4:'MCU inIA#Ipi VOLUME 21 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY, 1962 XUMBER ii

Tommy McCourt of Levack Page 2 TNC() I'RL\N(LE FEBRUARY, t962

:- f Library Is Born

Published for all employees of The Lnternational Nickel Company of ('aiiada, Limited II. M, Duiibar, Editor II. 1. Meredith, Assistant Editor Editorial Office, ('opper ('luff, Ont, Poc Otitt 1Xi'.trrrnen r Orrwa, and for (;eorge Moretto his life a i'eal "rags to riches" saga, George Moretto is colorful proof that hard work, the will to succeed and an astute mind, add up to prosperity. That George revels in hard work i common knowledge among those acquainted with this human dynamo. The will to succeed he demonstrated conclusively 40 years ago when, toting a lard pail con- taming one sandwich, he went un- invited - and unfired - to work in the rockhouse at Worthington, where the foreman was so im- pressed by this non-English-speak- ing immigrants determination that he hired him on the spot. And

J recent poll of the citizens at Tho,npon indicated that a lending library would be a highly popular projct, so the Ladi('s' Community Club promptly got busy on it. Donations of books have poured in, and w/,cn tile librury opens on February 28 in ,Vo. I School it will ,tart At a largely attended farewell wit/i wrll over 500 volumes, covering an am(1ing range of subjects as well (IS the latest party, George was presented with fiction, supplenented by the Lniersity of Manitoba extension service .5o,ne 30 mbers of a roto-tiller for use on the fruit the community club have volunteered to work as librarians. Picture shows the first hoot farm, Here he gives it a dry run, being unpacked and placed on the shelves by ,VIrs. Don Alunn (ri'ht front), community club president; Mrs. Dqvid IIendrson (right standin), chwrman of thu library coinmitte those familiar with George's real estate investments would be the 1Irs. Glen Thrall (front) and Mrs. Robert Dync. first to admit his astuteness. Lately retired from Murray mine on early service pension, George was well known and respected Actually George first worked at to help sink no. 4 shaft. Worth- couldn't speak English," he re- there and at Frood. He spent his Frood in 1928 when Mond Nickel ington caved in the following year. counted, "and someone in the trath more than 30 Inco years at those sent him down from Worthington The night this occurred the power hung a sign around my neck two mines and was noted for was cut off at Frood and George saying Sudbury so the conductor his verbosity, intimate knowledge remembers climbing up from 2000 Would put me off there. But he of the mule skinner's language, level. On a later occasion he is re- forgot to do this when the train ability to do and recognize a good ported to have climbed from 3400 arrived, and my brother, who came day's work and the defence of his to surface when the power was off, down from Victoria Mine to meet men from all criticism - except . His arrival at surface coincided me, thought I wasn't on the train when he himself made plain talk with the return of power and eye and left." A short time later with them. witness (or ear witness) accounts George found himself on the sta- Foreman at Murray since 1946, relate the air was blue and smok- ion platform alone, no Canadian he worked through the develop- ing after George managed to catch money and no way of communicat- nwnt stage of that mine and - his breath and express himself. ing with anyone. "An Italian taxi helped bring it to present produc- George had worked underground driver finally took pity on me and tmon st,ncIards. six years at Worthington before took me home for the night and Before going to Murray he had - following old captain Carmichael next day my brother came and worked as shift boss on Frood's to Frood no.4. He spent six months got me," George related. Before lower levels smce 1933, and earlier sinking shaft at the Errington leaving town he bought a winter was stope and level boss on 2800. e before moving to Frood no. 3 coat n Karl Lehto's store which I helped cut the shaft station at shaft with Inco. was then in the )ld Balmoral 2800 level" he recalled, "then Born 60 years ago in Italy, Hotel, and also had his first hair- George Dechene and I drove the Ris friends crowded around him George laughs now about hi cut. main croscut right through to the at the party to wish him good luck arrival In Sudbury in 1919, but at George delivered bn'ad for his ore," and a happy retirement, the time it wa,n't so funny. I (Continued on Page 6) EFBRUARY, 196.! lN('() 'FRL\\(LE I':i. I

LEFT: Abve, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Kramer of Port Colborne with their delightful little daughters Bonnie, 6, and Sharon, 4. Glenn works in the printing and filing section at the Nickel Refinery and is a leader in Recreation Club activities. RIGHT: Julio Pontediera came from Por- tugal to Thompson 19 months ago, and at Christmas was joined by his wife and son Ilidio, 16 months. He works in the concentrator at the new Inco plant and Is a very proud and happy employee. Lii

ABOVE: Separation and sintering department superintendent at Copper Cliff smelter, Sllvio Merla is shown here with his wife Jean, daughter Leann, 22 months, and sons Chris, 9, Ken, 11, and Tlmmy, 6. Their summer camp, the family joy, is at McFarlane Lake. LEFT: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hughes of Creighton with cute little Khnberley, 6 months, David, 8, Stephen, 4, James, 18, Joan, 14, and Billy, 12. Walter is a member of the police detachment at Creighton, and an ice fisherman of considerable note.

LEFT: Here are Frank Radi his wife Eulalia, and their three bright are Robert, 10, and Gary, 6. RIGHT: From ('oniston this month we children, Frankle, 7, Ursula, 6, and Martha, 4. A timberman at Frood, have Alme and Jeannine Racine with Giseile, 15 months, Daniel, 4, and Frank has worked there aimost 10 years. CENTRE: Jim Hubiey met his Robert, 5. A strong Montreai Canadiens fan, Aime has the Dabs tabbed attractive wife Betty in Scotiand during the last war. They were married for another Stanley Cup triumph. in 1949 at Levack, where Jim is a mine eiectrician. Their two fine Sons Hugh Lindsay, a Stobie mine pensioner, rules the roost at the Barry- are two teams from the minor bantam hockey loop, Barry-Downe and Downe playground. Here he stands In the field house and behind him Eyre. Hugh greatly enjoys his new job. Inco Pensioners c. .. Doing Fine Job .', A .,,., ,..,.,,• , ;- At Playgrounds *: Half a dozen Inco pensioners are ' •q • • I ' performing a valuable community " .' ' - - 4 service and at the same time add- '.ê ing new interest to their lives by IiI. . . -- " 4 working as part-time playground , - - supervisors for the Sudbury Re- s$ '1 a creation Committee, •'sI __- q Three months of the year, from I ' ' - mid-December to mid-March, they •f perform various light duties at the ' -; , playgrounds such as assisting the children's parents to flood and clean the ice, take care of build- ings and equipment, tend fires, and ' - maintain order. "These men are doing a Wonder- ful job for us," Sudbury assistant - - recreation director Bob Bateman enthusiastically told the Triangle. Alex Nadorozny, a Copper Cliff pensioner, poses at Hhlisdale playground "They are well-known and highly with Bob Bateman, Sudbury assistant recreation director, and cute thought of in their neighborhoods young Sandra Srodulski. and thus have the friendship and respect of the children. In a sense they're really our public relations staff. We're hoping that next year .Jens Antola (ex-Frood) smilingly we can place a supervisor of this .- shoulders his snow shovel at Ant- type at every one of our 29 play- werp playground. ground rinks." . - Hugh Lindsay presides at the Barry - Downe playground, Jens - Antola at Antwerp, Bill Currie at Lockerby, Alex Nadorozny at. Hills- dale, Fred Deschene at Chapman, - and Ernie Lauzon at Minnow Lake. At Port Colborne a big assignment is being smoothly handled by Inco pensioner Alex McNay, who runs - the entire minor hockey league at • the Port Colborne Arena for the Lions Club. -- As for the pensioners, Fred De- ' schene summed it up when he -.. - said, "It's not hard work, they really need somebody to look after the place, and I love kids anyway, -. - Bill Currie (ex-Copper Cliff) busy WISE MEN SAY sharpening skates at the Lockerby Alex MeNay discusses minor hoe- A woman happy with her hus- playground. Formerly an electri- Fred Deschene, also ex-Copper key league schedule with Bob band is better for the children clan In the smelter, Bill still likes CHIT, ties a lace for Claude Rio- Beattle at Port Colborne. than 1000 books on child welfare, to see the sparks fly. pelle at Chapman playground. 1EBRUARY, 1962 INCO TRIANGLE Page 5 ______Andy Durkas Andy Durkas, a landmark at Creigh ton mine until chronic asthma last year forced him to retire on disability pension, came to Canada in 1928, went to work in the lumber camps near Folyet, and sased every penny he could until lie was able to bring his family out from Austria.

Mr. and Mrs. Andy Durkas Then they moved to Creighton ______and lived happily ever after. Andy ______was a miner In the stopes until 1940, then transferred to surface and worked on the deck at S shaft. i Mrs. Durkas, who was Mary Gardes before their marriage In 1922, worked In the fields in Austria ______until Andy could send for her and he children. Their sons both work at Creighton, Tony as shaft inspector and Joe as an electrician. Their daughter Helen is the wife While a group of hIs workinates look on, Steve Unicki receives a goodbye gift of Joe Oswaik, a landscape designer Steve Ilnicki: from Jack Gauthier. in Toronto. A hockey fan for over 40 years "I was hired by the Canadian Austria in 1913 and had jobs in Andy and Mrs. Durkas have - ever since he played the game Copper Company at Winnipeg In and around Winnipeg for a couple gone to make their home in himself at ODonnell - Steve I 1918," he recalled, "and sent to the of years. He also worked through Toronto. Ilnickl is a staunch Sudbury ODonneil roast yard." He was to the west coast. Wolves and Toronto Maple Leafs there until 1925. supporter. Retired on service A somewhat reluctant bachelor, pension from the reverbs at CopperI flues,At the slag smelter chutes, he workedstripping on floor the Steve admits a wife would be good Cliff, Steve now intends taking in and furnaces, always enjoying his company, especially now. 'Trouble more weekend hockey games at job. "It was pretty exciting the was the girls I liked never seemed Toronto. "I'll be able to see all last few days," smiled Steve, plainedto like withme and a grin.vice versa," he ex- the Wolves' games too," he said. 'everybody saying goodbye and A tapper helper, Steve had wishing me good luck." The gang He will take a trip back to the worked in the reverbs over 30 from his shift gave him a purse old land later but for now it's years. His first association with of money on his last shift, hockey, more hockey and plenty of this Industry was long before that. Steve came to Canada from relaxation

Bagged Big Jack A big Jack rabbit, something of a rarity in the Sudbury district, was bagged by Ewart Wright of the Frood time office staff on a hunting hike In the Levack area. It weighed 12' lbs. and, Ewart said, made an exceilent stew,

DOUG WAS HOT AGAIN T' For the second year In succession % . %7 k ,• Saying farewell to the gang at Clarabelle Pit, Matte Vrbanek Is presented with Doug Galhercole skipped his rink vid ite V raiane • a purse by Steve St. Marseilie. to victory in the Inco event at the NOCA bonspiel. But this time he A plugger man and pit miner at transferring to the open pit iii two daughters and a son living in iced the cake by winning the Frond Open Pit for 18 years. and 1943. Jugoslavla, where he was born in Carmichael-O'Brien trophy for the more recently at the new Clara- A widower whose wife died in 1897. He came to Canada in 1928. bonspiel grand aggregate cham- belle Pit, Matte Vrbanek has 1956 after 37 years of marriage, A cheerful little guy with a good pionship as well. Members of his stepped into retirement with over Matte lives in his own home on sense of humour, Matte will be rink were Joe Sauve, vice-skip, 32 Inco years on his service record. Bessie Street, Sudbury. His daugh- missed by his long-time open pit Teedy Leclair, second, and Rusty He started at Frond In 1929 and ter. Annie is married to Mike pals, who all wish him well in Dubery, lead, was flllman and timberman until Garich of Murray mine. He has retirement. Rige 6 1.\C() '1'R[.NGLE FFRRLJARY, 1962 derailing on curves when the tm'ucks Albert Lapointe are being pushed. 11,000-Lb. Mould Produced at Refinery When quite young Albert came Carpenter foreman at Creighton to St. Charles, where isis parents for almost 25 years, popular Albeit cleared land for a farm, His Lapointe has i'etired on service father was a carpenter who farmed pension. 'Retired" is hardly the in summer, in fact had two farms, word for this active pensioner who, one in Saskatchewan that Albert as his introduction to retirement, later operated for a couple of years. 00k a 12,000-mile, three-month His first job in Sudbury was with motor trip to the Canadian west, the Evans Lumber company in Califoi'nia and Florida. "We fol- lowed the coast line around," en- 1913. Later he worked in the bush diused Albert, "had a grand time, winters and drove horses around aiid not one dat tire." An exten- town in summer. sive trip to Canada's east coast is During the first world war he planned for this year. "You might sei'ved overseas. He went to work say that travelling is my hobby," at the creosote plant in Sudbury smiled Albert. in 1921. Laid off in 1925, lie got a job at Ci'eighton no. 3 shaft as a The last dozen years at Creighton carpenter, moved to no. 5 shaft in Albeit was in charge of all car- 1936 and the year after that be- penter work at both shafts plus came foreman. His fii'st wife, whom lie mari'ied in 1924, died in 1953. In 1959 he married Mrs. 0. Robidoux, whom he had known since childhood at St. Charles. Albert's family in- clude Laume at Creighton, Mai'cel and Robert at Levack, Laura Mrs. F. Schunk) of Preston, Clai'a (Mrs. G. Seguin) of Falconbi'idge, Jeanine (Mrs. R. Bissonnette and Pauline of Sudbury, along with seven grandchildi'en. "It keeps me busy just visiting the kids," this happy pensionei' joked. "My wife has nine of her own in addition to my seven." At present they are living with a son at Hanmei' but Albert is plan- ning on building a home sometime Albert Lapointe pictured with his next year. wife and a model of a mine timber Heaviest copper casting produced at the Copper Refinery Is the 11,000-lb. Fond of fishing, he and his wife mould made about every six months for the Anaconda Copper Co. at truck which was presented to him spend some time at one of their at a party held in his honor. Toronto. This huge block of pure copper, produced to the very hlgh sons' camps on the West Arm standards for which the Inco refinery is famous, is shown above just during the summer. But come after being cast in the foundry. One of the two pouring launders is still the town, and somehow managed summer or winter Albert Lapointe in position. Six moulds, held together by massive C clamps, constitute to keep everyone happy and every- is one pensioner who will always the mother mould in which the Anaconda casting is poured. Looking thing in good shape. He was me- be busy, and thrive on it! over the assembly Is foundry foreman Henry Lisnoges. sponsible for a number of practical innovations. One, in particular, he Good judgment comes from ex- is quite proud of is a device on perience, and experience comes mine timber trucks that eliminates from poor judgment. Dar Storey's Rink Scores 8-End

The rough casting, when it emerges from the mother mould, weighs 17,000 lbs. It is then transported to the refinery machine shop where It is machined down to specified dimensions, 22 by 26 by 90 inches, dropping almost 6,000 lbs. in the process. The machinist. Joe Scinto, who stands proudly beside the finished product, had to work to a tolerance of lj64th of an inch in machining the pocket in the centre of the mould. Machining the mould takes two weeks.

newly established on a fruit farm Georbe M I OreLLO iieai' St. Catharines where George (ContInued from Page 2) now speiids a good deal of his brother at Victoria Mine and on time. Their daughter Barbara is trips into High FalLs i'emembers Mi's. R. Valentini of Sudbui'v. seeing wolves most every day. , They have six grandcluldren. thought they were dogs at first," A happy man is George Moi'etto. he admitted. Eating at the board- who is planning a trip back to lu The first curling grand slam scored in the Sudbury district this year was tog house there one day George native Italy this summer to see bid and made by (left to right, above) skip Bar Storey and his rink of claims to have put away 17 pieces his 95-yeai'-old mother. At pi'esent vice-skip Reg Moore, second Al Demkiw, and lead Fred Coffin, at the of i'ai.sin pie and two quarts of lie is a busy man enjoying his ('upper Cliff Curling Club February 15. They racked up their 8-ender milk. "I didu't know how to isk local interests arid many l'riends. in a shift league match with skip Ed Hawkey, Joe Szmyndzuik, Sam for meat so I could only eat what That George will m.ias mining i'ataran, and Frank Kuznlk After the opposition's last rock sailed uris on the table." koes without saying, and equally harmlessly through the house skip Storey drew to the four-foot with He and Beatrice Turpin were certain it is that mining will do his tliiat stone to cinch the perfect end. nidirri€'d in 1927. Their sun Fred is finitley nus,', George, IN lIIF Geological I Department

Ranging from questions of pure science to specialized problems of local occurrences. On the left above, geologist Bob Wager at a binocular interest are the extensive studies carried on In inco's geological research microscope is studying a sample of a mill product to determine the department at Copper Cuff. One interesting objective of this absorbing nature of its constituents. On the right, in a discussion with his research work is to investigate the genesis of the ores mined by the Company, geoiogy coiieague, Terry Fodoisky, and mines geoiogist Bert Souch, seeking ciues or characteristics which may iead to the discovery of other Ernie Cornford is describing the reiative movement aiong a fault piane.

A great deai of painstaking work is invoived in getting sampies ready for an ore sampie into a differential thermal anaiysis unit; the recording study. Here technician Norm York Is preparing thin sections of rock instrument partiy shown at the ieft will note the changes that take piace for examination under a petrographic microscope, which will enable the in the ore under progressively increasing temperatures up to 2,000 geologist to identify the constituent minerals and thereby tell something degrees F. of the rocks origin. On the right technician Murray Pierce is loading

LEFT: In this view of sample preparation, technician Larry Coderre is several microscopes; this Instrument can be used for examination of grinding a rock slice to a thickness of 1,000th of an inch, at which it will either polished or thin sections of ore or rock. RIGHT: Geologist Terry have optimum translucence and polarization effects for microscopic Podoisky examines a polished surface of Thompson ore, an intricately study. CENTRE: Geologist Ernie Cornford at one of the department's folded mineralized quartzlte. l'age 8 INCO I'RIANULE FEBRUARY, 1962

The two LEVACK rinks In the district playdowns: Terry Hamilton (skip), George Keast, Stan Kotyk, and Mae Camelon; Dr. Charles Jessop (skip), Ernie Hilton, Frank Corkal, and Bob Mornan.

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Stoble's Art Silver skipped this SUDBURY GRANITE rink of Don McLean, Vern Johnston and Jack Garnett. Right, CONISTON's Ed Trail (skip), Gord Chishoim, Don Dumontelle, and Gerry Cleaver.

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0' Skip Ed Trail! sends a prayer after his rock as Don Dumontelle 1 and Gerry Cleaver bring It Into the house under Gord Chishoim's ASI watchful eye. The two rinks representing COPPER CLIFF: John McCreedy (skip), Jim Dewey, Frank McAteer, and Bob Ludgate; Don Harry (skip), Morley Harry, Jim Blaekport and Larry Martel. BELOW: Skip Art Silver studies a shot at the Hardy Curling Club. BELOW: A tense moment in the Consols Eliminations a Real Test Coming- up the Ice behind him match Art Silver lost to Arnold To reach the district playdowns I With the breaks" of knockout is Arnold Chisnell, the Sudbury Chisnell. Facing camera are Vern of the annual Consois competition, competition, such as the luck of Granite Club skip, who won the Johnston (Copper Cliff drilling a curling team has to survive at the draw, thus eliminated, the district playdowns. research) and Barry and Bert lease one full round-robin schedule team that comes up with the Chlsneil. in its own club. honor of representing its club in the Consols is usually of real championship calibre. Some beautiful curling was seen in the Nickel Belt this season as the round-robins progressed at the Levack, Coniston, Copper Cliff, Hardy, Falconbridge, Capreol, Granite and Sudbury clubs. One district playdown involving f six teams was held at Hardy Curl- ing Club, and there the cool, crafty Granite Club skip, Arnold Chisnell, emerged triumphant as many had predicted he would. In the other, also for six teams and played at Capreol, Terry Hamilton of Le%ack staged something of an upset by going through undefeated in his first year as a Consois skip. The Chisnell rink went on to qualify for the Northern Ontario playdowns, and gave a splendid account of themselves before bow- ing out to Doe" Redding and his superb rink from Kenora, who will now represent the North in the Macdonald's Brier Tankard matches for the i962 Canadian curling championship. FEBRUARY. 1962 IN Co I'RI.N( ;L E ag' () Alex Laahs Earl Mick Conducts On-the-Job Demonstration at Thompson Smelter Well known drill fitter at Frood many years ago and for the past 15 years a mechanic with the inine department, Alex Laabs has retired on disability pension. "I've had angina for nearly a year now," he said, •'but I'm gradually learn- ing how to live with it." Born at Pembroke in 1907 Alex was raised in that part of the country. "I was a delivery boy, then started to learn the butcher trade," he recounted. Before

I I Mr and Mrs Laabs heading west In 1934 for the har- This on-the-job safety demonstration is taking place In the Thompson smelter, Shift boss Earl Mick, with the vest he had also worked on the assistance of furnace boss Jack Burt on the sledge hammer, Is demonstrating the safe use of wedge and ring farm, In the bush and as a garage in removing a bar from the taphole of an electric furnace, In the audience are mattemen, furnace operators mechanic. and helpers, and pumpmen, In the left foreground, maintaining their close contact with the plant safety After the harvest he went program, are safety supervisor Harry Banasuik and smelter general foreman Bill Holnsberg. through to the west coast, then 'rode the rods" back home. 'It snowed nearly all the way, but Ten years later he transferred to a real good place to work," Alex high school. Two grandchildren we saw a lot of country. Those the Open Pit with the mechanics stated. give this couple much pleasure. Rockies - everybody should see and spent a short time at Creigh- He married Alice Conway in A keen fisherman, Alex hopes he them." ton no. 3 shaft before movIng to 1937 and they nave their own home won't have to curb this activity. In 1935 he started with Inco at Murray as picker boss. Later, in In the Trout Lake area. 'Their "I walk all I can every day," he Frood and the following year 1958, he went to Levack and work- son Kenneth works In Sudbury said, that's the best thing for joined Harry Dinnes' drill fitters. ed there until retirement. 'That's and their daughter Linda is at me; I think I'll be in shape for fishing." Creighton - Lively Conservation Club Wins Coveted Trophy QUOTES

The behaviour of some children suggests that their parents em- barked on the sea of matrimony without a paddle. Behind every successful man there stands a devoted wife -- and a surprised mother-in-law. Some folks have been so scared by reading about the harmful effects of smoking that they have uecided to give up reading. Diet: The penalty for exceeding the feed limit.

Some husbands, married for fifteen years, have never ceased to be romantic. If the wife ever finds out, however, she'll break his neck. No man can make a place for The Mary Pickford trophy, The Creighton-Lively boys give strong membership participation. himself in the sun if he continues awarded annually to the best of a lot more than lip service to the Initial enthusiasm doesn't dwindle to seek shelter under the family Ontario's 250 conservation clubs, noble cause of conservation, They until a project becomes a job for tree. has been won for 1961 by the work closely with the Department one or two individuals - every- Creighton-Lively Conservation of Lands and Forests on various body pitches in, and keeps pitch- My husband has a very respon- Club, Inc., and the 85 members of habitat improvement projects such ing. sible position. When things go that excellent organization are as cutting feed in deer yards. They 'I'he club's big program for this wrong at the otfice, he's always feeling pretty chesty about their sponsor the Verm.illion water fowl year involves establishing a water responsible." achievement, refuge. They have fostered a fowl refuge on the old Ranta farm Pictured above is the '61 exe- strong junior conservation club near Creighton, which it has pur- HE HOPES cutive as it appeared on CKSO-T'V which with their assistance has chased. A lot of hard team work The two duellists had agreed to with sportscaster Hub Beaudry: dammed up a small creek to de- will be needed to make a success meet at dawn. left to right, Sol Sherbanuk, Red velop a 20-acre lake christened of this extensive undertaking, 'In case I'm a little late," said Hyde, Wally Nevin, Art Fievoli, Happy's Lake, stocked with bass which Includes the building of a the challenger, a small, meek- Jerry Joly, George Allan (presi- and planted with trees. clubhouse, but the Creighton- looking man, to his confident op- dent), Happy Tomassini president Secret of the club's success, says Lively boys have demonstrated ponent, 'don't wait - go ahead 1962), Charlie Tilbury, Alf Pellatt. past-president George Allan, Is that they thrive on team work. and shoot." PL;e to 1.\('O TRE\N(;LE FEBRUARY, 1962 ff1,ere' iI'ne'

I in ne Dlue zwom ai inc Copper Cliff Club the silence is so thick you could slice it like fruit cake when the chess group is holding one of Its periodi- cal sessions. Even the gay little bal- lerinas in the Degas prints look hushed and subdued, A visitor finds himself tip- toeing on the broadloom, A player sighs softly with regret as he contemplates an incipient knight fork, and in the breathless still- ness it sounds like the night wind whooshing through the pine trees ('alabaIi Irc.slily lit and drawing nicely, Dr. Jack Sturtridge Geoff Wilkinson alertly etth's down to dc elop his campaign .ctudies his opponet's ,nove

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He was married in 1919 but his Windsor, Parry Sound and other Presentation Made to Bill Pawluk at Home wife and infant son died in 1929. locations but none could match In 1937 he married Stella Modutch . Coniston so back he came and and their family include Rosle rejoined the mechanics that same Mrs. F. Beck) of Port Colborne, year. "Got a raise too," he Dora in Welland, Nick at school grinned. and five grandchildren. In 1932 Frank made a trip back C- Bill has a comfortable home in to Italy where he married Eliza- Sudbury that he built hifllself 0Ve1' beth Beltrame. They are very 20 years ago. His favorite hobby proud of their three attractive is gardening which makes the daughters, Mary (Mrs. B. Lang- winters seem extra long to him A bunch of the boys fi'om his shift and their wives di'opped in unexpectedly one night on Bill and his wife and brought them a purse of money and a bouquet of flowers fl1 from all the gang on his shift. Bill was very pleased. Frank Argentin Frank Ai'gentin has retired on service pension. Long-time Conis- ton employee and resident Frank ______is well regarded as a capable me- Mr, and Mrs. Argentin chanic and a good citizen. A group representing his shift at the smelter presented BiiI and Mrs. His first job, at the age of 12. lois and Linda Mrs. Gino Caver- Pawluk wlth a purse of money, flowers, and a ribbon with a list of his was heating rivets in an Italian soiu of Coniston, and Velma 'Mr,s. flell-wishers, car foundry. 1 got 10 an hour F, Wright) of Sudbury. Their for a ten hour day," Frank said, granddaughter Shelley Elizabeth A tapper on tile uickel reverb in no. 3 building. Laid off in 1932, Coming to Canada in 1914 lie is a joy to them. She runs Frank", turnaces at Copper Cliff for nearly he rejoined the Company at Cop- worked for a time as a stevedore said Mrs. Argentin, 'and lie just a quarter of a century, Bill Pawlu.k per C1Lff in 1934. at Fort William, and later spent 18 love,s it." has traded his tapping bar for an His first job in Canada when he months mining near Sioux Look- A trip back to Italy is a future easy chair but is not yet fully arrived from Austria in 1914 was out, possibility but Frank right now is convinced that he likes the swap. as a bus boy at the Chateau After a stint in a starch factory a very contented man. "I visit my Bill is a real oldtimer at Inco. Laurier in Ottawa. Then he went and a couple of years in a Toroiito daughters and my friends every He started in 1917 at Port Col- to work at Niagai'a on a power brickyard he joined the mechanics . day and have my chickens to look borne, where lie worked for over project and from there moved to at Coniston in 1924. Quitting in after too," he said happily. That 14 years, mostly as turnacenian Inco at Port Colborne. 1926 he tried Timmins, the Soo, keeps me busy enough." FEBRUARY, 1961 I\C() FRt.\NULE I5age 11 Fred Raymond Given hearty Sendoll by the Boys at Murray John Broine'zeki Attotiter Cotttstott oltltittter, jmlttt Bromczcski, has retired at M'rvice pension. Johtt wot'ked at tlte sntelt- er itt that towtt from 1924 urttil re- tirement. A tapper fist' matty years he had pt'eviously worked as a punclter. His layt few yeats were spent as claytnatt. Born 65 yeats ago ott it farm itt Poland, Johtt came to tItis cotttttrv in 1913. He worked for a number of years in tlte lumber camps at'ound Blind River, "We got $12 a month," he recalled, "attd worked from daylight to dark. Tltey fed us well though."

Mr. and Mrs. Bromczeskl Fred receives a farewell gift from Murray master mechanic Dick Pearson. He was married to Jean Schate Surrounded by a group of his friends, in 1928. They have four sons, Stait Born 61 years ago at Calumet the CPR." (Mt's. H. Lamothe) of North Bay, at Elliot Lake, Joe at the Coppet' Island, which as anyone from the He started with Inco in 1939 at Laurier of Sudbut'y, Jeanette Mt's. Cliff mifi, Louis at Falconbrtdge Valley knows, lies in the river the Open Pit, and was a haulage R. Lasalle) of Calumet Island and and Walter at school. They also just abreast of Pembroke, Fred two grandchildt'en. have 11 grandchildren. "It ts ttice truck driver for many years both to have the children visit us," satti Raymond has retired from the there and later at Creighton. He His camp near Field at Cache sandplant at Murray on service Lake is whet'e Ft'ed now hopes to Mrs. Bromczeski, "attd sontetimes also worked underground as they all come at once." petision. crusherman and cat' repairman, spend much of his time, attd be- Fred worked 10 years as a spin- fore leaving Murray invited his old A man with a true love of the and for the last year as sandfeed soil, John is looking fot'wat'd to net itt the woollen mill at Pent- man at Murrays ttew sandplant. workmates to visit him thet'e. On broke when he was a young buck, his last shift at the mine his many spring and getting out into his then became the first dump truck Married in 1923, his wife died in friends gathered to wish him garden. At present he ts ettjoying owner in that town. "I was on 1938. He remarried in 1950 when happy retirement and on their be- the leisure 01 his new life iii their my own for quite a while he re- Lillian St. Pierre became his wife. I half mastet' mechanic Dick Peat'- cozy Ctmttiston home, called, then business got bad and A son Phillip works at Levack and son presented him with a put'se of itt 1935 I gave it up and went with others in the fantily are Yalottde money. Tom Beauchamp always liked, he said. enjoy fishing and have wet their Tom Beauchamp, who has re- Hastings Martin A quiet, capable matt with a lines in many district lakes, "We tired from the smelter at Coppet' ready sense of humor, he will be don't have a camp," Hastings ex- Cliff on disability pettsiott, was Familiar face for many yeats In missed at the plant. To keep in plained, "and that way we feel ft'ee born at Whitefish in 1913 and first tlte cab of one of the yard loco- touch he visits old friends on his to go to any lake we fancy." worked for the Company when he tnotives at Copper Cliff, Hastings reyular daily walks. Their son John is in his last year was 15 years old. "I started at Martin has retired on service pen- Both he and Mrs. Martin, the at Haileybury School of Mines and O'Donnell roast yard," Tom said, siott. A locomotive engineer since former Jane McDonald of Copper his parents hope that he will join "and when I was laid off in 1930 joining the Company in 1935, he Cliff whom he tnart'ied in 1938, litco after his graduation, went back home to the fat'm." has operated steam diesel and Five years later he came back to electt'ic locos during that time, Inco, joining the transportation Born at Shawvllle, Quebec, 65 department, and for several years years ago, he was raised at Stur- "Creighton Mine Is Good Enough for Me" was fireman on the Brown hoist geon Falls and had his first job at at Garson sand pit, In 1940 he the local pulp mill, After set'ving Composed in 101 t by a poetic Creigh ton miner named .1. R. .4. moved in to the Orford building with tlte 4th Infantry Battalion Barrett, this ('C/jo of the tar/i' days in a famous mining camp COnieS where he punched and skimmed during World War I, he came to from I/it' scrapbook of ,irt JJ,poon, (ri'ighton pensioner. It 7,111 North Bay and joined the CPR as two ken fondly nostilgic mt mories in many an old-timer. firematt. Laid off in 1922 he fol- lowed the construction gatne with You have wandered perhaps tn etttes, tn towns or boroughs Onintt, Fraser Brace, working on the Inco Where htgh ttfe ts a tontc for whtch the wearted fatt, You may have seen Ntagara, or perhaps Jerusatem. too, copper refinery and also at Abitibi But, U you haven't seen the Cretghtsn Mtne tt's yet a treat jar you. Canyon. Before joining Inco, he The lOcket Range is a pasture from which many mouths are fed, contracted a pulp cutting job near Wtthout Copper Ctt or Cretghton otd Sudbury woutd be dead, It Uppttes the Wortd wtth iitcket and Copper Cuff ts the key, Bentty for a couple of years. Yet, a ttttte home tn Cretghton Mine to good enough for me, It's here you find the Dardanettes and Spanish town as wett, With his running papers from And fronl the many tasiguages heard you'd thtnk, here Eabytoii fett. the railroad in good order he was Rvary notion is represented from the loan who plsks the tea, soon operating a locomotive at Rut 110 nls,tter tvtlere ttiey conle from Cretghton Mtne tovks good to nie. Copper Cliff. "It's a job I've We have our datty jttneys, wtth a charge that ts so fickte Mr. and Mrs. Beauchamp That )our fare on a car to Siidbury flakes a dottar took ttke ii iitckte. Our athtetes re famous ttiougti they do hot draw a fee, for many years. The last five Yi't, ttttte ifanie tn Cretghton Mtne ts goOd enough for me. We tiove our batty ((lid parttea wtth an orchestra sttbttine, years he was a hot metal car man, Anit our Solid of forty members lire eLliptovees ot time amine Tom built his owtt comfortable Our spoi ttng stub is orgammtzed and you can ptatiity see home five years ago at Nauyhton We need a stub house tn Cretghton Mtiie and that's a ttp train 101' We .pcnct our dough liii .imiioeiiient or sports host anywhere, where he enjoys low taxes ,uttd And su tt tinit the sports, of Cretgtiton Mtne otwoys on the sqii.irc. high living. "We lived itt tlte we ito list tive for Litre, 0 ttti me you a ttt agree, Gatchell for ovet' 20 years attd book account tn Cretgh on .Mtne tomks pretty good to lie; Ttie Mtnes . Fe cull with a systeni never squatted anywhere; built two houses tltere," lte s,ttd, Th offis,'rs Cmmpttitlls Slid forenien sse prec'iston and fatty are "but I like it tnuch better here" To ni's tisir ntis safety antt conifort, ,uid whoever you only be, Mat't'ied in 1934 to Veluda Gau- To be oii ttic pnyrott of Cretghton Mtne t', good enough for ne. thier, both ltis sons are Ittco tttett, CHORUS Albet't with the geological depart- For ei''ryone stngs of Cretghton, for tt's a htg mark on the flap, ment and Joe with tt'attsportatinn. Whv're copper and mmtcket come from amid good thtugs from a tap. Tom also has two brothers, F,ddie its streets are rongh omid 5tdewatks scarce slid cabarets are few, attd Joe, who ne itt the Ittco ttut it's Creightoti Mtnc wtth a gmsod itd st 'tn 1 hOt thats ttie town far oil family. The Beattehzvtttps bo;u't Mr. and Mrs. Martin two grattd.sotts. 2 t\('() 'FR1.\N(LE }EBRUARY, l96.

NOBODY THAT 0001) Recent Appointments in Manitoba Division A small boy hurried home from school one afternoon and an- nounced to his par€nts that the class he was in was about to split up into two divisions. 'I'm in the top one;' he ex- plained, and the other one is for backward readers." But," he went on confidentially, we don't know who is going to be in the other one, because ther&s not a kid in the room who can read backwards"

WHAT A FIX SItE'S IN! There was a young lady named Harris Whom nothing could ever embarrass, Till the bath salts one day, In the tub where she lay, H. W. PETERSON R. G. REGIMBAL H. P. BOUCHER R. L PURO Turned out to be plaster of paris. At Thompson last month, vice- vice employee at Frood mine. H.s president James C. Parlee an- experience at Inco included em- Karl Mcintosh Again Cops Midwest Trophy nunced the Manitoba division ap- ployment for eight summers prior pointments of H. W. Peterson as to his graduation from Michigan assistant general manager, R. G. College of Mining and Technology Regimbal as assiscant genera. in 1953, after which he joined the manager, H. P. Boucher as mine concentrator staff at Copper Cliff. superintendent, and R. L. Purc He was aLso on the staff of the as concentrator sup.rintendent. Creighton and Levack milLs. He Born at Gi'eiifel, Sask., H. W. went to Thompson as assistant Peterson first started working for mill superintendent in April, 1960. Inco during summer vacations He was married In 1953 to Estelle from the University of Toronto. Thompson of Sudbury, also of an Graduating in 1944 in mining en- Inco family, and they have one gineering, he joined the Corn- daughter, Patricia Lynn. pany and worKed both under- ground and in the engineering de- Curling, fishing and hunting are partment at Murray, Frood and favorite recreations of these four Karl McIntosh and his boys had to go an extra end to defeat the Ray Creighton mines. He became a men. Ray Puro during his uni- Bowhey rink n the final match for the Midwest trophy at the annual general foreman at Frood In 1951, versity years was a prominent bonspiel of the geological department's Foot and Hanglngwall Society. assistant superintendent at Mur- athlete, playing baseball for Frood The victors are shown above: Murray Pierce, Harry Knight, v1ce-kip ray in 1954, superintendent of Tigers and Sudbury Shamrocks, as Larry Arsenault, and skip McIntosh, who also skipped the winning rink Frood Open Pit and then assistant well as hockey, basketball and two years ago. Second event honors went to P. Giovanella, with T. superintendent of mines lxi 19ö7. football. Lapinskie the runner-up. He was transferred to the Mani- toba division as mine superintend- ent in March, 1959. Mr. Peterson was married in 1948 to Phyllis Dickson of Waterloo. They have two daughters, Kath- erine, 10, and Diane, 8. A graduate of Queen's University in metallurgical engineering, R. R, Regimbal had broad experience In the Copper Cliff, Creighton and Levack concentrators before going to Thompson as concentrator superintendent in 1960. Born in Sudbury, he worked for a short time at Frood mine in 1941, then on his return from army service in 1945 started his milling career at Copper Cliff. He was assistant to the mill superintendent at Levack prior to his departure for the Manitoba division. Eva Kallio of Sudbury became his wife in 1944, and they have a family of three, Elizabth, 10, Catherine, 5, and John, lfl Schreiber was H. P. Boucher's birthplace but his family moved to In the sample room at the Copper Refinery, Norman Arbour smiles with Sudbury in 1929, He attended Norman Arbour: pleasure at receiving a Queen's University, graduating in presentation from works metallurgist J. C. Bisehoff. mining engineering in 1942 and At the Copper Refinery they to Sudbury along with Matt Bell, Melvina Lalonde became Norman then joining Inco, for which he gave a warm sendoff to Norman Davey Duncan and others who aLso Arbour's bride at Espanola in 1923. had worked as a miner during the Arbour, who was retiring on pen- were destined to have outstanding Their daughter Theresa Mrs. Jack summers since 1935. He was shift sion after almost 32 years of careers at the Copper Refinery. Heale) lives in North Bay and boss and safety engineer at Frood exemplary service. After working on construction of their son Al, who has been a mem- mine, became a divLsional fore- the refinery, Mr. Arbour signed on ber of two Stanley Cup teams in man at Creighton in 1950, and Although he was born at Mid- land, Norman Arbour became a as an employee. During the first an illustrious hockey career, is was later general foreman at both two weeks he helped instal the playing defence for Toronto Maple Stbie and Levack mines. He citizen of Sudbury at an early age. Sixty-three years ago his father anode casting wheels, then moved Leafs this season. moved to Thompson in January, over to the sample department It goes without saying that Mr. 1960. His marriage to Patricia contracted to supply wood for the roast beds at Copper Cliff from a where he eventually became fore- Arbour, now a gentleman of lei- Shannon took place at Sudbury man. In a plant where the utmost sure, will see some Stanley Cup in 1941. They have one daughter, wood farm where the Creosote plant now stands. importance is placed on quality play In person this year instead of Patricia. control, the alert, dependable type just on television. Very young for A second-generation Inco man, He worked for 10 years at the of workmanship for which he was hIs 65 years, he might even get in R. L. Puro was born in Sudbury. pulp mill in Espanola, and when known throughout his long service there with his son and throw a His father, L. Puro, is a long ser- that plant closed down he moved was highly valued. hip or two for Punch Imlach, FEBRUARY, 1962 IN(() FRIAN(1.E I

The Nickel Belt Is probably the oniy plaie In the world with three father-and-son combinations on the roster of official hockey referees. Shown above in the familiar striped jerseys of their part-time profession are, from the right, Wilf Lemieux (Copper Cliff substation) and son Paul; Gerry Wallace (Copper Cliff accounting) and son Bill; Jack Newell (Copper Cliff cottrells) and sons Dan (Levack warehouse) and David. Partly for pay and partly for free, each in the course of a season referees about 125 games In the various leagues ranging from playground hockey all the way up to NOHA. Coached by their fathers, the young fellows have all displayed the particular attitude and aptitude essential to a successful hockey official, and along with their dads are a credit to this very important department of Canada's natIonal sport.

roasting plant at Copper Cliff. Raymond Graham and Edward at Frood-Stobie. His "Miss Thompson" Maintenance electrician at the daughter, Margaret, is the wife of Copper Cliff crushing plant for Ken Armstrong, also an Inco man. Pretty Eileen Mick, formerly of many years, Raymond Graham, Other members of the family are Sudbury and daughter of shift boss with almost 21 years of service, Beverley and Bill of Sudbury, Bar- Earl Mick of the Thompson smel- has retired on pension. He first bara at high school and five grand- ter, was "Miss Thompson" in the worked for the Company in 1912 children. Prior to their marriage contest for "Fur Queen of the as a rockpicker at Creighton and in 1927, Mrs. Graham was Isabelle North" at the annual Trapper's later in the steel shop there. Coburn. FestIval at The Pas, Manitoba. In A camp at Naraka Lake, near her bright blue parka and color.. During World War I he served Burwash, will be home to the fully beaded mukluks, 18-year-old with the 75th Battalion and later Grahams most of the summer now. Eileen made a big hit at the Festi- worked for several years at Massey Mr. and Mrs. Graham Hunting and fishing are among val. She was sponsored by Thomp- in a hardware store. this robust pensioner's favorite son Reds baseball team. Ray has two sons with the Company, Tom in the fluid bed recreations.

44f Spring came so early thIs year at Sudbury's .-.. 4 Fairway Golf Club that the only place you 4. Three outstanding artists of Thompson's E 'tri' Bird' could notice it was in the minds of the golfers. large and talented art group are doIng A snowshoe tournament, using red tennis balls, was the novel stuntThopi paintingsArt which will be the prizes in a dreamed up by Bill Hamilton, and about 30 hardy couriers de bols had draw to be held in March in conjunction wIth an exhibition of canvases themselves a barrel of fun at it. Shown above are Bill Hamilton, Frank from the Brandon School of Art. Here Mrs. Bill Spence works on the Truskoski, Russ Dever and Harvey Nadeau, all of the Inco general scene she will contribute along with paintings by Mrs. Al Smith and offices at Copper Cliff, "It was like playing out of a sand trap all day," Mrs. Trevor Fregren. The exhIbition wIll be staged by the Thompson reported golfer Nadeau. Ladies' Community Club. 111Itlf)oI1'f Flue New tligli School Officially Opened

Third of the four schools which are part of the International Nickel Taking part in the enjoyable program of entertainment were the Company's $8,500,000 contribution to the new town of Thompson, the Thompson Nickelites orchestra, the Mennonite choir, the Circle 55 strikingly modern 20-room high school was officially opened on January square dance club, and Scouts, Cubs, Girl Guides and Brownies who 26 by Manitoba's minister of education, Non. Stewart E. McLean. staged interesting demonstrations. More than 400 townspeople attended the ribbon cutting and key presenta- The new school is pictured above. On the right Heather McDonald and tion ceremonies, in which Mr. McLean was joined by Inco vice-president Philip Gies pause to chat in the large foyer which has an entrance to the James C. Parlee and district administrator Carl A. Nesbitt. Brief school proper and also to the big auditorium, enabling the auditorium to addresses were also given by R. F. Simpson and John Ingebrlgtson, be used separately for civic purposes. Cloakroom, rest rooms and members of parliament for the federal and provincial Churchill ridings, completely equipped kitchen also open oil the foyer. and Hon. John Carroll, minister of labor.

The auditorium measures 60 by 135 feet and holds 650 seats. On two on the right, photographed at its first rehearsal, is the high school girls' sides it has a mezzanine floor from which the Triangle camera got this choir with director John lsaak. view of a class of girls warming up for a basketball game. In the picture

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- A Present enrolment in Thompson high school is 110, taught by a staff of left, students busy in the chemistry tab; right, a typing class in the sIx, Robert F. Dyne principal), Miss Norah Stewart, Mrs. Essie Lyons, commercial course. Barry Letckemann, Frank Falvo, and John Isaak. Pictured above are:

SHARE WELL BEFORE USING absolutely illegible letter. husband, "I would take it to a . went. into his dispensary and re- An invitation to dinner had been "I must. know if he accepts or druggist. They can always read a turned in a few minutes with a sent to the newly settled physician. refuses." said the wife, doctor's handwriting" The drug- L bottle. "There you are, Madam,' In reply, the hostess received an "If I were you." suggested the gist looked at the slip of paper, he said. "That will be $7.50." tEBRUARY, 1962 IXC() E'RE.\N(;LE Iage 15

Flanked on the left by George Robb and on the right by Bill Taylor, their vehicles before taking off for daily assignments one snappy January foremen, the electrical department tine gang posed proudly In front of morning. Extensive Inco Electrical System Keeps the Line Gang on the Hop Installing, servicing and repair- While relatively few realize the ing Inco's power transmission fact, Inco operates more than 100 lines, extensive standard gauge miles of 46,000-volt transmission trolley system, and power lines line, and an equal distance of and street lighting in Inco towns, 30000-volt transmission line along is a large-sized vital job handled with sundry other power lines that quietly and efficiently by the elec- have been installed and are regu- trical line department of Copper larly maintained. Most Inco elec- Cliff. tric power comes direct to Copper As they say of the boys in the Cliff from power plants and is postal service: "Neither snow, nor i then distributed to mines, smel- rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night ters and the refinery. shall stay them from the swift The line gang, as they are fa- completion of their task." The miliarly known, build power lines, seldom interrupted flow of electric instal transformers and other power to the Company's many equipment, and provide mainten- operations in the Sudbury district ' ance and service. is the result of the line depart- Last year they built a new ment's constant vigilance and 33,000-volt line to Clarabelle Open skill. (Continued on Page 16)

Linemen Bernie Akey and Jack Bunter are seen installing one of the new mercury vapor street light fixtures at Copper Cliff. Installing and servicing street lighting Is one of the many services provided by the line gang.

Tightening slack In trolley lines is one of the line car crew's more Inco's shining new line truck had its trial run in the smelter yard, setting routine tasks. Note the elevated platform which can be adjusted to the a standard 35-foot power pole. It performed the job without a hitch, desired height for convenience and which is well insulated for safety. winning the approval of all with its highly efficient hydraulic boom. I () !XC( rRIAN(;LE FEBRUARY, 1962

trolley line power sources at Minor IIlockey Week Properly Observed in Nickel Belt several locations so that trouble which involves a power cutoff can be localized and thus reduce any delay to a minimum. Maintaining adequate electrical facilities at the ever-changing slag dump locations is another facet of - this gangs operations. Each time damp locations are changed - evei'y few days on the average - the entire ti'olley line in that k area must be moved along with 4 the regular lighting and pot- - dumping circuit. To facilitate moving, the poles are mounted on wheels, To service street lighting and power lines in Company towns the line gang has a small pickup truck equipped with a collapsible ex- S tension ladder that practically eliminates pole climbing. Currently a change over from the standard incandescent street light to the more efficient mercury vapour type Is in progress at several locations. Typical of the enthusiasm which reigns throughout the Nickel Belt The modern new metal lamp stan- among the little gaffers all season long was the turnout at Levack Arena ed in place on the poles by line dards erected for these new lights to celebrate Minor Hockey Week in Canada. Over 350 pint-sized puck- truck winches. Longest span was are fabricated in the Copper Cliff chasers took part in the day-long jamboree, after having been entertained 81 feet, shortest 24 feet. shops. at a banquet the night before, bearing out Frank Doyle's declaration Standard trolley line installa- The line gang also sei'vice the that "It's great to be a boy in Levack." Some of the mighty mites are tion consists of poles, mast arms lighting in mine yards and park- seen in the above picture, racing for the puck. BELOW, all ready for and guy wires for single track, and ing lots. A winter chore they action, four of the older minor leaguers, are Barry Stead, Terry Arm- double poles with messenger wires perform with relatively little strong, Randy Blake (a nephew of Toe Blake, coach of Montreal and guy wires where more than bother Is thawing frozen water Canadiens) and Walter Wojtuik. And on the FRONT COVER, his one track Is involved. The new lines without resorting to digging. freckled face lit by a happy grin, is Tommy McCourt, 9, and all boy. trussed span supports are expected A special transformer built in the to improve maintenance as well as electric shop provides low voltage, appearances. high amperage electricity that does Through the years Inco's electri- the trick simply and quickly by cal department has established heating the metal pipe. A New Conqueror of the Cosmos

Inco Electrical trolley line requires the services of (Continued from Page 15) Coniston and Copper Cliff. At Pit to accommodate the 25-cycle the first two locations cars are re- electrical equipment transferred quired only occasionally but at there from the Frood Copper Cliff the line car Is in al- Back 1953 they built a 46,000- most constant daily service. volt line across country from Constructed in the plant, line Victc'ia sline to Levack, a distance cars consist of a railroad flatcar of 21 miles. En route they picked upon which a small storage shed up Crean Hill and later, in 1960, is built. On its roof a deck, that built a line from that mine can be raised or lowered to accom- through to Creightori. niodate the crew, provides an in- Routine tasks include the re- sulated platform from which they placement of poles, cross arms and can safely and conveniently woi'k. insulators. A large portion of theii' Over the years this gang have maintenance work is performed on built, and now maintain, all trolley power lines within the smelter lines to the Copper Refinery, Iron yai'd at Copper Cliff. Ore Plant, Frood-Stobie, Murray Four lai'ge line trucks keep this mine, and all smelter lines, in gang mobile. A spanking new addition to the trolley lines at truck, introduced to service at the Coniston and Levack. start of the year, will permit one Most recent installation is the of the older, less efficient models modern trolley line system at to be retired. The new truck, Copper Cliff North, where a new weighing 8 tons without equip- concept in trolley line installation inent is the pride of the line gang has been introduced. Developed with its hydraulic lifting boom, by Inco's electrical department and Canadians followed with deep excitement and admiration on February 20 separate crew compartment, and known as trussed span support, it the fantastic space voyage around the earth three times by United States other modern features. The new eliminates the need of guy wires astronaut John H. Glenn, seen above as he climbed into the Friendship '1 boom can set a pole or lift a trans- on poles and the familiar mes- at Cape Canaveral. For Inco people Colonel Glenn's historic orbital former to pole height in a matter senger wire usually used to sus- flight held special interest, since nickel was extensively used in the of minutes. a great improvement pend trolley wire. Constructed of construction of his Mercury capsule on account of its special electrical over the old mechanical type. angle-braced 3 x 4-lnvm B.C. fir and magnetic properties, resistance to corrosion, and the strength it Installing and servicing the 67 stringers, the trusses were as- imparts to alloys even at the terrific temperatures his craft had to miles of Inco's standard gauge sembled on the ground, then hoist- endure on its 81,000-mile trip.