat! -A 0 YMOUS \