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Published for ll employees of The Inter-

national Nickel Company of Canada, Limited.Poll M. flnnhar, Editor

EDITORIAL OFFICE COPPER CLIFF, ONT.

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110W Is YOURBRAIN-POWER?

The little puzzle about transposing thetwo sets of coins brought in one of thebiggest batches of answers we've had sincethis feature first saw print, Indicating, per-haps, that people like playing leap-frog.

A lot of our brain-trusters were In thesame fix as Pauline D'Aoust and JuneGomme, of 381 Granite St., Sudbury, whowrote: "We worked on the puzzle for 15minutes and in that time we had it twice.But when we got out pen and paper andbegan marking down each move, we werelost again."

Assigning a number to each square likethis:

1I23I4l56(7Ithe series of moves in one correct solutionwent as follows: 3 to 4, 5 to 3, 6 to 5, 4 to 6,2to4,lto2,3tol,5to3,7to5,6to7,4to 6, 2 to 4, 3 to 2, 5 to 3, 4 to 5.

We were glad to get answers from TaufloVunikka of 259 Jean St., Sudbury; FlorenceBeaudry of Chelmsford, whose dad worksat Levack; Carmella Sottile of Coniston,("I find the puzzles great fun, so keep themup"); Lionel Rochon of 673 Notre Dame St.;Stan Wright, Time Office, Creighton; H.Doucet of the Crushing Plant; Jean-MarieDupont, 185 Cedar St.; E. H. Capstick, Con-centrator; Carol Maddock, General Office;Jim Nichols, Survey Office, Creighton; Mild-red Fram, Mines Dept., Copper Cliff; FrankThom, Morris St., Sudbury; D. J. Dockrellof the Police Force; Allan's Shift at No. 2Pi'ot Mill; J. H. Lacasse of Fraser Braceem'loyment office; Herbert Felbel, 400Besie St.; P. J. Beale, Port Colborne; BillBiker of Copper Cliff Smelter; Harold Reidof Port Colborne; Bern Irvine of SmelterResearch, Copper Cliff; Helen Langman, 499Pine St.; Arther Lye Jr., Garson Mines; A.Simmons Jr., Copper Cliff; Mike Pachkow-sky, Frood-Stobie Mine; Ronald F. Ray,Copper Refinery; Gordon J. Ball, New YorkOffice; Myros Kmeta, Frood-Stobie; OkleyStorms, Copper Refinery; Lillian Kenny,Toronto Office; Peter Evans, aged 15, 104Minto St., who assured himself of our un-dying affection by adding to his letter asfollows: S. I like the Triangle."

To others who submitted solutions we say,too, thanks for your interest and come againsoon.

Now for the next lesson in mental gym-nastics:

There were five candidates entered for theSmith Medal at Higher Learning Collegelast year. In each of five subjects 50 markswere divided among the candidates, withthe highest aggregate winning the medal.No one gained the same place in two sub-Jects, and the marks attained for any givenplace were different in each subject. Thelowest mark alloted was 2. One candidate,and only one, had the same mark in three

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Their Reward Is a Thing Apart__

subjects, and there were no ties.Brewer was 2nd in Telepathy, and 3rd

with 9 marks in Esperanto.Davy, who was top in Astrology and

bottom in Esperanto, led Stewer by 3 inTelepathy.

Stewer was 1st in Palmistry and 5th InTelepathy.

Whiddon was 3rd in Palmistry, and had20 marks for Astrology and 8 for Numis-matics.

Gurney, wIth 24 marks for Telepathy, was4th in Palmistry with 5 marks.

The highest mark in Esperanto was 2more than that in Numismatics.

Who won the medal and what was theaggregate score of each?

Like an Aladdin's lamp of memory, theHigh School Year Book is a constant sourceof happy recollections for students, long afterthey step from the graduating platform outinto the cold cruel world.

It takes a heap of hard work and talentto compress into the Year Book's pages thehistory, the characters, and the fun whichit will bring to mind in later years, along withacute nostalgia and long-delayed apprecia-tion.

The business end of producing the book isno romp either. There are ads to sell, andlayouts to plan, and cold-hearted printersand engravers to deal with.

In A Class By ItselfBut when it's all done and the finished

copies, still smelling cleanly of the press-room, are passed out to the rank and file ofthe student body, those who have laboredwill know the thrill of a first adventure injournalism which is a thrill apart from thespotlight of the playing field or the scholastictriumph, and cannot be reckoned in merecups or medals.

Year Book staffs at both Sudbury andCopper Cliff High Schools are waiting in afever of fond anticipation these days fortheir publications to come off the press.

Part of the staff of the Sudbury Wolf Howlis pictured above, with Gordon Spalding stra-tegically placed to show that the life of aneditor has its compensations. His editorialand business associates on the 1948 YearBook are: Terttu Tenhunen, Lepo Cuculic,Gwen Benton, Vivian Austin, Mabel Cuculic,Suzanne MacLaren, Corona Perusini, CornCallighan, Ted Thompson, Tom NorquaY,David Quance, Mary Kuryk, Carolina G1owacki, Mary Wood, Paul Michaud, BillWitchel, Bernard Cayen, Gerald VanBerkel,Enzo Coltrinari. Martin Fortus, John Stefura,Murray Pace, Bill Greenspoon, and KaleviJoukanen.

Cliff Has Compact GroupJack Thompson is the editor of the Copper

Cliff Nicolite this year. and his hard-workingstaff is composed of Lenore Beaver, PaulineBrooks, Tuowo Ranta, Barry Price, and JackVitali.

Congratulations to them all, we say, withthe hope that nary a wild-eyed subscriber oradvertiser will later appear on the scene,brandishing his Book and screaming savagelYfor somebodys scalp.

"Let's Dress Up!"It's been going on for a long, long time

-that happy pastime among very youngladles of "dressing up" and playing house.This trio of 1O-year-olds was busy at ltthe other evening In Levack. Left to right,full of giggles and good-nature, DorisDemers, Vivian Jobin, and Beth Fullerton.

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A bumper crowd of sweet young things Man Most Likely to Exceed among those Mione, Ann Walsh, and Irene Dobrin.and soulful swains had a "super" time at the taking part in the radio-announcers' con- Fifteen Teen-Town parties, with an aver-fna1 Teen-Town dance of the season May test held by the Teen-Agers during the age attendance of 350 each, were staged in7 at the Nickel Refinery Recreation Club. season. Charlie wobbled a wicked tonsil, the season at the Recreation Club. which isPort Colborne. and was given a thunderous ovation. He is pardonably proud of this outstanding social

Picture No. 1. above, shows a section of flanked by Jerry Kramer and Jack Burg- feature for the sons and daughters of itsthe happy gang which danced the evening hardt, who gave valuable assistance in all members.away to a smooth program of sweet and jive Teen-Town activities.played by Bruce Anthony and his Orchestra In No. 3 Vie Lynden. president of the Free will is not the liberty to do whateverfrom Niagara Falls. Recreation Club, and Jack Wilson, one of one likes, but the power of doing whatever

In No, 2 Charlie Toth takes the micro- the directors, pose not at all unwillingly one sees ought to be done, even in the verylJhone to demonstrate why he was voted with three young charmers: Genevieve face of otherwise overwhelming Impulse.

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JUNE, 1948

Randy HughesTakes the CureFor His Slice

E. A. Collins always maintains that hisslice is so consistently wicked he has neverhad the pleasure of playing the left-handside of any of the fairways at Idylewylde.This claim is vigorously disputed by personsWho say they have paid dearly to learn thathe has never played the right-hand sideeither, because he is always smack down themiddle.

However the pendulum may swing in thisperennial argument, it Is readily admittedon all sides that the most nerve-wracking,

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heart-rending, soul-searing golfing aIctionis an habitual slice. Strong men have beenseen to cover their faces and sob like lostchildren as their tee shots veer gracefully inmid-flight and, banking like homing pigeons,soar off into the wilds of the rough.

Randy Hughes, of the engineering staff atFrood-Stobie, found symptoms of a slicewhen he was polishing up his game lastmonth, so he went into a huddle with Pro-fessor George Harrison, the popular Idyle-wlde pro, to get the matter attended tobefore it became chronic. The Triangle, con-fessing to more than a casual acquaintance Iwith slicing in its most advanced stages, satin on the lesson.

"Let's start right in at the beginning,Randy,' said the Professor, putting his pat-ient at ease with a gentle rap over the shinswith his putter. "The first and most im-portant thing in golf is your grip on theshaft as you address the ball. If your gripisn't right, your wrist-cock at the top of yourback-swing won't be right, and then thetrouble will begin.

"Your left hand grips the club throughthe forefingers, with the shaft diagonally Iacross the palm. Your right small fingeroverlaps your left forefinger, and your righthand grips the club through the fingers withfirmness in the thumb and forefinger. Mwayskeep that thumb on the side of the shaft,not on top of it. And watch that the V'smade by the thumb and forefinger of bothhands are pointing to your right shoulder."

The Professor then paused to adjustRandy's position to the top of the back-swing. There was a slight creaking soundas he straightened Randy's left arm, butapart from a soft groan the pupil gave no

Randy completed the stroke, smoothly andeffortlessly. The ball went away from there,crisply and cleanly. "Good," said the Pro-fessor. "Now hold it for a minute at the topof your swing. See how all your fingers arestill firmly in contact with the club, allow-ing it to finish in proper position parallelwith the ground. Your left arm is bent alittle, of course, to allow a full follow-through. Your weight is shifted to your leftside, and your left side is straight. Due tothat little head-cock when you addressedthe ball, your line of vision is correctly overyour right upper arm."

"In fact," said the Professor as he pulledout his receipt book, "you'll do. You keepon hitting them like that, and you won'tknow what a slice is."

An expression of deep calm and satisfac-tion stole over Randy's face. He stood for amoment in blissful silence, his gaze arcingfar down the fairway as he traced in im-agination the unerring flight of a mightydrive. Then, beaming happily upon hisbenefactor, he reached for his wallet.

indication of distress, so we did not inter-vene.

"Now you can see why the grip is so m -portant," the Professor said. See how all:fingers retain firm contact with the shafteven in the wrist-cock; that gives you propercontrol over your club. But watch that rightelbow-it must be under the hands andpointing down, to keep the arc of yourdown-swing inside. And be sure that leftarm is straight!" He made as 11 to twistit again, but Randy whipped that left armstraight as a poker, and we noted smallbeads of perspiration on his brow.

"That's just about perfect, Randy," theProfessor said in a kindlier tone. "Okay,let's see about addressing the ball." Randytook his stance.

'The ball should be in line with the leftheel. The body is at right angles to the lineof flight. The weight is distributed evenlyon both feet and rests toward the heels,allowing an upright posture and freedom ofturn," the Professor intoned.

"No! No! The head must be cockedslightly to the right!" The Professor reachedforward with his driver and tapped RandyI4ghtly behind the left ear. "Black fly," hesaid cheerfully. "Almost bit you." AndRandy's head was now definitely cockedslightly to the right. _______

"Ppgcnn fhn F's qn in,nnr-tgnf " Finn Pm-

fessor explained, "is so your left eye is con- I F rood A Champions Wincentrated on the back of the ball. Then

Inter-Lgue Bowlingyou won't tend to swing through with yourhips before your club head reaches the ball." Paced bY Norm Flowerday with 1329. Frood

A's representatives took top honors In theannual inter-league bowling tilt at Inco Em-ployees' Club in Sudbury. Cliff Atkinson ofCopper Refinery chased Flowerday to thewire with 1297.

Personnel and standing of the teams inthe contest follows:

1. Frood A (5818): Flowerday, Paul, Mc-Donald, Elliott, Simon.

2. Copper Cliff (5655): Bronson, Zinkie,Didone, Johnston, Bertulli.

3. Copper Refinery (5454): Benard, Trlgg,Holgate, Marshall, Atkinson.

4. Frood B (5318): Lavole, Lepage, Hickey,Bell, McNichol.

5. Ladies (4957): Kanuth, Zinkle, McCrea,Vanderburg, Webster, Kingston.

LEVACK SPORTS LEADERSCommittees have been named to take

charge of sports activity in L e v a c k thissummer.

Hardball will be supervised by a groupchairmaned by E. Mclvor and including P.White, F. Dixon, W. Petersen, and G. Ruller.

Pr. Cowan heads the softball committee ofA. Didur, M. Madden, R. Butterworth, and0. Ignace.

R. Cross is chairman of the tennis com-iiittee of E. Southcott, T. Atkinson. L. }o-berts, and R. McFarlane.

Top of the Back-Swing

Adjusting the Grip

End of a Perfect Stroke

Addressing the Ball

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40,000 Miles In a Teipher

A fellow who get,s around a lot is LeonardRed" Donnelly of the Nickel Refinery at

Port Colborne.During the past 25 years 'Red" has covered

almost 40,000 miles-every foot of it righton the job at the plant. He operates atelpher, one of those peppy little overheadmonorail hoist,s which solve the transporta-tion problem in No. 2 and No. 3 Buildingsand the Sinter Plant at 'Port".

20 Years Servicing CalcinersStarting as a craneman In 1923, 'Red" -

transferred to a telpher in No. 3 Building twoyears later, and in the next 20 years travelledmore than 30,000 miles carrying suiphidecharges to the calcining furnaces, oxide drawsfrom the calcining furnaces to the oxideleaching tanks and elsewhere, coke to thegas producers, oxide to the Mon1 reducers,spare parts for the calciners, and doing anyother lifting job that came along.

In 1945 he moved to No. 2 BuIlding, thesulphide leaching department, where duringthe next two years he covered 3,200 milescarrying ground leached sulphlde from theleaching tanks to the narrow guage trainswhich take it to the steam drying coils inNo. 1 Building.

Since last December "Red" has had a newtelpher route in the Sinter Department,freighting coke breeze from the bunkers inNo. 3 Building to the bins at the Dwight &Lloyd sinter machines. dust from the sinterplant dust collectors to the sinter machines,spare parts, and supplies. etc.

The seven telphers in the Nickel Refineryare of 3-ton capacity and operate on a singletrack 35 feet from the floor of the building..Their lifting speed is 40 to 100 feet perminute, and their maximum trolley speed4:! miles per hour.

The telpher track system runs to all partsof No's 2 and 3 Buildings. and consists of3,800 feet of track. There are 25 switches,all fitted with safety devices to prevent thetelphers from i'unning through open switches,

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as far as the location of his job is concerned.He's a great kidder, and very popular withall the gang. He is married and has a familyof seven: Carmel, Patrick, Pauline, Marilyn.Leonard, Carole, and Kathleen.

Picture shows "Red" at the controls of histelpher, taking off with a bucket of cokebreeze for the sinter machines. Of his workas an aerial traveller, he says the first timearound the world is the hardest, althoughhe can't quite telpher why.

Cadet Corps RankHigh On Inspection

Sea Cadets and Air Cadets of Sudburyreceived high commendation from the re-viewing officers at their annual inspectionslast month.

Wing Cmdr. G. A, Hiltz, A.F,C., command-ing officer of the R.C.A.F. station at CampBorden, said he was very much impressedwith No. 200 Sudbury Rotary Squadron.Royal Canadian Air Cadets, after he hadseen them on parade.

In charge of the cadets were FO HaroldTaylor, commanding officer of the squadron;FO G. Hubbard, equipment and administra-tive officer; FO Don Ross, disciplinarian anda r ma men t instructor; Flt. Sgt. JamesTherlault, radar and radio Instructor.

Admiral Mountbatten Sea Cadet Corpswas inspected by Lt.-Cmdr. D. S. Menzies ofWinnipeg, who remarked, "I class the generalappearance of these boys as outstanding.They are not only fine physical specimens.but they carry themselves exceedingly well,and are particularly neat in their appear-ance,"

and bells and sirens to warn the men work-ing below. Track switches are swung by theoperator from his cage by pulling switchcables, The power supply is divided into 11sections so that one or more may be isolatedfor repairs without requiring a completeshutdown.

Has Family of Seven"Red" Donnelly may be inclined to look

down on most of his fellow-workers, but only

Officers of the Sudbury Sea Cadetsincluded Lt. R, Tweddle, commandingLt. L. Atkinson, executive officer;Scanlon, store supplies officer, Wm.of Copper Cliff, chairman of the Seatommittee, was also present.

presentofficer;Lt. T.BeaverCadet

SLIGHT OMISSION"Poor man! He was ruined by untold

wealth.""Untold wealth?""Yes, he didn't tell about it in his income

mx return."

It was time out for a coke when theA. t School s .2'4ay Ball camera happened on this good-lookinggroup at Copper Cliff High School's an-

nual May Ball. Around the circle from the left are seen Keith Cleland, Monica Morrow,Gino Pollesel, Pat Bell, Mamie Hunter, Jack Vitali (president of the school's LiterarySociety), Margaret Sauve, "Linky" Canapini, John Strong, and Fay Young. Principaland Mrs. Harrington were patrons of the smoothly sophisticated affair for which music

was played by Guy Frattini's orchestra. About 80 couples attended.

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10 YEARS AS UMP, BARNEYTHINKS NICKEL BELT FANS

Attention, please." grow led the loud-speakers during the lull between innings ofa ball game at Queen's Athletic Field lastsummer. 'We have a pa i r of spectacleswhich were picked up in the grandstand."

Like a flash the shrill voice of a juvenilefan pierced the momentary silence. Give'em to Barnett-he needs 'em!"

The crowd gave the gag a big hand, butnobody enjoyed it more than Umpire BarneyBarnett himself. He still gets a chuckle,too, out of recalling the day when RudyRudel of Falconbridge stepped up to theplate, midway during a game, and presentedhim with an infant's toothbrush 'to wipethe cinders out of your eyes."

No Old Soup Tins, Please!This is George Barnett's tenth year as an

umpire in the Nickel Belt. As wedding an-niversaries go, the tenth calls for gifts of tin,but Barney has no yen to have the crowdshower him with old soup or fruit cans whenhe calls the close ones against the grainthis summer. With the cost of living theway it is, he'll string along on the umpire'straditional tributes of eggs and tomatoes,but he'd like the eggs hard-boiled-they'reeasier to take home that way.

Matter of fact, Barney thinks Nickel Beltfans are a pretty fair-minded bunch on thewhole. Sure, they howl like hungry coyotesand clamor for his carcass, now and then,but that's a privilege they buy at the gate.What would a ball game be without it, heasks.

Barney played his first senior league gameat Ottawa When he was 16, and baseball hasbeen a major interest in his life ever since.He was originally a catcher but switched tothird base when he came to Frood in 1933.

Born in Ottawa in 1904, he graduated fromhigh school and had a year at McGill Uni-versity In Commerce, then spent six yearson the advertising staff of the Ottawa Citizen.Theatrical stock companies caught his in-terest and for three seasons he was businessmanager of the Galvin Players, a fairly highclass troupe which packed 'em in on bothsides of the border. Barney often took bitparts in the productions-he was the doctorin the Trial of Mary Dugan, and he alsoappeared in Little Miss Bluebeard and WhiteCargo. This experience stands him in goodstead when the going gets hot out thereunder the floodlights at the park.

On Championship Frood TeamThe talkies put a sad crimp in the thea-

trical business, but Barney found that hisbaseball ability could land him other goodjobs. He was at Temiskaming, Timmins,and Smith's Falls before coming to FroodMine to join the team which the followingyear trimmed McIntyre for the NorthernOntario title. Harry Smith, Art and RonSilver, and Eddie Fltzjohn were other starsof the lineup. Barney likes to remember theturning point of that McIntyre series when,after Ike Solomon's men had hung a no-hitno-run decision on Frood, Harry Smith wentin there in the next game as a relief pitcherand steamed his high hard one past Mc-Intyre to put his team back on the champion-ship trail. Barney says Smith was one of thegreatest competitive ball players he has everknown; he literally threw his arm away towin that decision.

Barney transferred to Creighton in 1937,but hung up his spikes as a player that fall.In addition to his 10 years as umpire, he isin his fourth term as president of the NickelBelt Baseball League.

He was married at Ottawa in 1935 to EdnaMurphy. Her dad, Jimmy Murphy, was on'the Capital Lacrosse Club when it won theworld championship, and her brother Artwas an Ottawa Roughrider. She knows her

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S TILl.4 sibilities of an umpire, and strives to hisutmost to carry them out in a firm. wise, andimpartial manner. We've yet to hear any-

OI(\ILXT body seriously suggest he doesn't succeed.It was nice to see Barney out there again

'on Opening Day. One of these bright Sun-day afternoons, when the stands are packed,it would be fitting for the fans to lay thosehatchets down long enough to give him arousing ovation for his decade of faithfulservice in a tough spot.

baseball, and gives Barney the bird like anyother fan when the occasion seems to de-mand it.

With the exception of four years as stewardof the Employees' Club in Sudbury, Barneyhas been on Inco's mining staff since hejoined the Company. At present he is doingMines Efficiency research at Frood.

More Coaching for KidsHe thinks the service clubs and other or-

ganizations have done tremendous good forNickel Belt baseball by fostering junior lea-gues, and he wishes this work could be car-ried even further by persuading senior playersto volunteer time and ability toward coach-ing the youngsters in real earnest.

He has a great respect for the respon-

Medicine Bottles Are InShort Supply-Also Hatr4

Dr. Jack Stanyon, chief of the IncoMedical Centre in Sudbury, mentioned to theTriangle the serious shortage of medicinelottles.

"We issue a terrific number of medicinebottles each month and receive very fewback. They're still in short supply and so wehave a very difficult situation on our hands."

"Why not a squib in the paper askingpeople to bring them in?" we suggested.

"Do you think they'd bother?""Bet you a new hat," we said, perhaps a

little wildly.So, citizens, the next time you notice the

old medicine chest bulging at the seams withempty medicine bottles, please fill up a bagand drop it in at the Medical Centre. Itwill be appreciated. Also, we need a new lida lot worse than Stanyon does.

SHE WAS CONVINCEDAfter 30 years a good lady decided to join

the church. As the deacons plunged her intothe river for baptism the first time, shegasped: "I believe!" On the second, she chat-tered: "I believe!"

One of the elders interposed: "You be-lieve what, sister?" She eyed him savagely:"I believe you stinkers are trying to drownme."

Iron Horses of 50 Years Ago

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Almost 50 years old is this interesting bury show that the railroad to the Sault wassouvenir of railroading in the rugged pioneer- 'built as far as Algoma in 1882-83, and com-ing days of the Sudbury District. pleted in 1887. This picture was taken in

It looks as if "the irresistible force had 1889, when Whitefish was a thriving hamletmet the immovable object" as the two ancient of 15 families and two hotels, supplying thewood-burning locomotives look one another lumber camps on Rat Lake and Lake penage.in the eye in front of the station at White- Triangle is indebted to Ed. McVittie offish.Sudbury for the photographic heirloom. The

The old wood-burners picked up their fuel McVittie family lived for many years on afrom piles deposited along the right-of-way 'farm near Whitefish. Wm. McVittie. theby farmers who cut it on contract. When father, became famous as a prospector in thethe f a r me r s failed to deliver, the train early days. He was credited with the disstopped while the crew took to the bush to covery of the Elsie Mine, and was one of arustle wood, group Which sold the Frood Extension tO

Dusty records in the C.P.R. offices at Sud- Mond Nickel Co.

BARNEY IN PLAINCLOTHES

Sorry about that picture layout last month, Album fans. The'ugravers crossed us up by forgetting to number the photos, butverybody is safely tagged and numbered this time, so here we go:1) Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Woznow of Creighton and their attractive

quartet of Jim, 11, Ronald, 6 mos., Beverly, 5, and Susan, 1'. (2)Bill Koski iLevacki gets his gear in shape for a fishing jaunt whileLinda, 5, and Patricia, 6 romp with their pup, and Mrs. K. attends toicr knitting. (3) Mi. and Mrs. Jack Cuthbert Port Colborne) withJack, 15. and Margaret 9; another daughter. Noreen, 19, is trainingfor nursing at Hamilton. (4) Mr. and Mrs. Rene Proulx (Frood-Stoble, proud as punch of Darlene, 9, Clare, 4', Danny, 11,Patsy, 3, and Maurice, 6; R€'ne, 16, is away at school. (5) Mr. andMrs. Aldege Blake Coniston) with their fine flock: Aurele, 18,Marcelle 13, Maurice, 16, and Claire, 12, Roger (the Lodger) 4. (6)Mrs. and Mrs. Ross Moir (Garson) with Mary Catherine, 3 , Stuart,5 mos.. and Betty Ann, 4' nerts to the old camera). (7) Mr. andMrs. Bud Robertson (Concentrator) with their two bright ones:Marjorie, 10, and Arthur, 8.

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JUNE, 194S

OXYGEN FLASHSMELTING FORCOPPER CLWF

A program for a commercial scale installa-tion for direct flash smelting with oxygenof nickel and copper ores has been announcedby R. L. Beattie, vice-president and generalmanager of Inco. The estimated cost of theInco project is $5,000,000.

Direct flash smelting of the sulphldes withcommercial oxygen will replace conventionalreverberatory furnace smelting In the newprocess. The initial step will be limited toone furnace.

Greater utilization of waste smelter gaseswill be made possible. Canadian IndustriesLimited will substantially increase the capa-city of its plant at Copper Cliff for the pro-duction of sulphuric acid, and expects tocommence the manufacture on a commercialscale of a new Canadian product, liquefiedsulphur dioxide. Production of elementalsulphur may be undertaken In the future.

Work on the Inco program will commenceimmediately. On the northern edge of Cop-per Cliff, on the site of the old West Smelter,near No. 2 Mine, a new plant will be erectedfor the manufacture of commercial oxygen. IDesigned by Inco engineers and radicallydifferent from the usual reverberatory type,the first furnace for the direct flash smeltingof copper concentrates will be installed inCopper Cliff Smelter. Completion of theprogram will require from two to two andone half years.

Started Research in 1945Inco's Research Department at Copper

Cliff first became interested in the possibilityof direct flash smelting of nickel and copperores in 1945. In December, 1945 an activelaboratory investigation was commenced, andafter initial failures it showed promise ofsuccess. Early in 1947 pilot plant operationswere (mdertaken with a view to establishingthe merits of the process for volume produc-tion. A distinct innovation in metallurgicalpractice, the process now gets the green lightfor full-scale operation.

Actively co-operating in this research pro-gram, Canadian Industries Limited has con-ducted experiments on a pilot plant scaleover the past year, and has proven conclu-

sively that the new smelting process wifiresult in improved utilization of waste smeltergases.

It Is expected that liquefied sulphur dioxideproduced at Copper Cliff will replace largequantities of elemental sulphur presentlyimported from Texas by Canadian industry.One of its chief users wifi be the paperindiisrv At, tphnh'a1 sPs!nn of the Cana-

Trout Can Look atWhale in Cliff'sNew Competition

dian Pulp and Paper Association, held n Something unusual in fishing contests willMontreal last January, an official of the keep members of Copper Cliff Rod and GunAbitibi Power and Paper Company said his Club on their toes this summer. With thecompany had operated one of its mms satls- help of experts in the Dept. of Lands andfactorily for three months on liquefied sul- Forests, the Club directors are workin? outphur dioxide produced by the pilot plant at a ratio of comparison, based on weight, soCopper C1Jif. that all kinds of game fish may be entered

Attention Is the stuff that memory Is mathof, and memory Is accumulated genius.

One happy pappy is George Currie,Creighton first aid ace, seen here as bepractised the gentle art of Early Father-hood upon the town's main thoroughfare.Young Mickey, according to his blissfulparent, will be four month5 old on June 8but hsi the intejilgenee of a man of 7.

uue cuuiei,. rnaivrnuai prizes wwalso be awarded for the best speckled andrainbow trout, bass, and pickerel.

Donation of a trophy for the new com-petition by F. Benard was announced at theClub's successful annual dinner, held follow-ing a bountiful chicken-spaghetti banquetin the Italian Hall. President Paul QueneaUwas in the chair.

Classy MarksmanshipIt took a three-way shoot-off to decide

the winners of the Club's rifle-shootingtrophy, Bifi Humphries revealed in present-ing prizes to the Research team of KelSproule, Paul Queneau, Charlie Michefler,Mark Hanlon, and Bob Zavltz. These marks-men piled up the very fine score of 582 outof a possible 600 in the shoot-off with theShops and Plant teams. Other ltheUPSentered In the contest were Office, Police,Refinery, and Juniors.

Kel Sproule received the Queneau Trophyin a contest calling for 10 shots prone, 10sitting, 10 kneeling, and 10 standing, at 60feet with sporting rifles. A top-ranking shot,Kel nevertheless had to score 394 out of apossible 400 to beat out Tom Thorpe Jr.(390) and Norm Temple (389).

The Club heard some news of lively In-terest from Tom Thorpe Sr., who reviewedthe work of the fish and wild llIe divisions ofthe Dept. of Lands and Forests. 'Genuineprairie chicken were introduced to ManitouUn Island last year and are coming alongwell," he announced. "Kamloops trout 9Jbeing distributed throughout the province,

rand we hope to introduce brown trout tonorthern waters in the near future."

An interesting address on big-game hunt-ing by A. G. McDowell, and clever feats ofmagic by Denis Thyne, were highlights ofthe enjoyable evening.

Men who service the Important British and American markets withSa zv .l'sJickel A t Source nickel alloys are seen here In the lamp room at Frood-Stobie No. aShaft prior to a trip underground. Members of Inco's sales depart-

ment at New York, they studied the Company's operations at Port Colborne and in the Sudbury District last month to Increase theirselling efficiency. Their chief, J. F. MeNamara, said that although the 34 men In the group had an average of 23 yearM' service withthe Company, only a few had ever seen how or where nickel Is mined and processed, and the trip was a revelation to them. Theywere accompanied by several of the Company's larger United States customers.

A Happy Pappy

Jt'NE, 1948

Boys' Leagues

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White Hope OfSoccer Solons

Coming at you up there, with all theinnocent playfulness of a gang of Maori ,head-hunters answering the dinnergong, are some of the white hopes in /Sudbury District's footbafl rejuvenationprogram. These boys, practising the at-tack on a penalty kick under the watch-lul eye of their coach, Tom Harley, arefrom St. David's School. In the closeupon the right Tom gives them somefatherly advice on a throw-in.Forced to abandon its senior league this

year when only Garson and the Ryan Clubposted entries, Sudbury District FootballAssociation Is turning its energy into asplendidly organized effort to rebuild soccer - -

from the ground up, and at the same timeprovide properly supervised sport for some r[rs Kell E'a,nous Making The Pie Shell

of1 cull M K llF h h. . y .of the rising generation. prs. e y usesor t e s eHelp in furnishing equipment and uni-

forms has been promised by Athletic As- At Port Colbornepastry flour, 1. 3 cup of butter or othershortening, and salt to taste. Sift the flour

sociations and branches of the Canadian and salt Into a bowl and blend in theshortening with pastry blender or knife," sheLegion, and everything points to success for

th i i7or her L einon Iie says. 'Use just enough very cold water toe scheme, wh ch deserves the solid sup- . 1 .port of the general public. hold the ingredients together. Turn on to

F Joe Kelly of the Nickel Refinery at Port slightly floured board and roll out, using very8 Teams in Midget Section Colborne has won many a trophy in his day, light strokes from the centre out. Lift on

Teams entered in the Midget League, and as marksnian, hunter, cribbage shark, etc.,coaches who have volunteered their time but these are promptly forgotten when Mrs

to pie plate and bake in oven at 450 degreesfor 15 minutes.".

and talent to teach the game to the en- Joe sallies forth from the kitchen bearingthusiastic oun sters are: Alexander S hool

For the filling, says Mrs. Kelly, you needt hl t blly g , c , the finest trophy in the Kelly home, one of espoons corns arc ,a1 cup sugar, 2 eve

Red Marsh; Elm St. School. Jim Nemis; her super-special lemon pies. 1 lemon, ?. grated lemon rind, 1 cups coldLansdowne School, Bob Elliott; St. David water, 2 egg yolks, butter size of walnut.School, Tom Harley; College St. School, Bill F Mix the sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, rind,Young; Copper Cliff, Scotty McDermott; and beaten egg-yolks and butter. Add water,Garson, Sid Gemmell; Ci'eighton, Bill and cook over boiling water until smooth andWellington, thickened, stirring constantly. Then coVei'

A three-team Juvenile League will also and cook for 15 minutes.be operated, with Tom Harley handling the .. Now for the final touch. When the fillingSt. David entry, Jack Dixon coaching Sud- is slightly cool," Mrs. Kelly continues, "turnbury High, and Bill Wellington in chai'ge of it into the baked pie shell. Beat the eggCreighton. whites very stiff with two tablespoons of

A double schedule is being planned for fruit sugar and pile them on top. Browneach league, with trophies for the winning .' in the oven at 300 degrees foi' 30 minutes,"teanis. Bill Gaylol' of Fi'ood-Stobie, who . . Serve to husband and friends and thenhas been a potent factor in getting the pi'o- "s stand by with smelling salts, pi'epared toJect tinderway, says there will also probably revive them as they swoon from sheer delight.

-be a Most Valuable Player award for each In addition to Joe, of the Refinery carpenleague. ter shop, the Society for the Sincere Appre-

President of the Sudbury District Football ciation of Mrs. Kelly's Lemon Pies has two,

Association is Peter Fenton. vice president •.- - leading members in her daughters, Audrey-iS Harry Andrews, secretary is Bill Gaylor. F and Avis.trea..irer is Bob Allen. and councillors are FGeorg(. Freeland and Peter Henderson. LOTS OF TAKERS

Although naturally pretty glum about t'.Ahaviiig to drop the senioi' loop this ear on A young couple asked the parson to marryyaccoinit of lack of players, the Association '

them immediately following the S u ii d a ys house one dayhas done the sensible thing iiii putting its We happened to be at Joe morning service. When the time canie the

when this happy event took place Life CanSflge On the trouble and starting to i'ebuild minister arose to say:Be Beautiful). A look of great joy sprang.for thO future. More power to this fine '

"Will those who wish to be united in holyfinto Joe s eyes as he gazed upon the wondrousUndertaking in the interests of a grand old ulinar Alet i h M N h h d

bonds of matrimony please come orward?a 13 w men ndTh t tiy cr ump . c ay. w ogai. c a ac-

companied us, commenced a low moaning,s o aere was a grea s r

one man approached the altar.not unlike the mating call of the Abyssinian

FIR. Golden Rule is more than a Rule. It mongoose. The three of us then proceededIS I:lith i i '

Never beai' more than one kind of trouble, a sp r t, a pi iuciple ,a plan of to inhale the delicious concoction and toactioi1 b i

at a time. Some people bear all three at oiicey wh ch God is made real, vivid and realize why Mrs. Kelly is famous for her F

pract-all they have had, all they have now, and

ic:l, lemon pies all they expect to have

SAW BLADES HARD TO GET SOINCO REFINERY MADE ITS OWN

Late In 1939 It was evident machine sup-plies and equipment parts would become In-creasingly dimcult to procure. Finally, asthe huge job of tooling up" for war gainedmomentum, the purchase of copper cuttingsaw blades from normal sources of supplywas entIrely curtailed. Then, with the in-genuity which always highlights their opera-tlons, the Mechanical Dept. of the CopperRefining Division investigated the possibilityof producing these saw blades in their ownshops.

Results of this investigation were highlysatisfactory and a blade of unique designwas developed which was composed essen-tially by welding segments, built-up of ahard facing alloy, to a circular mild steelblank. Finished blades were found to havea life of two to three times that of theoriginal purchased blades when cutting purecast copper, which, because of Its low hard-ness and extreme tenacity, is a dlmcult metalto cut or machine on a production basis.

Now Standard ProcedureFabrication of these blades has become a

standardized shops procedure which is brief-ly described:

Tooth segments are first prepared bybuilding up a hard facing alloy upon a pre-formed mild steel rod. This Is performedby welding successive layers of the alloyonto the rod placed in the recess of a smallcopper mould. Photo No. 1 depicts JohnnyRay holding the rod and also a built-upsegment. The mould is in the foreground.

The segments are next ground so that the

sides are smooth and parallel. Johnny Ab-bott is shown in Photo No. 3 (please noteunfortunate transposition of pictures 2 and3 In the layout) performing this operationon a machine especially developed and builtfor this purpose by the Mechanical Depart-ment.

The disc to which the segments are weld-ed is formed of mild steel plate. This is cutto required dimension, the edges are bevell-ed and It is placed in a jig wherein theground segments are carefully fitted andclamped for the joining operation. A clear-ance of .006" is provided between each sec-tion to allow for expansion during welding.Jack Mclnnes is shown in Photo No. 2 sett-ing up the disc and segments, while ErnieRutter holds a completed blank that hasbeen welded and ground to correct thickness.

The tooth forming and grinding step isperformed on an automatic machine asshown in Photo No. 4. Here, Ronny Ray isgauging the tooth contour.

A completed blade will be seen in PhotoNo. 5, in operation on No. 1 saw, croppmga V.C. wire bar. E. Dugas is the sawoperator.

Blades of 18-inch, 26 and 32-inch diameterare in regular production for each of thethree copper cutting saws in use in thespecial shapes handling section of the Cast- iing Department.

100,000 Sale Shi/t* atFrood-Stobie Mine

Orchids and a big hand to Frood-Stobie Mine, which In April completeda run of 100,000 consecutive shifts with-out a lost-time accident!

Supt. A. E. O'Brien and his men settheir sights on the 100,000 goal on Feb.21 and never wavered during the longpull through to the middle of April.By the end of April they had rolled up111,403 safe shifts.

T h is was the first "100 Grand"achievement for Frood-Stobie since thetwo mines hooked up as one operation,but Safety Engineer Dave Lennie saYsit certainly won't be the last. TheFrood section had previously scored100,000 safe shifts on three occasions.

MAKES A DIFFERENCEThe straight-laced contractor was inter-

viewing an applicant for foreman on the newproject.

'Before I decide to hire you," said thecontractor, "I would like to ask you a ques-tion."

Shoot," said the would-be foreman.'Do you ever part a k e of into,icating

beverages?" inquired the contractor.Before I reply, I'd like to ask a single

question," said the applicant cautiously, "Isthis an inquiry or an invitation?"

Most people expect approval when they Genius is entitled to respect only vhen itsolicit your opinion, promotes the peace and improves the hap-

-The Sphinx. piness of mankind.

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"Everything DoingFine" is Word from"One Man's Garden"

Wit ii daughter Janet solemnly holding atclUng brief. Russ Barker of Open Pit was

1anPlait1ng his tomato plants when wedroPPt'd around to his place on Howey Cres-ç.ent May 25th to see how "One Man's Gar-den" \vas getting along.

Russ was pleased to learn that a lot ofreaw'rS had expressed interest in the descrip-tion iii last month's issue of his electrichotbed, and had vowed to make one nextyear when they found how little the setupcO5t' to build and to operate. It's certainlythe ,olution to our late growing season," hesaid, pointing to husky young plants await-ing transfer to the garden.

Russ shut off the current to his hotbedon May 24, although he will continue foranotlk'r two weeks to put the glass over itat night, just in case. From the bed hetransplanted his head lettuce and Spanishonions (200 of 'em) on May 12, flower plantson May 23, and tomatoes on May 25. His

squash, pumpkin, and corn were scheduledto go into the ground about June 1 unlessOld Man Winter suffers a hangover.

Seed he has planted as follows: spinach1and leaf lettuce May 4; peas, May 5, 11, 18,25; beets May 12, 17, 20; carrots, May 17.

From now until the end of June, Russ says,his gardening will consist chiefly of keepingthe weeds down. Then, as July rounds thecorner, there'll be some watering to do asWell as cultivating.

He had bad luck with his asparagus lastyear, so Mrs. Barker has taken charge ofthat department this year and vows she'lldemonstrate just who is the gardener intheir house.

Bone Meal Fertilizer AvailableBy the way, she remarked, remind them

that bone meal fertilizer is available thisspring for the first time in five or six years,'and a handful of it to each perennial plant1$ a great stimulant.

Gardening takes a lot of time? Not so heCall notice, Russ says. Last summer, in sparemoments, he built a front porch on hishouse, This summer he's adding a coupleof bedrooms to the second floor, doing allthe work himself,

But gardening has its little difficulties.Just the same, "Look at that apple treethere," Russ said, pointing to a fine young'Pecimen just breaking into blossom, 'Nexttime you drop around, bring along a coupleof bees, will you? Havent seen a single one(his spring, and we like apples.'

Characters do not change. Opinions alterbitt rharacters are only devcloped.

-Dsraeli,

Reviving a time-honored Nickel Belt in-

Great Day for Kids stitution which had to be dropped duringthe war years, Copper Cliff Branch of the

Canadian Legion staged a 24th of May celebration for the kiddies. Part of the longparade which circled Nickel Park is seen above, Boy Scouts and Cubs, Girl Guides andBrownies, and hundreds of children marched in steady ranks behind the Highland CadetCorps bugle band. There was a big entry in the contest for the best-decorated bicycle,and there were races and treats for all. Off to a flying start, the Legion is alreadylaying plans for next year's event.

The Old Miner's SongBy Gordon Tulloch, Safety Engineer, Levack Mine

Come all you hard-rock minersAnd listen to my song:I know it's pay-day at the mineSo I will not keep you long.

But listen boys, there's many a manBrought up to surface dead,Who would have been alive and well,If he had used his head.

I've worked in all the mining campsFrom the Rockies to Val d'Or,And soon I'll lay my hard hat off;And never use it more.

I've seen a lot of sights, my boys,In all my long career,If you had been with me sometimesYou'd wonder why I'm here.

In every camp where I have beenYou'll hear old timers say,"Mining is not a dangerous job,If you work the proper way."

So, always listen to adviceAnd follow standard rules,Try hard to learn the proper wayTo handle miner's thols.

I've seen men blasted, crushed, and torn, There is a safe and standard wayI've dug them from the muck. To drill, or blast, or muck,And every time some dope would say, You'll last a long time undergrrnmd:"It's nothing but hard luck!" If you don't depend on "Luck."

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Victors in a 12-team ladies' league atLevack Winners Levack Employees Club top-

Parker, Jean Sweesey (captain), Betty Kauppinen, Helen 5u1, and Marg hillington.Helen Sul's 854 was the season's high triple, and Norma Kemp's 342 the high single.Champs oP the men's league were Alex Lefebvre, Gord Smith, Matti Hawryluk, JohnnyMcAuley, Johnny McNamara, and Harold Snowdy. The men's high single was BabeMalette's 398 and the high triple Johnny McAuley's 869,

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Night Scene IsWinning SnapIn Pic Contest

The lights of passing cars drew long rib-bons of White across the picture durthg the19-minute time exposure Hugh O'Connorgave the snap which takes the $10.00 firstprize in Triangle's shutter-derby this month,

Hugh, who works in the Research Dept.at Copper Cliff, says he set up his tripod ontop of the Control Lab, to make the novelshot of his town on a winter's night. Thingslike wires and insulators were Invisible tothe eye but the camera lens picked them upquite clearly.

George Fleming of Open Pit got the nodfrom our judging committee for honorablemention and a $1.00 prize. His snap showsone of the many beautiful camping sites heand Mrs. Fleming and another couple usedduring a canoe trip last summer from Wana-

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pitae Lake to Frederick Lake. This one W84on Chinicouchi La k e, and George's nlcamera job certainly makes It look like onof those spots you hate to go away from,

The Crack in The Woodshed"Hey, what goes on in there?' Is the title

of the other entry earning honorable men.tiofl and a crisp new dollar bill in our con-test. It was submitted by Army Didone othe Concentrator, and the inquisitive littlecustomer is his son John Ralph, whoshading two years old. An amusing and appealing snap, taken by a man with a quickeye for a picture.

The number of entries was away down la$month. Nobody called us on our offer of aextra prize for the best shot, t a ken byMother, of Father working in the garden,Maybe Mother hadn't time to take a picture,on account of she was doing the gardening,The offer still stands, so how about it, all youlens artists?

CLUB LEASESSUMMER HOMEFOR SKATERS

A smart move has been made by CopperCliff Skating Club to solve the housing prob..lem for the out-of-town enroLment at itSummer Skating School and also to assurethe visitors a doubly enjoyable stay In thedistrict.

The Club has leased a summer resort onTrout Lake which will be called Skaters'Summerland. It will accommodate 45 peopleand will provide full resort facilities for theguests. A bus service to Stanley Stadium,Copper Cliff, will be arranged.

More than 50 have enrolled in the SummerSkating School, and applications are stillcoming in, making the success of this secondannual venture a foregone conclusion. -tries have been received from such distantpoints as North Bay, Owen Sound, and St.Catharines.

Four Pros Give LessonsThe ice surface at the Stadium will be

divided into 18 patches which will be rentedto the skaters for practice and also for les-sons from the four professionals: Ferd. 0.Chatte, of the Copper Cliff Skating Club;Marcus Nikkanen, who was Finnish championfor 10 consecutive years; Miss Taisie Mc-Carthy, international gold medalist and for-mer Canadian champion; Miss Mary JaneHalsted, professional of the Kansas CityLeague Figure Skating Club, and formerCanadian pair champion.

Free skating and dance sessions are 051the agenda for the figure skaters, and testswill be held during the summer. Generalskating will be scheduled two evenings aweek.

The Skating School will be held fromJuly 5 to August 28. A show will probablybe staged at the conclusion of the term.

RED MAN SMART, UGH'A touring American go-getter noticed a

lazy Indian chief lolling at the door of hiswigwam.

"Chief," remonstrated the go-getter, "whydon't you get a job in a factory?"

"Why?" grunted the chief.'Well, you could earn a lot of money,

Maybe thirty or forty dollars a week.""Why?" insisted the chief.'Oh, if you worked hard and saved your

money, you'd soon have a bank account,Wouldn't you like that?"

"Why?" again asked the chief."For heaven's sake!" shouted the e,casper"

ated go-getter. 'With a big bank accountyou could retire, and then you wouldn't haveto work any more . .

"Not working now," pointed out the chief,

Girl Guides and Brownies InMond and Inco merged Was moved toNo. 3, where he remained until arthritisforced his retirement on a disability pension

Great JJisplay a t /1n n ua 1 11,ylast January. He handled almost every kindof job during his service underground, andwas a puinpman when he retired.

More than 750 Girl Guides and Brownies Married in 1923 at Hamilton to Miss AnnieKokotylo, he has a family of two, a daughter

of the Sudbury-Espanola division staged an HOW COULD THEY TELL? Rosie and a son Stanley. He owns his ownimpressive display at their annual rally May29 at Queen's Athletic Field, Sudbury. Three men were repairing telephone poles comfortable home on Bessie St. He expects

when Bert's wife passed in her car. She to divide his leisure time between workingFifteen companies of Guides competed in saw the men climbing the poles and snorted: In the garden and sitting in the new chair

ceremonial drills, and swarms of bright-eyed "Look at those darn fools! You'd think I'd the boys gave him.little Brownies took part in singing games. never driven a car before."A parade which completely circled the field _______________marched past the reviewing stand where Mrs., Procrastination is usually the besettingweakness of the alibi shooter. The man whoElliott of North Bay, area commissioner, took never does any thing NOW is more thanthe salute. Then, n horseshoe formation, "Fook I1o (ihances lazy: he is AFRAID.the Guides and Brownies received hearty -commendation on their performances, andheard results of the afternoon's contests. %Vith Prized Gift ' -

Burwash Company WinsThe newly formed First Burwash Girl After the party at w h i c h Supt. A. E.

Guide Company, captained by Mrs. A. Knowl- O'Brien of Frood-Stobie presented Frankton, won the Webster Trophy for the Girl Pitura with an easy chair as a gift from his'Guide ceremonial competition, and are seen fellow-employees on his retirement, a couple,in the above picture drawn up before the of the b o y s told ______reviewing party to receive the prized award. Frank not to bother ______ Irn second place were Espanola Rangers, cap- a b o u t getting it 1JJ1"tahied by Miss Kehoe. and in third place home because itSeventh Sudbury, of which Miss D. Lame would be delivered ________is captain. at his house next

The Mackey Shield for the Brownie pack morning.Parning the most points in the singing games. - Frank promptlyWent to Tenth Sudbury Pack, of which Mrs. sat down in his new r-' -Glauser is Brown Owl. Second was Copper chair, settled backCliff led by Miss Betty Mash, and third was comfortably, a n dGar, on, led by Mrs. Kaatari. slowly shook hisDivisional Commissioner Mrs. D. Forster, head . 'Oh no," he

Mi Mabel Lame, and Miss Gei'maine Tessier said. "When I go,W're members of the s t a g in g committee chair goes too. I'll wait." He was takingWhich organized the big event so well that no chances with any of those practical jokers.it licked t h r o u g h to the end right on Born in Poland in 1895, Frank came toSCh'dule. Canada as a young man of 18 to join rela-

It was a great day for Guiding in the tives in Ottawa. He signed on with theJi('kel Belt. and a credit to all the leaders Mond Nickel Co. in Sept,, 1915, and was'U)d their eager young charges, employed at the Worthington Mine in 1927

when it caved in. Noting the danger of'rhe solid foundations of any oi'ganization subsidence, Supt. Mumford called all men

U'e laid by men who know how to overcome from the mine 10 hours before the cave-inObstacles. Trials and tribulations, of them- occui'red, and there were no injuries.'elves, don't count so much as does the Frank was transferred to the Mond's opera-

hievement in overcoming them, tion. at Frood No. 4 Shaft, and in 1929 when

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BROWN-EYED KARENThis nifty little brown-eyed blonde is

Karen, 19 mos., daughter of Mr. and Mrs,Frank Gorman of 340 Dupont St,, Sud-bury. Her daddy works at Frood-Stobie.She has two brothers, Gerald, 10, andSydney, 7.

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Proper Use Of

Slusher Cable

Prolongs LifeThe steadily increasing use of slushers in

J:icU mines, and the probability of largerIii s h in g equipment in operation in th

fnlure, makes it important that miners studyIi proper methods of operating and main-

iini11g these machines to get the highestping efficiency.

Care of the steel cable is the key to suc-ful slushei operation, and some sugges-

uns along this line are illustrated in the)h)rographic layout on th opposite page.

PUTTING ON NEW CABLEThe life of the cable depends a great deal

IIj)oIl how it is put on the hoist drum whenThe proper method is .hown in Picture

N. 1. With Eino Lampi of Levack doing the('I(monstrating, the reel of cable has beenmounted on a crossbar in front of the.Iusher. Next step was to arrange a bi'ake

regulate the tension of the cable whenit is being wound on the hoist drum: thisis made of a piece of timber with one endr(sting on the reel and the other fastenedto the floor with a timber dog. The hoisti then operated slowly and carefully so thatthe cable will lay up evenly on the drum.Picture No. 2. on the other hand, shows thewrong way of putting the cable on the drum,Huidled carelessly, it becomes crossed onthe drum, kinks, and is crushed. Whenpulled out tight it will break at the kinks.

USING AN IDLER SHEAVEAnother important means of ensuring long

life for the cable and maximum operatingefficiency for the slusher is the use of anicllei' sheave to keep the pull-back cable outof the way of the scraper. Illustrated inPicture No. 3, the idler sheave reduces abra-si.n on the pull-back cable and cuts downbiekdown delays.

SPLICING BROKEN ('ABLEThe proper method of splicing a broken

cable or tieing on an additional length iseu in Picture No. 4. A square knot is used,

tILe ends secured to the cable with wire or.triug. The knot is then gradually pulledlight by the slusher and after a short periodof operation will be scarcely discernible inthe cable. This method can be carried outin a few minutes and is the best way to getfill life out of used cable.

FIXING BROKEN STRANDIn Picture No. 5 is a closeup of a cable

with a broken strand. If the slusher con-tinues to operate with the cable in thiscondition it will soon ravel back from thebrcak and destroy the entire rope. An effec-tive repair can be quickly made by openingthe .trands of the cable with a large nail orI)ike and inserting the loose ends of the

broken strand, bringing them through two01 three times as seen in Picture No. 6. Theiirplus is then cut off, This simple repair

ln'vents further ravelling.By following t h e s e suggestions slusher

I)ratoi's can increase the efficiency of their\Vi1k. r d u c e delays, and achieve better

)ping operations all around.

FAST LEARNERLite Willie, exhibiting his skill in ridingnew bicycle, came down the street in fronthi home. "Look, mother, he cried, 'no

Agaiti he came into view, this time coast-with hi feet off the pedals. 'Look,

'lhei' he shouted, no feet!'Half an hour passed and little Willie again1t in an appearance. This time somewhat1bdied, he gurgled. Look. m o t her, no'f Ii '

A bang-up party at the Ryan Club providedRefinery Champs a fitting windup to the Copper Refinery Bowl-Ing League. Pictured above, with their ladies.

are the members of the Casting Dept. team which won the league championship.Counter-clockwise around the table are Ccc Matthews, Mrs. Matthews. Pete Bobinac,Russ Howard, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Lee Gillen. Lee Gillen, Gerry Mahon and Ernie Holgate(league managers), Mrs. Ernie Desjardin, Ernie Desjardtn, John Twardy, Mrs. Twardy,Bob Desjardln (Ernie's son), and Caroline Kuchnas. Absent member of the team wasCliff Atkinson, who rolled the league's high average-235 for 52 lines. Jim Tosto ofNomads had the high triple, 920, and Bob Steadman of Terryers got the prize for thehigh single, 395.

Lam bert Trophy

bridge, and table tennis, for each of whichprizes were awarded. Arnold Ross, chairmanof the Club's entertainment committee, wasin charge of the successful event.

BIG CROWD ATFROOD PARTY

More than 400 bowlers and their friendswere on hand for the Frood Bowling Leaguesannual presentation of prizes and socialevening at the Ryan Community Hall.

The Perennial Eldred Dickie was the genialmaster of ceremonies and presented the prizesto the season's winners. The ffie hand ofSecretary Albert Stone was evident in thewell-arranged proceedings.

I The Frood Mine Welfare Cup, emblematicof top honors in the A' League, went toGordie Quinns team of T. Zaitz, F. Paul,J. Eles, W. Lafleur and C. Bruflelle. Quinn's

'team also received the Frood Athletic Asso-ciation Trophy for victory in the A' League

'playoffs.Bud Fisher's team of P. Grassan, R. Gor-

don, T. Hickey, J. Taylor and N. Bell wasawarded the Frood Athletic Association Cupfor winning first place in the final 'B' Leaguestanding. The Geo Leach Cup for 'B' Leagueplayoff honors Went to Dave St. Germain'steam of A. Renaud, L. Deschamp, F. Fiorotto,J. Bastien and H. Williams.

Blue-i'ibbon bowling event at the Copper Individual laurels in Group One went toCliff Club is the annual tournament for the Fred Fiorotto with a 240 average for 51

Lambert Trophy, seen above with its 1948games and a record-breaking 1,023 highwinners, Misses Mildred Fram and Dorothy triple. Eli Simon had the top single with aHawke, and W. Bartlett and E. LeBlanc. 410. In Group Two, Fisher had a 219 average

This steady quartet emerged victorious in for 44 games: Nick Choma won the high

Group 2 of the tourney, then went on to cop triple prize with a 926 count, and high singlethe cup in playoffs with winners of the went to N. Rasbery with a 3'14.other three groups. ____________

The other three teams in the finals Were:PLANTING THE EVIDENCEGroup 1. G. Harry, R. Bell, Mrs. Bell. Mrs.

Harry: Group 3. W. VanAllen, D. Mulligan, Their cars having collided. Jock and PiMrs. W. VanAllen and Miss R. Bell: Group were surveying the situation. Jock offered4. J. Illott. Dr. L. W. Evans, Mrs. H. Zavitz, Pat a drink from hi5 bottle. Pat drank andMiss I. Harrison. Jock returned the bottle to his pocket.

The trophy and p r i z e s were presented Thank ye," said Pat, "but aren't vcu go-duriiig the annual mixed games party at the ing to have a nip yourself?"Club on May 14. Guests enjoyed a full 'Aye," replied Jock, 'but not, until the p0-veiiing of bowling. shuffleboard, billiards. lice, have been here.'

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GUIDO CHEZZI

HAS RETIRED

AT CONISTONI have worked for other companies and

I wish to say that as far as we are concernedin Inco, they protect us in every way."

This is the statement of Guido Chezzi ofConiston, and he made it very clear to usthat he wanted to see it in print. Retiringon pension after more than 30 years' asso-ciation with the Company, Guido Is deeplyappreciative of the security he has enjoyedand will continue to enjoy. and he wantspeople to know about It,

Guido grew up on a farm in the provinceof Farina, Italy, where he was born on May14, 1883. When he decided to strike out forhimself he went first to Switzerland andthen to France, but did not find the life hewanted. "Then," he says, "one day I payattention to myself and I say, 'Well, I trythe luck on the America.'"

Welcomed by BlizzardSo to the United States he came in 1904,

and two years later lii Canada, arriving atMontreal in the middle of a howling blizzardthat made him yearn for the sun-kissedvalleys of old Italia.

He hooked up first with the Anglo-Cana-dian Leather Co. at Huntsville, remainingthere eight years. In 1914 he joined MondNickel Co. of Coniston, and since 1917 wasa member of the Mechanical Dept. staffthere. He was a steady and conscientiousworkman, and all his fellow-employees havea good word for him.

He returned to Italy in 1909 to marry MissMonica Angela, who died in 1946 after along illness. Members of his family are:Carlo and Lorenzo, who are employed in theConiston plant; Eda (Mrs. Louis Ornella) ofBrltt; Anita (Mrs. Louis Geremia) of Van-

couver; Louisa of Toronto, and Emma, whoresides with him at his home on Second Ave.,Coniston.

Some of the sharp-shooters whoS ha red in Frood Swag divided the loot In the Frood Bowl-ing League at Inco Employees' Club

are seen here looking fairly happy about the whole thing. Front row: Nick Choina(high triple in the B seetion); Eli Simon (high single in the A section); Albert Stone,the efficient league seeretary; Nelson "Zigzag" Rasberry (high single in the B section).Second row: winning team of the A ectlon schedule and playoffs, Tom Zaitz, .Ioe Elas,Gordle Quinn (captain), Wilfred Laiieur, Fred PauL Third row: winning team of theB section playoffs, Fred Florotto, John Bastlan, Dave St. Germalne (captain), AdrianRenaud, Glen Deschamps. Full results of the Frood League are on Page 15, but thestory fails to mention a popular presentation to Henry Dunn of the Inco Club for hisever-ready co-operation and assistance.

Things Popping InNickel Belt Ball

Batting in the clean-up spot, Billy Demkiwof Frood Tigers was all set for the pitch Inh4 ,..,+ +,.h-. i., +h,. ,-.I,.+.. i,. 4.,,, ¶fl40 wT.-.I.

25 starts, walloped Creighton Clubs 9-2 125their 1948 debut, and Shamrocks came backstrong to handcuff Copper ClIff 9-3.

Looks like anybody's hoss race so far.

Retirement System inOperation For 20 Years

"" '" "' R'R During the 20 years in which Inco's non-Belt League when the Triangle c a m e r a contributory Retirement System has been Inc Ii c k e d for this month's cover picture. operation, the Company has paid pensionsCatcher in the photo is Stewart of Sham- to 1,296 persons and death benefits to 1,545rocks, and the umpire George "Barney" Bar- beneficiaries, President H. C. Stanley statednett, of whom read more on Page 6. An recently in his address to the shareholders.Opening Day crowd of almost 4,000 jammed Ninety-four percent of eligible Inco em-the stands.

ployees carry the group accident and sicknessDemkiw hit that pitch, by the way, poling insurance In Which the Company shares the

a long drive to Beaver in deep right field premium cost with the employees. Duringand scoring Billy Brown With Frood's first 1947, cash benefits were paid in 5,345 caSes.un. The mine team went on to humble3hamrocks, last year's champions, 14-0. Death and disability benefits of $284,000

recent years. "The head goes fishing and around and trimmed Frood 7-4. Then Gar- is the path you took yesterday.

he explains. ing record of not winning a single game In PRINTED IN CAN,DA

were paid in 1947 under the group life inThrift, industry, and a cheerful disposition Since the May 24 opening with its amazing surance policy to Which Inco employees are

have carried him through many financial collapse of the champion Shamrocks, things entitled to subscribe, without medical eXa-setbacks, and he looks forward to a long and have been popping all over the place and the mination, on a low premium basis.happy retirement. He is an expert at gar- dopesters are going wacky. ______________dening. and this will occupy much of his Copper Cliff Redmen hand e d Coniston To find new things, the path to take todaytime. Other hobbies he has neglected in Buzzers a 5-3 setback; Coniston turn e d

-John Burroughs.hunting, but the feet like stay at home," son, which last year achieved the astonish- -

INCO TRIANGLE____

JUNE, 194k

G. CHEZZI, DAUGHTER EMMA