Inco Triangle April, 1967
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-- VOLUME 27 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, APRIL, 1967 NUMBER 1 (/ Page 2 - INCO TRIANGLE APRIL, 1967 the use of a telephoto lens, the fiery torrent leaves no doubt about its temperature about 2,000 de- grees hot, _ Published for all employees of The Elected Director of Inco International NIckel Company of -E' . Lucien Gilbert Rolland of Mont Canada Limited real has been elected a director of D, M. Dunbar, Editor ' The International Nickel Conipany D. J. Wing, Assistant Editor of Canada, Limited, Henry S Editorial Office, Copper Cliff, Ont. Wingate, chairman of the board of directors and chief officer of the AUthrized as second clas, mail by the Post Ofrce Department, Ottawa, and for Company announced April 3. payment of postage in cash. Mr. Rolland is president and Material contained In Inco Triangle general manager of the Rolland should not he reprinted unless permission Paper Com- has been obtained from The International Nickel Company of Canada, Limited, pany, Limited, Copper Cliff, Ontario. ' Montreal. He is a director of !*4 The Bell Tele- phone Co. of Canada, Cana- Great Centennial dian Pacific Railway Co., the Bank of Celebration at Montreal, The Steel Company of Canada, Ltd., The Cliff in May The Royal t Co m - I G Rollcznd T r u 5 Reminiscent of the times when pany, United the 24th of May was recognized Auto Parts Inc., Donohue Brothers throughout the Nickel Belt as Cop- Mike Went Fishing and Limited, Societe Financiere Pour per Cliff's big day, the smelter Le Commerce Et L'Industrie town will be the scene of a grand S.F.C.I. Ltee, The Standard Life celebration on May 21-22 to ob- Came Home an Artist Assurance Co., the Munich Rein- serve Camda's Centennial. Bright and early on a pleasant summer morning a couple surance Co. of Camda, The Bor- Many natives and former resi- of years ago, Mike Marunchak set out on one of his regular den Company, Ltd., and Consoli- dents who have moved to othei fishing trips. But this trip was going to be very different, for scenes have signified their intei- dated Paper Corp. Ltd. it was to launch him on a hobby that would reveal his latent He is also a governor of Jean de tion of making the occasion a big talent as an artist. Brebeuf College, the University of homecoming, to join with the Montreal, Notre Dame Hospital townspeople and the general public Drifting in his boat, Mike knew from the dip of his rod of the district in a rousing salute that he was Onto a big one. He set his hook and was soon fight- and the Children's Memorial Hos- pital, all of Montreal. to the country's 100th birthday, ing a 14 pound torpedo of the deep - a northern pike. A native of St. Jerome, Quebec, To launch the two-day program, Netted and boated, the fish lay at Mike's feet, glistening the public is invited to attend a in the sunshine. The delicate blending of colors on the fish Mr. Rolland attended Jean de Brebeuf College, Loyola College ceremony at St. Peter's Lutheran caught his eye and he wondered if they could be captured by Church, a pioneer Copper Cliff and the University of Montreal, mounting. By nightfall the fish had dried and the colors had receiving the degrees of Bachelor congregation which will mark its faded, but they were still in Mike's memory, and he decided 70th anniversary by the dedication of Arts, Bachelor of Science and to carve a fish and recreate those colors. Civil Engineer. Mr. Rolland and of the original church bell as a churchbuilders' monument. This They Look Ready for the Skillet his wife, the former Marie de Lorimier, reside in Westmoun, ceremony will take place at 10:30 He learned a lot from his first attempt, and now has a am. on Sunday, May 21, at St. collection of some 45 carvings of many varieties of fish. They Montreal. They have eight chil- Timothy's Church on Poplar Street, look so much like the real thing it's hard not to reach for a dren, four boys and four girls. which was built in 1907 but has frying pan. since been extensively renovated. Mike's tools are few - a 7-inch bench saw and an ordinary Appointments Prior to 1907 the congregation met kitchen knife. For the bigger carvings he selects cedar. "It J. McCreedy, manager of mines, in a private dwelling. At the ser- won't develop splits or cracks," he explained. His favorite announced the appointments effec- vice following the dedication on tive April 1 of R. S. Bue as mine May 21 the sermon will be preached material is balsam. "It's soft and easy to carve - it comes alive right in your hands." engineer, Little Stobie, and R. H. by one of the pioneer pastors, Dr. Pettit as assistant mine engineer, John Wargelin, 85, of Detroit. About 20 hours of work go into his bigger carvings, from Levack. Interdenominational Service block to painted and varnished product, but a small trout can Born on a farm near Frontier, A further special religious obser- be turned out by his talented hands in an evening. Saskatchewan, Roy S. Bue t.ook vance will be held at 8:00 pm. Like the true artist, Mike is constantly searching for new -. a pre-engineer- May 21 in Stanley Stadium, when fields in which to express himself. "I'm working on birds and - ing course at all the congregations of Copper ducks now," he said as he handled a half-finished life-size pigeon, San Jose, Cali- Cliff will join in an interde- fornia, then ob- nomiiiational service of thanks- "and I'm trying out some ideas on picture carving." Born in the West Ukraine, Mike came to Canada in 1948 tained his giving and praise. An anthem by - •. teaching certi- the niassed church choirs, hymns and has worked in the roaster departrncnt at the Copper Cliff ' . ficate at Moose by the Copper Cliff Public School smelter since 1950. He and his wife Celena have a family of Jaw Normal choir, and lay and clerical partici- six, Robert, Mary, 19, Olga, 15, Johnny, 12, Theodore, 10, and School and pation will be included in the Patricia, 7. taught school order of service. The sponsoring Ankle deep in shavings and sawdust in the basement of for one year. churches are Church of St. John hs house on Regent Street, Mike is never happier than whcn He served the Divine, St. Timothy's Lutheran his nimble fingers are creating something new. He has been overseas with Church, St. Stanislaus Church, commissioned to produce several carvings for friends, and and Copper Cliff United Church. the Canadian dreanis of the day when he can devote his full time to being Roy S. Bue Moiiday, May 22, a public holi- forces, after an artist. day, will be crammed with activity which he attended the University as Copper Cliff's Centennial cele- of Alberta. graduating in 1949 with bration goes into high gear. a degree in mining engineering. At 7:00 a.m. the official Mgnal The Front Cover ,lag pot on No. 4 dump facing the He joined International Nickel epening the day's program will be Levack highway, is unusual in that in his graduation year. Prior to lired, and at 8:30 a.iii, the far- It's just about time that slag it was taken in daylight, and it's his new appointment he was as- fanied Copper Cliff Highlanders made the front cover of The a closeup. sistailt mine engineer at Levack, Cadet Corps will take part in a Triangle, after all these years of Most pictures of slag duniping at in which position he is succeeded colorful flag-raising ceremony in faithfully entertaining the tour- Copper Cliff are taken at night by R. H. Pettit. the town park. 5.ts and reassuring the home folks and the necessarily slow exposure He married Eva Kmech of La- At 10:00 am, the Centennial that all is well. fails to catch the lively personality iiiont, Alberta, and has four chil- parade will leave the Imico staff Our cover picture of 16 tons of of this old entertainer. dren. Curling and golf are his it ii ii nolteii waste, cascading from a Even at the distance allowed by chief recreations, Frood's family for this month are the Conrad Levacs. Connie, a Member of the electrical department at the Nickel native of Sturgeon Falls, has worked at Frood since he joined the Refinery, with 15 years' service, John Bernard, his wife Ccn,pany in 1950, is a loaderman. His wife Jackie hails from Verner. Marilyn, and children Shari, 4, and Catharine, 7, are Their attractive children are Donald, 8, Lynn, 12, Benny, 10, and the Album's Port Colborne guests this month. John is Nicole, 4. An ardent fisherman both summer and winter, Connie also an ardent golfer. coaches peewee hockey; last season both his sons were on his team. A slusherman on 1600 level at Creightan 3 shaft, Ivan Maars has lots of Jim Shrigley has worked in the welding shop at Copper Cliff since 1918, willing hands to help him with the chores on his 76-acre farm at Whitefish. and is now laying plans for his retirement early next year. Seen with him Ivan classes his milking cow, his two bulls, pigs and chickens as "my hobby, and his wife Grace are their family of Ross, Ed of the Copper Cliff stationery and a very healthy pastime." Ivan and his wife Hannah are natives of department, Mrs.