VOLUME 30 COPPER CLIFF, OXTRI AUGUST, 1970 - NUMBERS

Port Colborne Celebrates Its Centennial(STORY ON PAGE 10)

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1wcu I IANGLPublished for all employees of TheInternational Nickel Company of

Canada LimitedD. M. Dunbar, Editor

D. J. Wing, Assistant EditorEditorial Office, Copper Cliff, Ont.

AUthors,ed as second class mail by thePost Office Department, Ottawa, and forpayment of postage in cash.Matertai contained in Dm0 Triangleshould not be reprinted unless permissionhas been obtained from The InternationalNickel Company of Canada, Limited,Copper CHIT, Ontario.

Exciting FutureProphesied forPowder Metals

Taking an imaginativelook at the future of pow-der metallurgy in the nextdecade, Inco president Al-bert P. Gagnebin predictsthat it will gain steadily inpopularity because it iseconomically efficient,technologically sound, andecologically neutral.

One aspect of powder metal-lurgy technology, for example, isthe direct production of a greatvariety of finished articles of puremetal or alloys without melting,such as the pure nickel sheetsfrom which coinage is punchedout. Another important advan-tage is the precision it permits inthe creation of highly specializedalloys. Further powder metal-lurgy developments will probablylead to the discovery and produc-tion of alloys with as yet unheard-of properties.

Metals such as nickel, whenrefined in the form of powderrather than in bulk such assheared cathodes, not only bypassthe possibility of picking up im-purities during remelting for usein foundries of rolling mills, butare also much easier to controlto the very close tolerances re-quired in creating the highlyspecialized alloys that are insteadily growing demand. Fur-ther developments will probablylead to the discovery and produc-tion of alloys with as yet unheard-of properties.

"In the Seventies," Mr. Gagne-bin said, "powder metallurgy willprove invaluable to those indus-tries on the frontiers of engineer-ing. They will need alloys withproperties that only p o w d e rmetallurgy will be able to pro-vide."

Addressing the 1970 Interna-tional Powder Metallurgy Con-ference at New York. he notedthat the powder metals industryhas been growing at the rate of15 to 20 per cent a year (luringthe past decade, and that rate

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L AKE RAMSEY was transformed into a Sea of Sails over the August 1 weekend as the SudburyYacht Club hosted the Canadian Y-Flyer championships. A total of 47 of the grace/ui and sporty

little craft competed, co,ning from as jar distant as Edmon ton, and their crews were tested by everythingfro,n a hg/it breeze to a big blow. Picture shows part o/the fleet skimming over the waves. The Goldfleet c/ianipionship was won by Wally Walsh of Pointe Claire, Que. with Pete Hallberg as crew.Winner of the Red fleet trophy was Larry Banbury of copper refinery process technology with ii is wileAdrienne as crew. In the background Inco's new super-stack, then 870 feet on its way to 1,250,dominates the skyline.

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is expected to continue well intothe next decade. "All of us in-terested in expanding the marketsfor powders are working withincreased fervor, be we makersor end users of nickel, iron,aluminum, copper, graphite orany other."

Inco Powder Production"As part of a $1.1 billion ex-

pansion program in Canada,"Mr. Gagnebin continued, "we arenow constructing a large modernnickel carbonyl pellet and powderrefinery in Copper Cliff. Thisrefinery, due to go on-stream in1972, will have a planned annualpowder capacity of 25 millionpounds of nickel powder. This,coupled with an expansion nowunder way at our Clydach (Wales)refinery, will mean a five-fold in-crease in our powder-producingcapability since 1968. 1 thinkyou will agree this is a fair tes-timonial to our faith in thegrowth potential of your indus-try."

International Nickel, Mr. Gag-nebin added, is not only commit-ting a plant to this future, butpeople as well. "Twenty metal-lurgists are now working on pow-ders, in contrast with only one 12years ago."

"The applications of powders,"Inco's president said, "are limitedonly by the imagination. Wehave seen powders used success-fully in animal feed, fungicides,magnets, filters, bushings, bat-teries, tire studs, coinage, cuttingtools, welding electrodes, powdermetallurgy parts for the automo-tive, aircraft and consumer indus-tries, greases, and on and on.

Hundreds of new applications arewaiting to be found. And theywill be found through the re-search and engineering gound-work in which we are all nowengaged."

Significant ContributionMr. Gagnebin then traced for

his -. audience where some ofInco's work with nickel powdershad led. One of the early useswas in sintered steels made bystandard American practice. Theresult was 2, 4 and 7 per centnickel steels that offered signifi-cant contributions to the powdermetallurgy industry.

"More than 30 per cent of ournickel powder sales are beingdirected toward nickel-cadmiumbatteries. You have all seen theapplication of this type of powersource in consumer items rangingfrom cordless electric tooth-brushes and carving knives toflashlights. In the last severalyears, we have seen this powerconcept extended to battery-operated toys, hedge trimmersand lawn mowers. In the indus-trial field, we see it being used inincreasing quantities for standbylight facilities, fire alarms, andstart-up power for aircraft andhelicopters. This is a world-widemarket and one that offers tre-mendous future growth, thanksto the dependability of theproduct."

Exciting Alloys ProspectAnother powder concept cited

by Mr. Gagnebin is one whichhe said provokes excitement inanticipation of things to come.This is the conversion of powders

to high-purity alloys in wroughtproduct form.

"At the Burnaugh, Kentucky,facility of our Huntington AlloyProducts Division, for example,we have developed techniques bywhich we use either pure nickelpowder or a blend of severalelemental p ow d e r s and thenthrough pressurization within theconfines of a converted 16-inchnaval gun tube, we create a bil-let form which, after sintering,yields a product suitable for con-version to the conventionalwrought forms of strip, rod orsheet. Billets as large as 4,000pounds have been produced inthis way, and purities controlledwithin a fraction of a tenth of aper cent have been achieved."

Custom Blending of PowdersMr. Gagnebin also discussed

roll compaction and isostaticpressing of powders, saying,"Now let's project these conceptsinto the future. What is so far-fetched about a steel mill or brassmill producing an alloy chemistryinto any desired product formdirectly from powders? The bitsand pieces of this technology arealready here: isostatic pressing,roll compaction and forging pre-forms. Powders are now beingcustom-blended to meet the strin-gent requirements of today'smany sophisticated applications.How close we are already, then,to the day when a customer cancall and dictate chemistry, andthen a mill, through powdermetallurgy, can blend, compact,or shape; sinter and finally de-liver forgings, sheet, strip, tubing,wire - you name it to the

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JOINING INCO at Copper Cliff in1956, Don Vaillancourt worked atCreighton No. 5 shaft from 1959 toMarch of this year, when he trans-ferred to Copper Cliff North as astope leader. He was born in Brittand his bride of 1963, Claire Mc-Cendie, in CadiRac, Quo. Theirchildren are Robert, 5, and Debbie,3, and they live in New Sudbury.Don is an enthusiastic golfer, fisher-man and hunter.

ED BLACK and his wife Aldona bothgrew up in the Ottawa Valley, he inRenfrew and she in Calabogie. Theylive in Wahnapitae, convenient toConiston smelter, where Ed is amotorman on the blast furnacecharge floor. Ed plays hockey andsoftball for the Rivard shift teams,and both he and his wife are activebowlers. Their two children areLianc, 4½, and Denise, 21 months.

DRAGAN SESTO and his wifePatricia celebrated his recent retire-ment on Inco pension by taking atrip back to their native Jugoslavia,where they were married in 1927.Dating back to 1942, Dragan'sentire service with the Companyhas been in the electrolytic depart-ment at Port Colborne. Mr. andMrs. Sesto are shown here withdaughters Pat of St. Catharines,Victoria of Welland, and Mary(Mrs. Doug Cullen) of Port Col-borne, and sons George, Adam,and Mike, all Inco men at Port Col-borne with their father's fine recordof service to shoot at.

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MARCEL AMYOT and his wife Bridget are raising twofamilies at their McCrea Heights home, as well as theirthree brighteyed children, they also have a family ofeight beautiful Siamese cats. Five-year-old Giry is seenhere between his parents, backed up by sisters Sandra,10, and Karen, 9. Marcel joined the Company in 1951at Frood Mine, transferred to Stobie and later toLevack, but has returned to his "native" Frood, wherehe is a trackman on 2400 level. He enjoys ridingWestern saddle with the Rocky Mountain Valley Riders.

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RENATO PEDRON built his own home in New Sudburyand his favorite pastime is making renovations andimprovements there. He and his wife Anna Mariaboth come from Italy; their two children are l4month-old Gary, and Enzo, 13. Rencto started with theCompany in 1952 at Levack, transferred in 1958 toFrood-Stobie, and in 1962 to Clarabelle open pits,where he is a bulldozer operator. He came fromTreviso, Italy, to Canada in 1950; his wife Anna Maria,also Italian by birth, came from Castelfranco.

LAVERNE PITZEL works with vibrationsboth on and off the job. At work heis a vibrations inspector for the preven-tive maintenance depcrtment at CopperCliff. At play, he coaxes harmoniousvibrations from his accordion to enter-tain various senior citizens' groups inSudbury. Born at Humboldt, Saskatche-wan, he started working for Inco atCopper Cliff in 1948. His wife, Eleanar,is from Rutherglen. Their children areKathy, 12, Dorothy, 11, Shown, 15, andJoe, 10. On July 23, Shawn added tohis laurels as a long-distance swimmerby swimming 22 miles at Rock Lake,bettering his 1969 mark of 18 miles.

Three of the mines department corn-mittee which did such a fine job instaging the event are shown here,secretary-treasurer Terry Fisher, chair-man Bob ludgate, ond prizegetterBob Patterson. Others to be mentioned in dispatches were vice-chair-man Monty White, drawmaster Bill(No. 9) Cushing, Rudy Kneer, GeorgeWilliamson, Vern Johnston, DereckParmley, Peter Kaynes, and DennisMerner, olong with ldylwyldes pop-ular pro, Carl Vanstone.

JOE STEELE, man-ager of electricalengineering in thecentral engineeringdepartment, Toronto(third from right),handed out hiddenhole prizes to BobShow (Safety), GordDavidson (Iron OrePIant) George Zieba(Frood Mine), BobCoulter (ClarabelleOpen Pit, and EarlMitchell (Pay Office).

WITH AN BO, Copper Cliff MachineShop's Joe Sharp was the alternatewinner of the low gross prize, a dozengolf balls, presented to him bygeneral purchasing agent Mac For-sythe. Best score of the day was aspirkling 77 by Creighton's SeanCallahan.

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Regain Monarchy of Inco GolfVICE PRESIDENT JACK PIGOTT presents the R. L. Beattie championship trophyto the Port Colborne foursome of Bill Spence (captain), Bob Noyes, Ken Burkeand Brian Friedlein; they received golf sweaters as individual prizes.

RUNNERS-UP FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP, the Copper Cliff general team, re-ceived the Alex Godfrey trophy from its donor (left), assistant to the generalnmnager: Don Ripley (captain), Art Silver (borrowed from the mines depart-ment on compassionate grounds), Bill Allen and Bill Buchanan. Their personalprizes were golf shirts.

ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER GarGreen presented the E. C. Lamberttrophy for the low net team score toGraham Squirell, captain of theCreighton No. 3 shaft squad of JimBlack, Vic Bachmeier, and Sean Cal-lahan. Golf jackets were their awards.

BEFORE THE TERRIFIC CLOUDBURST literally turned it into one big marsh, the scenic Idylwylde course was at its lovelywell-groomed best. In this picture at No. 7 green Ty Hanninen of Iron Ore Plant tackles a long putt, watched byKenny Glynn, Bob Shaw, and Tom Crowther of Safety.

BOB SHAW of Safety shows perfectform in blasting out a difficult re-covery from lust under the lip of atrap.

THE WATER HAZARD on No. I wasno problem for classy Sid Segsworth(Separation Bldg.), who sent his drivestraight for the green and is seen hereabout to chip up for a birdie.

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Weatherman Won The DecisionBut Port Colborne

ED CAVANAUGFIof Copper Refinerysank a 15.footer(honest, he did it)when this picturewas shot at No. 13green. Envying areDon Moyle, Refinery,and Ken Fryer andDale Clarke, Murraymine.

the TrophyWhat was shaping up as another

brifliant success for Inco's annualinter plant golf tournament onAugust 8 fizzled out midwaythrough the afternoon draw astorrential rains swept the Sudburyldyhvylde course and sent 144drenched players sloshing dejec-tedly back to the clubhouse.

it was the first time in 33 yearsthat the Inco tourney lost a de-cision to the weatherman. Themorning draw of 144 playersfinished their 18 holes in beautiful,unshine.

T he storm struck suddenly andsavagely. A tremendous bolt oflightning shattered a tree not 20feet from the clubhouse. MackBell of Copper Refinery, walkinga short distance from the pointof impact, was spun around anda'most knocked down by the forceof the electrical discharge.

Made Speedy RecoveryHowever, safely under cover,

the dry players got wet and thewet players got wetter as goodcheer took over and good fellow-ship reigned supreme. A bounti-ful buffet dinner was followed bypresentation of trophies and prizes,and then many of the playerswere joined by their ladies to windup the day's program with anenjoyable dance.

For the ninth time in the history

(LEFT) When Cliff Buchanan of CopperCliff pay office got lost in the bush,his partners had little trouble findinghim in this jazzy, multi-hued outfit.

Port Colborne NewsIn the big parade that was part of Port Colborne's 100th bIrthdaycelebrations, the International Nickel refinery float drew a lot of attentIonwith its gay decorations and its symbolIc display of the plant's operatIons.Included in the well designed layout were miniature pachuca tanks, filterpresses, an anode furnace, an electrolytIc plating tank, and modelsdepicting other features of the pure nIckel production process. DrIverof the chariot pulling the float was Ron Daniel of the yard crew.

of the tournament everythingcame up roses for the Port Col-borne nickel refinery entry, evenwithout the finesse of its veteranstar, Merle Noyes. The Port teamof Bill Spence, Merle's son Bob,and two newcomers to the fray,Ken Burke and Brian Friedlein,kept the situation well under con-trol. When the Copper Cliff'sBill Buchanan, for example, single-putted the first five greens, Spencethreatened to throw his ball in thelake, and that was the end of thatsizzling threat.

Again packed to the capacity ofthe course, the event moved witha minimum of holdups despitemany a lost bail and bush-boundwanderer, and the mines depart-ment committee took bows fromall sides on the way it handled thearrangements. When the stormdrowned out the last half of theafternoon draw, they calmly dis-played the wisdom of Solomon indeciding the division of the spoils.

Four bottles of Crown Royalwent unclaimed at the presenta-tions when the Special Projectsteam of Steve MacDonald, JohnTegal, Jack Van Delden andVince Orlando, runners-up for the

Lambert trophy, failed to surfaceafter the cloudburst.

Brave Man RewardedAIf Read of Converter Dept.

won a duffle bag as the mosthonest golfer of the tournament.Scorning the use of a hand-mashieor non-whiff counter, he manfullycompleted the 18 holes and con-fessed to 208 strokes.

A golf umbrella was the prizefor the low net scorer of the day,Mike Lipinski of Process Tech-nology, who wound up with a 70from a 126 gross, edging outJohnny Matijevich of Pay Office,who also netted 70 but had agross of 148.

Banquet chairman Bob Ludgateextended a special welcome to theteam of Joe Steele, Ron Kruk,Ron Butler and Jack Durreil, rep-resenting the central engineeringdepartment at Toronto, and to afoursome of four Inco pensioners,Dr. Alan Harcourt, Frank Orange,Ed Racicot and Bob Steadman.Another well-known pensionerand a great golfer in his day, RonSilver was a head-table guest andreceived a standing ovation.

Bill Hoimberg of Thompson,vacationing at Sudbury, was an-other welcome visitor among hisold Copper Cliff smelter golfingbuddies.

Chauffeur of the golf cartshowing the Triangle around thecourse was Inco pensioner CharliePrice, 71, who was a member ofthe Frood runner-up team in thefirst Inco tournament in 1938.

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Co/borne ParaderI

X: "I've been trying to see youall week. When may I have anappointment?"

Y: "Make a date with my secre-tary."

X: "I did, and we had a swelltime, but I still want to see you."

Inco Float in Port

Garson miner Joe Cull powers one offNo. 11 tee that must have gone 265yards at least.

Manny Ilaines of Metals Accountingand El Umpherson of Purchasing werein no danger of winning a prize, andthey couldn't have cared less.

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Organized Activities Keep KidsAugust, 1970

Happy During Summer

COPPER CLIFF YOUTH CLUB vice-president Harold Heale keeps a fatherly eye on a volleyball match as a diminutive forward hoists the ballover that big high net. Dynamite comes in small packages - on the right little Todd Bryant puts everything into the return volley.

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COUNSELLOR BRENDA LONGFELLOW is ready to render assistance if any mishap occurs as the exuberant kids frolic the park wading pool.

BEGINNERS' ART SESSIONS with brush and water colors are extremely popular with the youngsters. On the left counsellor Regina Rauffmanencourages Alain Gervais to let his artistic impulses run wild, and brother Michel seems fascinated by the results.

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')i')I) Cl;id First Local Winner in 14 Years'J'J J1tLt(4I CIt .1. (41 ttI....tJJt4ttIt

In Copper Cliff's Youth ClubAlready pronounced a big

success is the summer recreationalprogram for the youth of CopperCliff, organized by the CopperCliff Youth Club.

Committee president is Rev.Bob Munro, vice-president HaroldHeale, and treasurer Lorne Gar-ber. Along with the executive,the community-minded committeehas representation from all thetown's four churches. Financialsupport is provided by the Townof Copper Cliff, Copper CliffLegion, the Italian Club and thechurches.

A wise move by the youth clubcommittee was to hire profession-al help. Miss Sandra Houston,a graduate of Confederation Col-lege of Applied Arts and Tech-nology with a diploma in recrea-tional leadership, was engaged asthe summer recreational director.

The recreational facilities ofthe public school, high school,community hall and Nickel Parkare the stage for a highly diver-sified schedule popular with ages4 to 14. Total registration runsaround 200.

Pre-School TrainingIn the playground division, for

children ages 4 to 5, PatsyO'Neill's able direction is aidedby leaders Cynthia McDonaghand Debbie Bronicheski. Basi-cally intended as a pre-schoolwarm-up, the program includesgroup games, singing and musiclistening, cut-out fun, and enact-ing parts in simple plays. Theyreceive basic water safety instruc-tions at the wading pool. At-tendance varies widely, but anaverage of 60 children show upevery day.

Day Camp Averages 80The day camp division, de-

signed for children aged 6 to 11,is attended by an average of 80youngsters per day. CounsellorsCathy Brown, Brenda Longfel-low, Debbie Rondina, MonicaWhitmer, Terry Denomme andswimming instructress Karen Tre-zise aid the day camp director,Nancy Garber. Counsellors forthe boys' activities are RandyPawson, Rick O'Neill and ChrisCorrigan.

This division's activities arelargely sports.-oriented, particular-ly for the boys who get to playfootball, basketball, baseball, soc-cer and lacrosse. The girls par-ticipate in arts and crafts, groupsinging and creative drama, aswell as various organized sports.Special events like fireball visits,beach parties, hikes and birthdayparties are also on the agendafor this group.

Plan Overnight TripA teen division has also been

set up for boys and girls, aged 12to 14. This part of the programis supervised by Sandra Houston.

DAY CAMP DIRECTOR NancyGarber (centre) and counsellorsTerry Denomme and Monica Whit-met, adjust the tension of thevolleyball net.

With the help of Garry De-lorme and Larry Corrigan, 40boys are involved in daily base-ball games, weather permitting.with equipment loaned by theCopper Cliff Legion. An over-night camping trip has beenplanned for the boys for lateAugust.

"Coffee House" PopularA "coffee house" drop-in cen-

tre at the community hall bustleswith activity every Thursdaynight. There is always a big rushon the ping pong tables. Theteen division, which includes adozen girls who also enjoy or-ganized activities, finds the drop-in centre a great place to shootthe breeze between games ofcheckers, cards, and the whole-sale consumption of soft drinks.

The townspeople's overall reac-tion to the summer program hasbeen one of unqualified approval.The dedication of the organizers,coupled with the skilled guidancebeing given by the directors andcounsellors, has resulted in anenthusiastic response from theyoungsters.

Our MistakeA rather obvious error in our

last issue reported Thompson'sattaining of city status, and theRoyal visit which so happilycrowned that auspicious occasion,as having occurred on June 10instead of July 10.

We hope that this unfortunatemistake caused no confusion inthe minds of Her Majesty andher family, or the good citizensof the proud new city, leadingthem to wonder if they had par-ticipated in an event a full monthahead of when it actually tookplace.

For the first time since 1956 a Sudbury district golfer won theprestigious Idylwylde Invitational golf tournament when Fred Silverdefeated Leo Bradshaw of the Toronto Golf Club on the last holeof an exciting championship final July I

He was pre-tented with thehandsome Inter-national Nickeltrophy by assist-ant general man- -_ -ager (mining) Gar i'Green, himself anardent disciple ofthe game.

Son of formerIdylwylde and In-co champion RonSilver, and one offour brothers whohave all demon-strated outstand-ing golfing ability, Sudbury Star

Fred stood up un- Fred Silver receives the International Nickel trophyder the pressure from Gar Green.of a tense finalmatch in which the smooth Toronto golfer was a constant threat."Fred is amazing," he said afterward. "I kept waiting for him tomake mistakes but they never came."

Fred's brother Mike was the consolation round winner in thechampionship flight of the big star-studded tourney, and his caddywas another brother, Tim, who was runner-up in the recent NorthernOntario junior finals, So the 1970 Invitational came up with aSilver lining.

Crean Hill Man Gets $1,000 AwardWearing a widegrin befitting theoccasion, Topi Sarkioja proudly displays the $1,000Suggestion P I a naward he has justreceived fromCreari Hill assistantmine superintendentKeith Alexander.On the left is as-sistant manager ofmines Tom Parris.

"Now I can go to Finland!"was Topi Sarkioja's happy com-ment when he was presented witha $1,000 Inco suggestion planaward at Crean Hill mine. Topihas been hankering for a tripback to his homeland, and theidea jackpot made it an earlycertainty.

The brain-wave that paid offso handsomely for Topi was hissuggestion for an improvementin the control chain support, in-stalled in shrinkage and blastholechutes to eliminate the old con-ventional brow beam.

An Inco man since 1964, Topiis a construction leader at CreanHill. With his wife Anelma andthree children he lives on a farmin the Beaver Lake area about 10miles from the mine, where hehas a herd of 25 Holsteins thatkeeps him hustling in his sparetime.

This is the second $l.000award presented to a Crean Hillemployee, Ed Cuddy, now ofFrood Stobie mill, having hit thejackpot in February of last year.

During the past year, six othersuggestions have earned $1 ,000

awards, four from the CopperCliff mill and two from CopperCliff smelter.

On June 1, 1968, the Sugges-tion Plan was revised to offer agreater incentive and encouragea more active participation by allhourly - rated employees. Themaximum award was raised from$1,000 to $5,000.

Since the inception of the re-vised Suggestion Plan a total of$28,377 has been won by hourly-rate employees.

Who's going to be the first tohit that "five grand" bonanza?

Reprints AvailableSo great was the demand for

extra copies of the July issue ofthe Triangle containing the pic-ture-story on the new super-stackat Copper Cliff that our supplywas quickly exhausted.

The public affairs departmentat Copper Cliff has had reprintsmade of the article for distribu-tion at the tourist informationcentres and to answer requeststhat have come from many pointsacross the country.

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First Warship

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Now serving with the BritishRoyal Navy is the world's firstmajor warship to be propelled en-tirely by gas turbines, which aremuch smaller, lighter and quicker-starting than the steam turbinesconventionally used- She is the1,500-ton Blackwood Class frigateH.M.S. Exinouth, which has beenconverted from steam-turbinepower to become a working test-bed for marine gas turbines underactual service conditions. Ex-perience with the ship will havea big influence on the power sys-tems chosen for future genera-tions of warships.

The chief problem with gas tur-bines is that they burn a greatdeal of fuel, especially when theyare operated at much less thanfull power. This is highly incon-venient in naval service becausewarships spend most of their lifecruising at low power and onlyoccasionally need to accelerate totheir maximum speed when actionis imminent. The answer is toprovide the ship with several gasturbines that can be brought intouse successively as the power de-mand rises. Moreover, relativelysmall gas turbines can be used toprovide the low powers needed forcruising, and a much bigger gasturbine can be held in reserve forthe 'sprint' condition.

In H.M.S. Ex,nourh, endurancecruising is handled by two 3,500-hp Rolls-Royce Marine Proteusengines that can power the shipeither individually or together,and the 'sprint' engine is a 15,000-hp Marine Olympus. All threeengines drive into a common gear-box by way of synchro self-shift-ng clutches controlled from amachinery control room. Onceany engine has been started andengaged, forward or astern speedsare adjusted by a single controllever either in the control roomor on the bridge.

Nickel Materials SpecifiedNickel materials are specified

for many of the most critical com-ponents of the engine and trans-mission system of HM.S. Ex-mouth. The Maiiit' Proteus andMarine Olympus have turbine

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with All-Gas Turbines

blades and other high-temperatureparts in various alloys of theNimonic Series developed in In-ternational Nickel's BirminghamLaboratory, and their air intakesare protected from sea spray byfilters of Monel Alloy 400 wiremesh. The main gearing of theship is largely made of nickelalloy steels containing from 2½to 4¼ per cent nickel. H.M.S.Etm9uth has a single propellerand, since the conversion, this isof the controllable-pitch type sothat astern movement can beachieved merely by moving theblades into reverse pitch; theseblades are cast in a nickel-alu-minium-bronze alloy. Anotherimportant use of nickel is in theseawater piping, which is of90/10 cupro-nickel alloy.

Student Exchange Visit"Fabulous Experience"

"To me it was a fabulous ex-perience," enthused Mary Lin-ington, daughter of explorationdepartment pilot-engineer NormLinington, when asked about theexchange visits arranged thissummer by the Canadian Councilof Christians and Jews betweenEnglish- and French-speakingstudents all across Canada.

Mary, whose exchange partnerwas Monique Bessette of Mont-real, told the Triangle "We havemade a lasting friendship, andare planning to visit each otheragain, either at Christmas or nextsummer. I know the experiencehas helped me in understandingand speaking French, and Mon-ique said it was the same with herwith English.'

Vida Grinius, daughter ofCopper Cliff smelter loadingmachine operator Vytautas Grin-ius, who also had the experience,said "It worked out just great. Mypartner was Ghislaine Dandurandof St-Leonard, Quebec, and wegot along perfectly together. Wefound we had a lot of mutualinterests. I also got a big thrill outof meeting a lot f the studentsfrom Western Canada who were

on the train that picked us upalong the way to our partners'homes in Quebec,"

Almost 3,000 students, one halfFrench-speaking and the otherhalf English-speaking, participatedin the project, designed to pro-mote a greater appreciation of('anada's two major culturalgroups. The students spent twoweeks at each other's homes, andenjoyed bus tours and otherarranged entertainment.

Stainless Still the BiggestAgain in 1969, stainless steel

was the main consumer of theelement nickel. Some 320 millionpounds of the 820 million poundsof nickel consumed last year wentto stainless, representing 39 percent of the total. Nickel impartsstrength and corrosionresistantproperties to stainless.

A man never feels more as iflife were a total failure than whenhe is being towed to a garage ina brand new car.

The first cut in agb n t anniversarycake, baked andiced to form thenumber 50, is madeby Mr. and Mrs.Fred Spencer attheir golden wed-ding party, attend-ed by 300. Sevenof their nine sonswork for Interna-tional Nickel, fromwhich Mr. Spencerretired on pensionin 1963 after 41years' service.

50 Years MarriedThe dictionary gives an old

Scottish definition of a spenceas "the part of a house where thefamily sit and eat." And so, trueto the name, Coniston's Mr. andMrs. Fred Spencer recently satdown with most of their familyand ate, this time for a very spe-cial reason - five decades hadpassed since Fred married Marie-Anne Grimard in Sudbury onJuly 26. 1920.

The Spencer family has grownwonderfully since that weddingday 50 years ago. Of the 300who sat down to dinner at theSorrento Hotel to honor Fredand his wife, 69 were direct des-cendants of the "bride andgroom". Twelve children, 43grandchildren and 14 great-grand-children comprise the latest cen-sus of the living Spencer tree.

Seven of Fred's nine sons workfor Inco. Counting Fred's own41 years' service, the Spencer boyshave so far racked up an impres-sive 193 years.

Five of the sons are employed

August, 1970

North Bay DecidesStack No Danger

A special committee of theNorth Bay and District Chamberof Commerce is unanimously con-vinced that the planned 1,250 ft.Inco stack at Copper Cliff willnot represent danger to that area.

Ken Esselmont, chairman ofthe chamber's anti-pollution com-mittee, announced a lengthy meet-ing with Inco representatives produced convincing evidence thatemissions from the stack will bewell within the limits of safetyprovided by the provincial govern-ment.

The meeting was at PinewoodPark, and was attended by Dr.Louis S. Renzoni, vice-president,special technical projects, Inco,Toronto, and Dr. Morris Katz,professor of chemistry, naturalsciences division, York University,along with six members of theC of C including president BillOlmsted.

at their dad's old stampinggrounds, Coniston smelter; Wil-fred, Lionel, Leonard and Bobare in the planned maintenancedepartment, while Roger worksin the transportation department.Bringing the total of Inco Spen-cers to seven, Rolly works in theCopper Cliff car shop, and Aldegeis a hoistman at Murray. Fourof the sons are members of theInco Quarter Century Club withtheir father.

The senior Mr. Spencer worked35 of his 41 Inco years as aconverter aisle crarleman at Con-iston. Now 73, he is in excellenthealth. His wife is "muchyounger" and after successfultreatment of a circulatory trouble,she, too, is well on her way toenjoying good health.

Mayor Mike Solski of theTown of Coniston was the emceefor the gala celebration. Manymessages of congratulations werereceived. Friends and relativesfrom as far away as Quebec Cityand Winnipeg were in attendance.

Fred retired from the Companyin 1963. He and his wife willcontinue to reside in Coniston.

H.M.S, Exmouth at speed during trials. Her new gearbox transmits thedrive of all three of her propulsion gas turbines, two of which areavailable for cruising and one for 'sprint' use only.

The Lovely, Tranquil

MANITOULINAlthough it is only about 90 miles /rom Sudbury, a surprisingly largepercentage oJ Inco people have never toured Manitoulin Island, oneof Ontario's greatest holiday treasures. In tranquil rural charm it hasa look oJ New England about it, with its /ishing villages, sandy beaches,interesting museums, picnic and recreation areas, hidden coves, andmagnificent views out over Georgian Bay, For the sportsman its woodsabound in deer, and it is one o/ the province's most productive areasfor the taking oJ lake and rainbow trout and black bass. The /ollowingappreciation oJ Manitoulin was published recently in the TorontoGlobe and Mail:

By LESMA HOSSACK'i iHEN SEEKING A HOME

for his people, Manitou,chief spirit of the Ojibway

Indians, insisted it have deer tostalk and fish to spear, clearwaters to drink and swim in, sugarmaples to tap, and trees aplentywith bark for canoes and longhouses. A tall order, but Manitoufound it all in a large island inLake Huron.

Manitoulin Island has changedlittle from the time the Indiansmoved there many moons ago.The bear-walker, or medicineman, still walks the island fore-telling the future. Deer roamwoodlands, and 101 lakes aboundin fish.

Take Highway 17 to McKerrowand turn south onto the vastlyimproved Highway 68. The roadwinds its way through Espanola,crosses a series of causeways link-ing Birch Island and Great ClocheIsland, and finally traverses a

swing bridge that leads into LittleCurrent, Manitoulin's largest town(population 1,600).

Although it is the largest fresh-water island in the world (110miles long and from 3 to 50 mileswide), Manitoulin is still smallenough to circumnavigate in oneday. It is advisable, though, totake at least two days and to leaveplenty of free time for sightseeing,shopping and meandering downside roads where cows, sheep,ducks and pigs have right of way.

Heading south and followingthe Manitowaning Bay coast, theroad ambles by blue lakes,through green valleys and acrossrocky, treed hills. Old fashionedsnake fences zig-zag along bothsides of the road.

An Ancient CivilizationFirst point of interest is She-

guiandah, a small village six milesfrom Little Current. It is builton the site of one of the oldestcivilizations in North America.Artifacts dating back 30,000 yearshave been dug from the surround-ing hills. Many of these are ondisplay in Ottawa's NationalMuseum.

A few miles farther on is alookout with splendid views ofManitowaning Bay. Then the roadveers east to go through the nor-thern section of the SheguiandahIndian Reserve, one of five onthe island (there are 3,600 Indians,accounting for about one-thirdof the population).

Next town is Manitowaning, re-puted to have been the home ofthe Great Spirit Manitou. Leg-ends relate he went by strangeways to visit his people, walkingthrough an underground passage-way between the mainland andthe Wikwemekong Peninsula. Toprove to the Indians such a tunneldid not exist tagged fish were onceturned loose in South Bay. Acouple of days later one wascaught in Manitowaning Bay.

The town boasts the only racetrack on the island (harness racingis popular in the summer), theoldest church in northern Ontario,and an oldtime home, blacksmith'sshop and museum, all with displays of early island life.

Largest Indian ReserveJust outside the town a side

road Icds to the Wikwemekong((ontlnued on Page 13)

This picturesque Anglican missionchurch, built about 1868, is on theIndian reserve near Sheguiandah.

Not so tranquil as the heading o/this article suggests is this youngIndian, whooping it up at the/amous annual pow-wow at Wik-wemikong.

The beauti/ul Bridal Veil Falls,near Kagawong, a must forcamera /ans. BELOW: Fisher-men are in their glory on Mant-toulin, /amous /or lake and rain-bow trout and black bass.

Ontario Dept. of TourismAerial 'iew o/ the waterfront at Little Current, one of the mostpopular renth'zvous targets /or yachtsmen on the Great Lakes.

HISTORICAL PLAQUEPort Colbornes mayor. Incopensioner Nis Nissen, unveils atCity Hall historical plaque onthe founding of Port Colborrie.where the village council firstmet in January. 1870. Assistinghim (left) Is Les Gray of theArchaeological & HistoricalSites Board, London. It wasin 1831. the plaque relates, thatGravelly Bay, the future locationof the city, was chosen as thesouthern terminus of the Wel-land Canal. The presentationon July 25 touched off the citysweek-long Centennial program.

HOW THE INDIANS MARKED THEIR TRAILSThe early settlers found that the most convenient routesof travel, to avoid swamps and other hazards, had beenestablished by the Indians and clearly marked for directionthrough the bush by bending and tying saplings to shapetheir growth. ri different areas different shapes wereused. The marker shown above Is located on the propertyof Ernest Ott, at the base of Sugar Loaf Hill, the 150-footheIght of land on the lakeshore which was used as anobservatIon post during the War of 1812. Posing at themarker is young Christopher Borg.

GRINDING STONE FROM ORIGINAL MILLCute little Tina Cullen, 7-year-old granddaughter of newInco pensioner Dragan Sesto. stands beside a souvenir ofPort Colborne's earliest days. a grinding stone from theSugar Loaf grist mill built in 1790. The mill was builtnearby at Rameys Bend by a pioneer settler from Penn-sylvania. Christian Sevitz (Zavitz), and was a notablefactor in the early development of the Niagara District.Legend has it that Kaspar Ramey and his party werekilled by a band of marauding Indians at the Zavitz millin 1834.

IMPORTANT SEAWAY and industrialNiagara Peninsula, Port Colborne ha

ing up its heels for a week in celebrationbirthday. The village became a town1918, the year the vital International Nicoperations commenced, amalgamateding Humberstone in 1952, and becarrestablished city in 1966. Its populat22,000, harmoniously representing macultures. Inco's 2,159 employees and tjoined whole-heartedly with their fellovthe happy Centennial of their pretty, Ismartly modern little city. A big factorcess of the celebrations was the energ'spirited volunteer fire department.

At a gala Centennial party atthe Port Colborne Club, Incorefinery manager Vern Barkerappeared as Sir John A. Mac-donald.

hub of thebeen kick-of its 100thof 2,900 inkel refinerywith adjoin-e a solidlyon is nowny nationaleir familiescitizens in

riendly andin the suc-tic, public-

ON OUR COVEROn a Centennial Sunday, alter-

noon drive, in appropriate periodcostumes made by his wileDiana, Carmel Borg and hisfamily turn o// the road onto theold Indian trail that led /romReeb's Bay around the base o/Sugar Loa/ Hill to Gravelly Bay,the original name o/ Port Col-borne.

The snappy surrey with the/ringe on top was loaned for theoccasion by Ross Clemens, andthe handsome horse by CharlesSteele.

Born in Malta, Carmel is achlorination man at the nickelrefinery. His children, vastlyenjoying the ride, are Christo-pher, 9, Lana, 7, and Shawn 6.

A NOBLE RELICA cherished relic of the early daysis this fine old steam fire enginebought by the Village of Humberstone(now part of Port Colborne) In 1913.In later years it was relegated to ser-vice as a standby boIler at the dairy,but was rescued from thIs ignoblefate, lovIngly restored to its originalcondition and power by members ofPort Colborne's volunteer fIre depart-ment, and now stands in state at theEast Side Fire Hall. It can still shoota 100-lb. stream. "AdornIng" it herein this Centennial picture are eight ofthe volunteer firemen who work atInco, Charlie "Rock Island" Gatt,Andy "483" Vasko, George "LiveWire" Rukavina, Jim "King" Haggerty,Doug "Rope" Duggan, Bob "Reddythe Fox' Mirrlees, and Stan "EastSide Chief" Rudyk. It cost $1,500,raised by collecting and selling scrapiron, various donations, and hundredsof hours of volunteer labor to makethe old engine look and work like new.Even the nickel plating was com-pletely restored. It has since appearedin many parades on both sides ofthe border.

RING OUTWILD BELLESThat water-skIer Inthe backgroundmay not quite fItthe perIod, butanyhow here's adaring bathingparty on the beachat Lake Erie 'wayback when. En-actIng the gIddyscene are threeInco safety depart-ment staff mem-bers, secretary Dar-lene Gilbert, headnurse Mary Grace,and nurse Vi Craw-ford, along withVi's Inco carpenterhusband Walterand children Allanand Nora.

TASTY TREATS AT THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FAIRBelow: Hordes of hungry customers surrounded the booths at the Centennial Food FaIr atLakeside Park. On the left popular dryman 'Salty" Shelton gets a liberal serving of cab-bage rolls from Matilda Toth, wife of plant security officer Charlie Toth. On the rIghtplant fitter Bruno TonellI, his wIfe Theresa, and daughters Bebbie and Bunny, enjoy the de-licious Italian pizza served by Mrs. Mary Falcloni and her helpers, Rose Mary Vit andChristine Tonello.

CENTENNIAL BALL AT THE ARENA A STANDOUT SUCCESSIn the huge crowd enjoyIng the big Centennial Ball at the Port Colborne Arena, nobody had abetter time, or looked more handsome and charmIng, than this group who were amongthe many Inco people present: George and Doreen Near, Paul and Rose Anne Ivanich, MIckeyand Kathleen Rivers, John and Stephanie Marshall, Chuck and Anne Goss, and George andGert Smith.

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-A PP 0 IN rç M E N rç S -ONTARIO DIVISION

J.A. Pigott, vice-president andgeneral manager, announced thefollowing appointments effectiveJuly 22:

C. F. Hews, assistant managerof mines;

M. C. Kossatz, superintendentof safety.

Both will make their headquar-ters at Copper Cliff.

Dr. Charles E. O'Neill, assist-ant vice-president, process re-search, Toronto, announced thefollowing appointments at thePort Colborne research stations:

Dr. J. A. BeU, general superin-tendent of research stations;

B. J. Brandt assistant to thegeneral superintendent of re-search stations;

T. A. Mossey, previously su-perintendent of No. I researchstation, has been assigned to op-erations at the Copper Cliff nickelrefinery;

R. D. Robinson, superintendentNo. I research station;

F. Olano, superintendent No. 2research station;

Dr. I. A. Blanco, superinten-dent No. 3 research station;

C. M. Lissaman, superinten-dent technical services;

Dr. L. Baltas, assistant superin-tendent, No. I research station;

Dr. C. Biguria, assistant super-intendent, No. 2 research station.

Dr. Bell will continue to belocated at Port Colborne and willreport to D. Kelly, director ofprocess development, Toronto.The remaining personnel with theexception of Mr. Mossey willcontinue to be located at PortColborne and will report to Dr.Bell.

C. F. HEWSSuperintendent of safety for

the Ontario division since 1967,Charles Hews had previously beensuperintendent of diamond drill-ing since July of 1965.

Born in Ottawa and broughtup in Webbwood, he attendedSudbury High School and went

on to Queen's Uni-versity, from whichhe graduated in1950 with a B.Sc.degree in mining.He served two and

- a half years in theRCAF duringWorld War II.

After two years'C. F. HeWS experience at the

McIntyre mine at Ti1nmins hejoined International Nickel, start-ing in the efficiency departmentat Creighton mine.

In 1956, following severalmonths in the mine department atCopper Cliff, he became safetyengineer at Levack mine, afterwhich he held the positions ofdivisional foreman, general fore-man, and underground superin-tendent. He was appointed assist-ant superintendent of Levackmine in January of 1964.

INCO TRIANGLE

His marriage to Karen Hol-land of Port Credit took place in

His marriage to Marjory lighttook place at Falconbridge in1947. He has four children.

He is chairman of the very ac-tive Sudbury branch of the Ca-nadian Institute of Mining &Metallurgy and is also vice-presi-dent of the Mines Accident Pre-vention Association of Ontario.

His chief recreation is his sum-mer camp at Long Lake.

M. C. KOSSATZUnderground superintendent at

Levack mine since May of 1967,Mason (Eric) Kossatz has beenwith International Nickel since1953, when he was employed inthe efficiency office at Creightonmine.

Born at Chalk River, Ontario,he joined the Ottawa Camerons

Regiment before

p)

completing highschool and servedoverseas for almostfive years. When he

.. returned he finish-ed his secondary

If school education

and went on to theUniversity of Tor-

M, C. Kosatz onto, from whichhe graduated in 1953 with aB.A.Sc. degree in mining.

During two of his universityvacations he worked at Froodand Creighton mines.

He became a shift boss atCreighton in 1955 and four yearslater moved over to Frood as re-search supervisor on the develop-ment of the undercut-and-fillmethod of mining.

After two years as safety engi-neer at Murray and Frood-Stobiemines, he was a general foremanat Frood and then, in 1964, atCreighton.

He was married at Hove, Eng-land, in 1945 to Elsie Bish, andhas one daughter.

Golf, curling and trailer camp-ing are his favorite diversions,along with flying, at which he re-cently earned his pilot's license.

DR. JAMES A. E. BELLBorn at Noranda, Quebec,

"Sandy" Bell enrolled in thefaculty of science at the Univer-sity of Toronto, receiving hisbachelor's degree in 1961, his

master's degree in1962, and his doc-torate in 1965.

He commencedhis professional

,. 4 career with Inter-r national Nickel at

wfCopper Cliff in

/f 1965 as a seniorf research engineer

J, A. E. Be in the research de-partment at Copper Cliff, andthe following year was transfer-red to the J. Roy Gordon re-search laboratory at SheridanPark, Toronto, as group leader,pyrometallurgy. In 1968 hemoved to Port Colborne wherehe was appointed superintendentof research stations.

1964.Tennis, water sports, skiing

and curling are his recreations.

B. J. BRANDTBorn in Amsterdam, Holland,

Ben Brandt attended the Univer-sity of Amsterdam and came toCanada in 1948 to join Interna-tional Nickel's metallurgical de-

partment at theConiston smelter.

He was transfer-red to the researchdepartment at Cop--r . per Cliff in 1950,

1and in 1964 toThompson as su-perintendent of re-search.

B. J. Braridt In June, 1969,his appointment was announcedas assistant superintendent of re-research stations, Port Colborne.

He holds patents on severalchemical processes.

His marriage to Mieke vanHoorn took place in Amsterdamin 1948.

Duplicate bridge is his favoritepastime.

T. A. MOSSEYTom Mossey, who was born in

Copper Cliff, graduated fromQueen's University, Kingston, in1955 with a B.Sc. degree inchemical engineering. During his

university vaca-tions he had beenemployed in the

- . oxygen plant, met-allurgical depart-ment, and copperrefinery at theCopper Cliff op-erations.

Joining Inco foI-l. A. Mossey lowing graduation

he was engaged in special pro-jects and pilot plant investigationsuntil his transfer to the Port Col-borne research stations in 1959.Assigned to No. I research sta-tion, he was a test engineer andthen senior project engineer, andwas appointed assistant superin-tendent in 1969.

He was married at CopperCliff in 1959 to Diane Nickle,and has three children.

Sailing, badminton, and land-scaping are his favorite diver-sions.

K. D. ROBINSONDale Robinson, who was born

in Calgary, graduated from theUniversity of Alberta in 1962with a B.Sc. degree in chemicalengineering, and then joined fn-

ternational Nickelas a test engineerat No. I researchstation, Port Col-borne. He becamea project engineerin 1967 and a sen-ior project engi-neer in 1969.

He married aR. 0. Rotns Port Colborne girl,

Anne Nissen, in 1966.

August, 1970

Curling and water skiing arehis recreations.

F. OLANOCardenas, Cuba, was the birth-

place of Francisco Olano, whograduated in 1940 from theTechnical Institute in Havanawith a degree in electrical tech-

From 1945 to

Cnology.

1960 he was em-ployed at thenickel plant at Ni-caro where, at thetime of his resigna-tion, he was assist-ant general produc-tion superinten-

F. Oiano dent.

He joined International Nickelin 1961 as senior process engi-neer at No. 2 research station,Port Colborne.

His marriage to Adelaida Del-cado took place ip Havana in1940; he has two sons.

DR. J. A. BLANCOStarting w it h International

Nickel in the process technologydepartment at Copper Cliff in1968, Jose Blanco was transfer-red the following year to No. 2

research station atPort Colborne as asenior project engi-neer.

Born at Asturi-as, Spain, he grad-uated from theUniversity of Ovie-

• do in 1957 with a- bachelor of science

iA. Banco degree. He re-ceived his master's degree in 1961from Northwestern University atEvanston, Illinois, and his doc-torate from Syracuse Universityat Syracuse, N.Y., in 1967.

Prior to joining Inco he wasan assistant professor for twoyears at Clarkson University,Potsdam, N.Y.

He was married to HuguetteMialhe in Le Puy, France, in1968.

For recreation he likes flyfishing, hiking, and photography.

G. M. LISSAMANAlthough born in Montreal,

Gordon Lissaman received hisuniversity education at Sheffield,England, graduating in 1953 with

an honors degreein metallurgy.

He spent twoyears in the BritishArmy.

His International- Nickel association

commenced earlyin 1954 as a millingtest engineer in the

&. M. Lissaman former researchdepartment at Copper Cliff. Hewas transferred to the Port Col-borne research facility in 1959 asa shift supervisor in No. I station,where he became supervisingchemist; in 1968 he was appointedsenior research chemist, researchstations.

His marriage to Lorna Mary

ugust, 1970

Rudge of Whyteleafe, Surrey,England, took place at Sudburyin 1958. He has two sons.

Gardening, golf and stampcollecting are his favorite diverslons.

DR. L. BALTASIhessaloniki, Greece, was the

birthplace of Leonidas Baltas,who, during his university years atMcGill was a summer employeeat the National Research Council

and a laboratorydemonstrator at the

• university. He re-ceived a B.Eng.degree and, in1967, his Ph.D.

He joined Inter-national Nickel inMay 1967 as aresearch chemical

L. BattM engineer at Sheri-dan Park, Toronto, and early in1969 moved over to the researchfacility at Port Colborne as asenior project engineer.

He is unmarried. Boy Scoutleadership, philately, theology,languages and hiking are includedin his outside interests.

DR. G. BIGURIAAlthough born in Guatemala

City, Guatemala, Gabriel Biguriareceived all his advanced tech-nical training in the UnitedStates, graduating from Case In-

stitute of Tech-nology i n 1963with a bachelor of

- science degree inchemical engineer-ing, and then goingon for his master'sdegree (1965) anddoctorate (1968)from Lehigh Uni-

G. Biguria versity.

He had a brief previous em-ployment with International Nick-el in 1962 at the research labora-tory at Bayonne, N.J., while onuniversity vacation. He was as-sistant research professor at Rut-gers University for two years.

He joined the Company in1969 as senior project engineer inNo. 2 research station, Port Col-borne.

He married Olga de Leon atGuatemala City in 1967 and hasone child.

For recreation he enjoyssquash, sailing, skiing and photo-graphy.

NEW INCO ALLOYSSix new nickel-base alloys have

been developed in the researchlaboratories of InternationalNickel. All resistant to high-tem-perature corrosion, the alloys areof interest for applications inmarine and industrial gas turbineswhere components are particularlyprone to hot-corrosion by sulphat-ed sea salt or the products ofcombustion of impure fuels.

Possible applications include ro-tor blades, flame tubes, nozzleguide vanes and stressed parts ingas turbines operating at temper-atures up to I,000°C.

Man/to ufin(Contlnuel from Page 9)

Peninsula and the island's largestIndian Reserve. There OjibwayIndians fashion moccasins, bead-ed necklaces and belts and otherhandicrafts to sell in souvenirshops in the towns or by the road-side.

Turning south, the road cutsthrough dense woods, and passesrocky outcrops that change colorwith the light of day. About 10miles north of South Bay anotherroad leads east through farmcountry and across rickety bridgesthat span trout streams to Provi-dence Bay.

A town of old frame houseswith vegetable gardens and flowerbeds in front yards, it was namedby British sailors. Their ship waswrecked when caught in a stormon Lake Huron. The sailorsfeared they would not survive, butmost were washed ashore, escap-ing death by what their captainsaid was an act of Providence.The Indians prefer to call thetown Bedekodawangog (meaning,where sand curves around water).Their name is more apt.

There are playgrounds for chil-dren., and picnic tables. Fossilrocks are found at the west endof the bay and along the east sidean occasional gemstone turns up.

Unfortunate SquawNow the road turns north and

wends up to Gore Bay, on theNorth Channel coast. Along theway turnoffs lead to lakes Minde-moya, Big Manitou and Kaga-wong. Out in Lake Mindemoya(Ojibway for old woman) is asmall island that looks somewhatlike a human figure in a crawlingposition. Legend relates it wasonce a woman, the squaw of achief. One day she spoiled abrew being readied for a councilmeeting. In his rage the chiefkicked the squaw off a cliff. Shelanded on her hands and knees inthe water and was transformedinto an island.

Gore Bay, on the main east-vest highway and about midwaybetween Little Current and theNew England-type town of Mel-drum Bay on the westernmostpoint, is the seat of Manitoulin'sgovernment. A livewire littletown with wide streets and flower-bordered lawns, it has a deepharbor lying between high hills.It also boasts of the island's onlyairport (frequently the site ofIndian folklore dances in thesummer), a weekly dance and aSaturday morning farmers marketthat commences at lO a.m.

Handcraftng BoatsFirst town, heading east, and on

the way back to Little Current, isKagawong. Just as you entertown, on the right is a smallishframe building with a large signreading Berry Boats. Stop andgo inside. Craftsmen will be atwork making cedar-strip boats byhand.

Nearing Little Current youpass, on the right, a large rock

INCO TRIAN(;LE

Freezers Can TurnInto "Death Boxes"For Young Children

Do you have a freezer in yourhouse? A picnic cooler? And ayoung child to fit into them? Thenbe especially wary, for an alarm-ing number of children are suf-focating in these 'death boxes"right in their own homes.

When authorities tabulated thenumber of suffocations in re-frigerators for 1964 they dis-covered that the toll was a shock-ing 44- the worst on record.The previous all-time high was inl962 when 35 youngsters died inrefrigerators.

"Everyone knows the aban-doned refrigerator on a backporch or empty lot can be akiller," says Phil Dykstra, head ofthe National Safety Council'shome department. "But fewpeople suspect that children willalso crawl into a small cooler orfreezer. These, too, are tightlyinsulated, and the air supply inthe small cooler is quickly ex-hausted."

While his mother thought hewas riding his tricycle, a four-year-old boy in New York lastyear wandered into the garage andclimbed into a picnic cooler hisfather had bought two weeks pre-viously. Although the cooler wasonly 22 inches long, 12 incheswide and 15 inches deep, the childmanaged to squeeze tightly inside.The lid fell shut and locked. Theboy's sister, sent to look for him,found the dead child lying on hisback.

This is hardly a freak case.Three other children died in al-most identical accidents last sum-mer in Denver, Chicago andHouston.

Three Little VictimsIn California, a mother left the

lid of an empty freezer open toair it out in the garage and closedthe overhead door to the garage.Several hours later, when she wentto look for her two young chil-dren, she was stricken with fearto see the garage doors open. Sheran to the now closed freezer andtugged at the lid, but it had lockedupon falling. Finally she got thekey from the house and openedthe lid to find three children -two of her own - huddled to-gether in the five-foot longfreezer. None could be revived.

In the wake of last year's record

shaped like a cup and saucer. Toone side is a gate and a sign point-ing to a trail that leads to thehighest point on the island. Thetrack begins with a gradual slopebut ends in a rather steep climb.Keep going. The view from thetop is worth the climb. Stretch-ing below is the North Channel.dotted with yachts and other smallcraft. Behind is rolling farmcountry, and thickets of trees.

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number of tragedies, the NationalSafety Council urges parents totake increased precautions.

.. If you have small children,keep the lids of picnic coolerslocked if possible or otherwisesecurely fastened shut. Or keepthe whole cooler in a locked area.

• When a freezer is tempor-arily empty - even for a day orso - keep the lid locked orstrapped shut, or keep the unitin a place inaccessible to children.

• And don't forget the ever-threatening unused refrigerator.When a refrigerator or freezer istemporarily stored out of service,a simple precaution is to place theunit with its lid or door pressedtightly against the wall or floor.If it is to be out of use for sometime, render it harmless. An easyway is to remove the door.

If you see an abandoned re-frigerator, notify local authorities:these hazards are illegal in manyareas.

Golden WeddingClose friends and immediate

family numbering about 30 inall gathered at the Copper CliffClub to honor Mr. and Mrs. TomDunn on the occasion of their50th wedding anniversary. There

was a note of nostalgia at theparty, since Tom had spent allbut two of his 23 Inco years assteward of the club until his re-tirement on disability pension in1952.

Born in Goldenburg, Ontario,near Thessalon, Tom marriedMargaret Smith at Wiarton. Shewas born at Stokes Bay on theBruce Peninsula. In their 50years together, they have seentheir four sons and two daugh-ters go on to raise their ownfamilies and present them with I 7grandchildren.

Two of Toms sons are Inco-ites: Donald (Red) works in theCopper Cliff North mine ware-house, and Mac at the J. RoyGordon Research Laboratory atSheridan Park, Toronto.

Both Tom and his wife, whoare 79 and 76 respectively, areenjoying very good health. Iheyhave resided at their Guilletvillehome since l954.

Page 14 INCO TRIANGLE August, 1970

IN A LOVELY TRANQUIL SETTING on the south shorelineof Lake Shebandowan in Northwestern Ontario, 50 miles west ofThunder Bay, one of International Nickel's new mining expansionoperations unobtrusively enters the scene. On the island in theforeground is housed a 61-R raise borer, reaming the second oftwo 7-foot holes 400 feet deep for the mine ventilation system.

Immediately beyond, on a point of the mainland, is the temporaryheadframe of No. 2 shaft, the production shaft, where the per-manent concrete Koeppe-type headframe will be built. To theright of the head frame is the construction camp, and furtherright, out of the picture, is the site of the new mill. Concentrateswill be shipped to Copper Cliff for processing.

Inco's Good Neighbor PolicyAt Shebandowan Development

Can a nickel mine and conserva-tion-minded outdoors enthusiastsfind happiness together? Interna-tional Nickel believes they can.

The Company is presently developinga 2,900-ton-per-day nickel mine on theshores of Lake Shebandowan, 50 mileswest of Thunder Bay in NorthwesternOntario, and is taking a number of pre-cautions to ensure that, when the minecomes into full production in the fall of1972, it will do so quietly, cleanly andefficiently.

For example, in order to limit surfaceactivity and noise on the lake shore, theCompany is driving an inclined tunnelfrom the mine shaft to the mill, locateda half mile inland. Ore will be conveyedunderground by belt rather than by truckon the surface. In addition, service lineswill pass through the tunnel rather thanon the surface. The Company is also

hard surfacing the 10-mile access roadfrom the provincial highway to allay thedust.

Exceptional precautions have beentaken to ensure that International Nickel'soperations do not harm the water in LakeShebandowan and nearby streams. TheCompany has retained the firm of JamesF. MacLaren Limited, consulting en-gineers, to undertake a study of both thelake and the Mattawin River watershed.Last summer, six separate surveys wereconducted by this firm, and no markedchanges in the quality of the waterthroughout the area due to Companyoperations were found. A continuingprogram of water quality monitoring willenable International Nickel to keep trackof even the smallest changes in the aqua-tic environment and take protective mea-sures if necessary.

The concrete headframe, the construc-tion of which will start next spring, willhave a clean, uncluttered appearance.

All permanent surface buildings will beof attractive design and located on land-scaped ground.

Finally, International Nickel is makingan effort to keep area property ownersapprised of its activities at the Sheban-dowan mine site through periodic lettersto their homes.

Development of the Shebandowan mineis part of International Nickel's sevei-year, $1.1 billion Canadian expansionprogram. At the completion of the pro-gram, the Company will have 19 minesin Canada - IS in Ontario and four inthe Thompson area of Manitoba.

The No. 2 production shaft at She-bandowan will reach its planned depth of2,395 feet this month, and developmentof underground workings will then pro-ceed. The No. 1 exploration shaft,located about a mile from the productionshaft, has reached its full depth of 1,132feet. This shaft will become a part ofthe mine's ventilation system followingthe completion of underground explora-tion.

The Shebandowan property was ac-quired by International Nickel in 1937.Small scale drilling work went on in thearea from then until it was greatly inten-sified starting in 1965.

August, 1970

1978 Is DeadlineFor Long-RangePollution Control

International Nickel's currentlong-range program for pollutioncontrol is to be completed by1978 under a directive issued July21 by Ontario's energy and re-sources minister George Kerr. Thedeadline was reached after de-tailed conferences between of fi-cials of the provincial departmentof mines and Inco representativeson the ramifications of the multi-million dollar undertaking.

In issuing his directive Mr.Kerr stressed the Company'sstatement made some months agothat the $15 million chimney toreplace the three existing stacksat Copper Cliff smelter by theend of 1971 is considered an in-terim measure only. The ulti-mate objective is removal of allpollutants at their source, onwhich intensive research has beenin progress for a considerabletime.

Three Steps SpecifiedThree steps are specified in the

ministerial order:- By December, 1972, sul-

phur dioxide emissions at theiron ore recovery plant in Waterstownship will, through an en-largement of the sulphuric acidplant, be reduced by 90 per cent.

- Sulphur dioxide emissionsat the Copper Cliff complex willbe reduced by means of a newmetallurgical process. By 1974the reduction will be 15 per cent,by 1976, 30 per cent, and 85 percent by 1978.

- Reduction in sulphur diox-ide emissions from the Conistonsmelter will be 90 per cent bythe end of 1978.

Two Projects Already UnderwayOf the long-term projects in-

volved, two are already underway,each biggest in the world in itsfield. The concrete shell of the1,250-foot chimney will be com-pleted this month, and work willcommence immediately on in-stallation of the steel liner alongwith the new precipitation plantand extensive new flue system.Also well advanced are plans forthe new 2,300-tpd sulphuric acidplant, which will be entirely fi-nanced by Inco at a cost of $20million, with an extra $5 millionfor acid storage facilities; it willbe operated by Canadian Indus-tries Limited in conjunction withits present sulphuric acid com-plex. It is being undertaken.coincidentally with expansion ofthe iron ore recovery plant andthe construction of the new nickelrefinery, to eliminate the iron orerecovery plant as a potentialsource of air pollution, not onlyfrom sulphur dioxide, but alsofrom dust. All dust must be re-moved as a prerequisite to sul-phuric acid production.

The new nickel refinery under

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Enthusiastic "Racqueuers" Enjoying Good Season at Cliff

In this group of"racqueteers", leftto right, are GabrielM a r c u c c i, Do nPhipps, Jan Matou-sek, Ian Ogilvie, RoyKoronovich, Ed rn-feld, Jim Ogilvie,Lawrence Mochizu-ki, and Ifti Hosain.

construction will use the newInco pressure carbonyl process,with by-products going directly toother linked plants, thus elimi-nating pollution emissions.

Entire New Process PossibleA new and special plant will

have to be built at Copper Cliffcomplex in order to meet theorder of reduction to 85 per centby 1978. Possibly an entirely newprocess will have to be developed.

At the Coniston smelter, wherethe ministerial directive calls fora 90 per cent sulphur dioxideemission reduction, the Companyis not yet sure how it will pro-ceed. "We may use the samemetallurgical process, or it maybe done by some other means,but we will meet the order," itwas stated.

Fox and SartorWin Coniston Golf

Clarence Fox with low grossand Gino Sartor with low netwere the big winners when Conis-ton Athletic Association held itsfourth annual golf tournament atthe Countryside Golf and CountryClub on Highway 69 south.

The 18-hole tourney had 47entrants from the membership ofthe athletic association. Tourna-

ment organizer Jack Corrigan hadhelp at the helm from Ed Taille-fer, Clarence Fox, Ray Bidal,Garry Hebert, and Vic Boyd.

Low gross runner-up was Den-nis Laframboise, while Bill Duffywas runner-up in the low net race.A steak dinner was followed by awindup stag at the club housetopping off the outing.

Exciting Future(Continued from Page 2)

customer, literally within hoursof the initial request. Dreaming?Maybe, but it wasn't too manyyears ago that vacuum meltingand continuous casting were alsodreams."

Slurry Coating Inco InventionHe also discussed slurry coat-

ing, an Inco invention still in thedevelopment stage, which permitsprecoating cold-rolled steel stripwith a thin layer of nickel. An-other new Inco powder concept,he explained, was mechanical al-loying which combines precipita-tion and dispersion hardening.

By combining these two har-dening concepts through mechani-cal blending of suitable powders,"Mr. Gagnebin said, 'we at Incoare certain we have found oneway that the best of both alloyworlds can be achieved. Let the

imagination wander for a momentwith this mechanical alloying con-cept: if dispersoids can be addedfor strength, why not othermechanically blended additivesfor color effects? Whole newmarkets may thus be created.

"No one company, workingalone, can assure the future ofpowder metallurgy. But 200 com-panies exchanging ideas andworking together, both in labora-tories and pilot plants, can createa giant new industry: an industrythat is dynamic, exciting, respon-sive to new demands, and at thesame time profitable.

"If we respond to changingdesign and application conceptsby offering new imaginative prod-ucts and processes, the future willbe bright, and perhaps somedaythe Seventies will be known asthe Decade of Powder Metal-lurgy," Mr. Gagnebin concluded.

A Plugged Nickel?Although an ordinary 'nickel"

is worth only five cents, there arefive nickel" coins valued at$50,000 apiece. This came aboutbecause five unauthorized Lib-erty Head "nickels" were mintedin 1913, the year the Buffalo de-sign took over. The "nickel" isactually 25 per cent nickel and 7Sper cent copper.

In their well protected haven behind the Community Hall the four excellent tennis courts at Copper Cliff have seenlots of action this summer from an enthusiastic membership. Club president is Neil Ogilvie of electrical-mechanicalengineering, and secretary is Don Phipps of geological research. Copper Cliff Athletic AssOck,tion continues itssponsorship of the activity.

THIS IS A TYPICALLY CLEAN, brilliantly lit electric diamond drillingstation underground at an Inco mine. Overhead protection is providedby heavy wire mesh. Cuttings and water pumped up from the drillhole flow to a sump, from which the sludge is loaded into mine carsand 1+ie water is returned to the mine water purification system. Dia-mond driller Ernie Myre is operating the wireline hoist, which has acapacity of 5,000 feet, to retract the overshot and core tube assembly,seen emerging from the top rod in the drill head. The circular chuckseen lower down rotates the entire drill string. At upper left is theheavy duty hoist for pulling rods. The staging above is necessaryfor handling the 30-foot lengths of rod.

WITH THE THINNERnickel steel rods usedin the wire line system,a 30-foot length weighs96 lbs. compared to150 lbs. with the oldmethod, to the relief ofthe drill crew. Theshinier chromed joint ofthe new-type rods canbe clearly seen towardthe top of the picture.

New Wire Line SystemDiamond Drilling Boon

A major development that takes the drudgery out ofdiamond drilling, and opens the way to more efficient tech-niques, is the underground wire line system being introducedat International Nickel mines in the Sudbury district.

Wire line diamond drilling is now in use in explorationwork at the Levack, Murray. and Copper Cliff North mines,and will gradually replace conventional diamond drilling inoutlining the orebodies in all Inco's underground operations.

Under the old method, every time a core barrel in a drillhole was filled, the entire string of 30-foot drill rods had tobe hoisted to the drilling station and disconnected length bylength until the core barrel finally came up and its inner tubecould be emptied. Then the operation had to be reversed, eachlength of rod reconnected until the complete string was returnedto the hole and drilling could be resumed.

Most of Time Just Handling RodsBy the time a hole reached 2,000 feet, for example, the

diamond driller and his helper were using about two and a halfhours handling rods for every hour and a half of actual drillingto obtain 15 feet of core. And those rods weighed 5 lbs.per foot.

Now, with the wire line system, it's a brand new ballgame. Instead of raising and lowering a drill string maybe15 times in a week on the basis of a hole in the 2,00-footrange, the drill crew pulls rods only two or three times, andthen usually just to check the condition of the drill bit andreaming shell.

This new approach uses an assembly inserted in the toptwo feet of the core barrel inner tube, consisting of two rubbershut-off valves and two self-locking spring latches, cappedby a spearhead or pick-up point. The bit, shell, core barreland rods are then lowered into the hole in the conventionalmanner, the water turned on, and drilling commenced. Whenthe core barrel is full the shut-off valves expand and stop theflow of water through the hole, which is immediately signalledto the driller by a jump in his water pressure guage.

He unscrews the rod at the top of the hole to disconnectthe water connection, leaving the top of the drill string open.The hoist is then turned on and an overshot, which is a liftingdevice attached to a short weighted rod, is lowered rapidlydown through the entire drill string on a ½-inch stainlesssteel wire.

Now Only the Core Tube Is PulledWhen the overshot hits the spearhead of the core tube

assembly its two lifting dogs lock firmly in place. Then as

INCO SPECIFICATIONSfor diamond drill bitscall for a body of mildsteel with diamonds setin the crown and ream-ing shell in a powdermetal matrix of specialalloy for toughness andhardness. The channelsseen in the bit allow thedrill cuttings and pfes-surized circulatingwater to pass on theoutside of the string ofrods up through the ;shole to the drill station.

soon as the hoist starts pulling on the wire, thespring-loaded latches in the core tube assemblyretract, and only the tube containing the drill coreis brought up to the station, at the rate of about400 feet per minute.

The driller sets the core tube aside to beemptied later, and drops another inner tube witha spearhead assembly down the drill string, aftermaking certain the rods are full of water. He startsthe water pump immediately to assist the down-ward travel of the inner tube into the core barrelat the bottom of the hole, where its assemblypromptly latches it in position and drilling isresumed. The exchange of tubes takes about 20minutes in a 2.000-foot hole, compared to twoand a half hours by the old method.

Sudburv Rock Was Far Too HardWire line diamond drilling was introduced by

the E. J. Longyear Company some years ago inNew Mexico, but investigations by InternationalNickel found it unsuitable for the Sudbury district.The thinner drill rods necessary to allow passagecf the core tube assembly just wouldn't stand thegaff of deep drilling in the very hard rocks of the

HERE'S THE STAINLESSSTEEL WIRE that turnsthe trick, permanentlyattached to the over-shot which is about tobe dropped down thedrill string to bring upa tube of core.

ickel Basin. The solution came when Longyeardeveloped a much stronger nickel alloy rod with a9-inch chromed section at the end, and also a newtype of self-sealing thread with a one-degree taper,that greatly strengthened the joints in the drillstring.

Though the wire line system has sharply in-creased diamond drilling efficiency, the old bug-bear of hole deviation is still a problem. Nobodyseems to know exactly why, but a drill hole ofteninsists on wandering off from the direction inwhich it is aimed, and consequently must be regu-larly checked by various tests, including thelowering of a special internal survey instrumentafter about every 500 feet of progress. Deviationsare corrected by a time-consuming method ofweLlging to steer the bit back on line.

Will Enlarge Research OpportunitiesWith the increased efficiency of the new

system, Inco's diamond drilling department willhave more latitude in which to continue its re-search into ;uch factors as size and design of bits,drill speed in various types of ground, etc., toreduco deviation to a minimum.

WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, drill helper Bob Legaulthas depressed the lifting dogs of the overshot to dis-engage the spearhead of the core tube assembly.The dark rings in the assembly are the rubber shut-off valves which expand under pressure when thecore tube is filled.

ERNIE MYRE is emptying the ^-inch drill core from a15-foot tube into a core box which, identified as tothe location and depth of the hole, will be sent tosurface for examination by exploration geologists.

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Relirel on JlncoWITH 20 OR MORE YEARS OF

,PenóionSERVICE

"GUS" WALFORDWell known in the Sudbury

area through his activities as oft-time trials chairman of the Sud-bury and District Kennel Club,Angus Walford - better knownas Gus - has retired on disability

pension from the copper refinery,where he was tankhouse aisle fore-man for the last five of his 36Inco years.

Born in the town of Walford,which is located some 60 mileswest of Sudbury on Highway 17and bears the name of his pioneerforebears, Gus started with theCompany in the copper refineryresearch department in 1934. Hewas promoted to tankhouse shiftboss in 1944.

His marriage to Edna Dillaneof Little Current took place in1935. They have a family offour, with three grandchildren.

Now living in Beachville, On-tario, Gus and Mrs. Walford -who shared her husband's en-thusiasm by serving as Sudburyand District Kennel Club secre-tary for the five years prior totheir move south - are active inthe Oxford Kennel Club. Their14-year-old poodle, Sudburyobedience champion "GuardsmanNicholas", is now represented byhis 8-year-old "daughter", "Guard'sAutumn Haze".

STEVE TRACZA trip to. his home town in the

West Ukraine to visit relatives andfriends he hadn't seen since heleft there for Canada in 1929,

was the retirementgift that servicepensioner SteveTracz gave to him-self at the end of a

-.-.è 27 year Inco career.- After joining the

t Company at thecopper refinery in

.. 1935, Steve turnedSteve Tracz in his badge in fa-

vor of farming in 1942. Hereturned in 1943 as a steelsharpener at Frood mine, and wasa plumber there during the twoyears prior to his retirement.

His marriage to Mary Martintook place in 1941, and they hada family of three. Mrs. Traczdied in 1964.

A capable cook and a good

gardener, Steve will continue toreside in Sudbury where he andhis friends, many of whom arepensioners like himself, can sit inthe sun and swap memories ofthe good old days".

GARNET FLANNERYFirst joining Inco at Copper

Cliff 'way back in 1929, Garnet"Red" Flannery started punchingon the converters for skimmersFrank Matte and Lloyd Sleaverwhen he returned in 1933, andwas himself a skimmer for 35years until his retirement on spe-cial early service pension.

Red was born in Venosta inQuebec's Gatineau Valley andworked in that area driving a

Mr. and Mrs. flannery

team of horses on a GatineauRiver dam-building project. Mar-ried at Sturgeon Falls to theformer Alice Laframboise, now aschoolteacher in Chelmsford, heis the father of two sons and adaughter, with one grandchild

Red spends a lot of time keep-ing in shape at one of the Sudburyhealth spas, and listening to hiscollection of western and folkmusic. When around the house,he enjoys donning the chef'sapron (Mrs. Flannery admits hisIrish stew is unbeatable) or tack-ling projects in his home work-shop.

DELPHIS GIROIJXA Frood miner throughout his

more than 40 years with Inco,Delphis Giroux has retired onspecial early service pension.Starting as a trammer in 1929,he worked as a drill fitter since1952.

Born in Turin, Michigan, Del-phis came to Cobalt with hisparents in 1917, and was em-

Mr. and Mrs. Gmux

p'oyed in the silver mines thereand in the Kirkland Lake goldmines before joining the Com-pany.

He and his wife (Edna Fauvellebefore they were married in Co-baIt in 1929) have three daugh-ters and one son, Raymond, adriller following in his dad's foot-steps at Frood.

Mrs. Giroux, who lost her sightIS years ago as a result of glau-coma, manages to do all her ownhousework, types, and is master-ing Braille.

A Chelmsford resident, Delphiswill be dividing his summer ac-tivities between gardening andfishing.

JOE VECCIAFano, on the sunny Adriatic

coast of Italy was home to JoeVeccia before he came to Canadain 1949. Settling in Copper Cliffthe following year, he was em-ployed by the Company on the

nickel reverbs,where, for the last14 years he was amatte man untilsidelined by re-curring stomach

- trouble.In 1933, he mar-

ried CamilloniEleonora, who died

Joe vecci in 1966. Fourdaughters and four grandchildrengive him many happy hours as afather and a grandfather. Joeenjoys gardening and housekeep-ing at his home in Lockerby, andwill match his spaghetti with any-one around. He is planning atrip back to Italy to visit his threebrothers and sisters.

BILL CHICQUENBill Chicquen left his Chalk

River home at 14 to work in lum-ber camps and on farms in theOttawa Valley. He joined theCompany in 1936 and worked hisfirst eight Inco years in the con-verter building at the Coniston

Mr. and Mrs. Chicquen

smelter. Transferring in 1944 tothe Copper Cliff smelter, he wasa tapper helper on the nickel re-verbs for the last 25 years.

Annie Boulay became his brideat Rolphton in 1932, and theChicquens have one daughter andfive grandchildren. On disabilitypension because of a heart ail-ment, Bill enjoys reading mysterynovels and entertaining his visit-ing grandchildren. He and hiswife reside in Subury.

August, 1970

LAWRENCE UBDEGROVE"I still miss getting up in the

morning and going to the mine",said L.awrence "Tiger" Ubdegrove,retired on disability pension after23 years with the Company. Bornin Elgin, Ontario, near Smiths

Mr. and Mrs. Ubiegove

Falls, Tiger started with Inco in1947, and worked all his Incoyears at Frood Mine. He was apillar leader for 12 years.

His marriage to MargueriteCaine at Gananoque in 1947 tookplace shortly after the two hadmet at an old-time barn dance inJones Falls. Their family of sixboys and a girl range in age from3 to 19.

Tiger loves gardening at hisMinnow Lake home and plans totake on part-time horticulturalwork. True to his old habits, hestill often gets up at 5:30, and hashis 50 x 50-foot garden hoed by7:30. He also likes to go fishingfor speckled trout in the RiverValley and Cartier areas.

GILBERT RHEAULTGilbert Rheault, who was born

in Long Lake, grew up with apenchant for travel and at age18 he went to work for a diamond

, drilling company.This job eventuallytook him to suchdistant places asFlin Flon, ThetfordMines, England and

., Scotland, the Shet-land Islands andGibraltar.

His marriage to3. Rheauft Lilo Leclair took

place in Sudbury in 1930. In1947 he settled down to work forInco at Garson, where he was astope leader for the last 22 years.He retired on disability pensionas a result of injuries he sustainedwhen attacked by two unidentifiedassailants on a street in Hanmersome months ago

Calling work his "sport", Gil-bert has exchanged his home inHanmer for a small farm at Noel-ville, where he keeps busy raisingchickens and ponies.

WILLARD HEACOCKWillard Heacock, who has re-

tired on disability pension movedas a child with his family fromDetroit to Chatham, Ontario in1922.

After working for four years asa logging truck driver at Westree,west of Capreol, he joined theCompany at Levack in 1937where he became rockhouse boss.

Willard sustained injuries to hisnervous system as a result of acar accident in 1968. Althoughnow limited in his activities, he

August, 1970 INCO TRIANGLE

P. 1. OGILVIEValuable service extending over two

decades on Ontario Mining Associationadvisory committees studying proceduresfor the control of rock bursts, and alsoas an adviser to the Canadian StandardsAssociation Committee on wire ropeconstruction, were part of Pat Ogilvie'scontribution to the mining industry dur-ing his 34 years with International Nickel.

Born in Jamaica, he graduated fromthe University of Alberta at Edmonton Øh! %lin 1931 with a B.Sc. degree in mininggeology, and after working on geologicalsurveys in Alberta and the North WestTerritories he joined International Nickel

Mr. ad Mrs. OgUvein 1936, starting as a mucker at Froodmine. He was transferred to the ficers at Toronto, attended a din-mine geological office a few ner in honor of Mr. and Mrs.months later, and in 1943 be- Ogilvie at the home of Mr. andcame rockburst engineer in the Mrs. Ron Taylor, Oakville. Patmines department at Copper Cliff. was presented with a gift of lug-He was appointed assistant to the gage by vice-president H. F. Zur-chief geologist in 1957, and in grigg, and also with a sculpted1963 was transferred to the ore sample emblematic of hisToronto offices of the Company's prowess as a curler, presented byexploration department where, in Gordon Merriam on behalf of theJune 1969, he was named man- Foot & Hangingwall Society ofager of administrative services. Sudbury district.

His marriage to Gena OlsonFor many years a dedicated

took place at Edmonton in 1935, "ham' radio operator, Pat intendsand they have two children. Theywill continue to reside in Port to resume this absorbing hobby, asCredit. A large gathering of ex- well as continuing his favoriteploration department members sports of hunting, fishing, andand their wives, and executive of- curling.

manages the upkeep of his WindyLake home, and also the two

Mr. and M. He&ock

summer cottages he has for renton the lake.

Two sons and three grand-children are the happy family thathave resulted from his marriageat Cartier in 1940 to Irene Char-rette, a Britt girl. Definite plansfor the future for Willard includemoving to western Canada, whereone son, Dennis, resides in Ed-monton.

GORDON McDOUGALLSeriously injured in a car acci-

dent in 1968, Gordon McDougallhas finally had to go on disabilitypension. Born at Paynton, Sas-katchewan, he first came to Incoin 1939, went back west to work

the family farmand then returnedto Inco in 1948 atGarson, where hewas a stope leaderfor the last 20

- years.

I Married in Sud-bury in 1942 toVivian Prescott,

C. McOoigaII Gordon is thefather of six boys and two girls.One of his sons, Al, works as ajunior sampler in the Copper Cliffsmelter.

As a former Nickel Belt ball-

player who pitched for both theFrood Tigers and the CreightonIndians, Gordon now gets hisbaseball kicks following Exposon television. He likes to takean occasional turn as chief cookin the family home in Sudbury.

JOHN MORASSUTTI"It's really a pleasure to reach

pension and take it easy now, butI sure miss the old gang in thecarpenter shop." This was theway Creighton's John Morassut-ti summed up his mixed feelingsafter 36 continuous years' servicewith the Company.

Born in Udine, Italy, he cameto Canada in 1926, and started

Mr. a,sd Mrs. Morasuiti

the same year with Inco atCreighton underground. He brokehis service in 1932, but becamean Incoite again in 1934, againat Creighton.

Gemma Fabris became John'swife in 1933 in her home townof Valvasane, Italy. They havetwo sons and four grandchildren.

Having worked his last 16years with the Company as a 2ndclass carpenter. John is ready andable to put some finishing toucheson his Long Lake cottage and"keeping the tools 'unrusted'," ashe put it, by helping his two sonswith their home-renovation pro-

jects. The senior Morassuttis re-side in Sudbury.

FRANK GODONNot all the young men went

west. A lot of ood ones camecast, like Frank Godon.

He was born and grew up atPilot Mound, Manitoba, and after

Mr. ard Mrs. Godon

10 years as a CNR section manjoined Inco at Creighton No. 3shaft. He transferred to Froodin 1938 and remained therethroughout his working career,winding up as a tippleman.

Helen Bartlett of Carmen,Manitoba, became Frank's brideat Sudbury in 1940. Of their 10children, two are married to Incoemployees, Margaret to RussFolber of the separation buildingin Copper Cliff, and Lorna toMoran Corkum of 800 level,Frood.

Frank plans to take it easyaround his Nepahwin Avenuehome in Sudbury, although withthree children yet to completeschool, he and Mrs. Godon willstill be busy as parents. Ourpicture of Frank and his wife wastaken on his 65th birthday.

ARCIIIE SAVILLE"Calculating pensions for others

is a bit different from having oneworked out for yourself-youget a real personal appreciationof what a fine thing the Com-

Mr. arid Mrs. Savilla

pany's retirement system is," saidArchie Saville, who was super-visor of the retirement section inthe Port Colborne accounting de-partment.

Born in London, England, hesailed for Canada in June, 1925,and the following month becameemployed at the nickel refinery inPort Colborne. He worked atvarious jobs in the plant beforebeing transferred to the account-ing department in 1929, where hewas shipper at the time of the lay-off in January, 1932.

He was re-hired in October,1935, and was re-transferred tothe main office accounting sec-tion in 1942. He enlisted withthe RCAF in 1942 and returnedto the accounting group upon dis-charge in 1946, where he re-

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mained to his full service retire-ment.

Evelyn Horton and Archie werewed in Port Colborne in 1941.They have two daughters and onegrandson.

Athletics have always been alarge part of Archie's life. Heexcelled in tennis (Canadiansenior national doubles championin 1954; Welland County cham-pion and local champion for sev-eral years), badminton (NiagaraDistrict and local champion) andbowling (on many winnmg teamsover the years). "I started to playgolf four years ago and find it areal challeng'," he said. His wifeEvelyn has shared his love ofsports and has also been a highlyproficient performer.

Archie is a strong supporter ofyouth work and for years has in-structed groups of youngsters onthe finer points of tennis and bad-minton. He will be deeply in-volved in the local minor hockeyprogram this winter. He and hiswife are planning a trip to Eng-land and Scotland to visit relatives."I've always been pretty active,but now I'm supposed to be re-tired I seem to be busier thanever," he said with a happy grin.

RICHARD JENSENAfter coming to Canada from

Norway in 1927, Richard Jensenfirst worked in an Algonquin Parklumber camp. In 1928, he wentnorth as an employee on powerhouse construction, and remeni-

Mr. and Mrs. JeMati

bers seeing horses and buggiesstuck to the axles in spring mudin Kapuskasing's "traffic" circle.

After a return trip to Norway,he worked for three years withOntario Hydro and during thistime was employed on installa-tions bringing the first provincialhydro power to Copper Cliff in1929 to supplement the supplyfrom the Company's Huroniansystem.

He finally became an Incoitein 1936, working for BarnyHamilton on electrical installa-tions at No. I changehouse atCopper Cliff. He spent the last15 years of his service as a 1stclass maintenance electrician inthe winding shop at Copper Cliff.

He was married in Sudbury toAlveretta Evoy. a former Hamil-ton girl. Betty, one of their twochildren, is the wife of HarryStephenson of the Copper Cliffmachine shop.

Richard and his wife particu-larly enjoy pickerel fishing on theManitoulin, and growing flowersat their home in Sudbury.

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There'sThese Denizens of the

Nothing Fishy AboutDeep• •••••

Not all the denizens of Sudbury's watery depths are fish. In-deed, 72 of them are altogetherhuman, and some even female,but when equipped with theirunderwater breathing apparatus,the members of the DolphinAquatic Club are quite at homein the environment normally re-served for the scaley species.

Originally formed by personnelof the RCAF radar station at Fal-conbridge, the Dolphin club haslong since "gone public," but for-tunately is still allowed use of

John Luptak andBill Chandler in-sped a 50-poundanchor retrievedduring a cleanupprogram thisspring in RamseyLake, an annualpublic serviceperformed by theDolphins.

Using a chart of the lake bottom dive master Joe Duval (centre) briefsfour of his fellow members of the Dolphin Aquatic Club on potentialhazards in a selected dive zone. Left to right around Joe are Stobieminer Hubert Legault, Stobie electrician John Luptak, and two plannedmaintenance men at Copper Cliff, Bill Chandler and Evan Russell.

and underwater approaches clean-er and safer for the public'ssummer enjoyment. Also inconjunction with the Sudburyrecreation authorities, the clubconducts a free skin-diving in-structional course every summerat Lake Ramsey. Members at-tend potentially dangerous watersports regattas, and some arealways on standby with civic au-thorities for any water-basedemergencies.

Explore Ship WrecksWhen diving for summer sport,

much of the club's activity takesplace in the waters on and aroundManitoulin Island. In the depthsadjoining its thousands of milesof shoreline, the island has manyship wrecks that are a joy to ex-plore. Members recently dis-covered a 2,000-pound anchor in100 feet of water near LittleCurrent, and plans are under wayto retrieve it.

President of the club for theupcoming year is Pieter Bregman.an operator in the FBR extensioncontrol room at Copper Cliff.

His mates on the executive arevice-presidents Bill Chandler andRichard Hammond, secretarySandra Waltenburry and treasurerLois Carson. The club is affiliatedwith the Ontario UnderwaterCouncil and the North AmericanUnderwater Institute, member-ship in each of which demands ahigh level of competence andsafety standards enforcement.

Trial Dive for NovicesAlthough a completely equip-

ped scuba diver spends upwardsof $400 on his equipment, theDolphins' policy in training anovice diver makes no such out-lay for equipment necessary. Theclub supplies the gear during thepreliminary training stages, sothat a novice can find out for anominal sum whether or not hisinterest in scuba diving dissolvesas soon as he gets under water.

The club's next introductoryprogam begins in early October.Interested persons can contactmembers of the executive orwrite the club at P.O. Box 424,Sudbury.

To ensure thatneither staysdown too long,diving "buddies"Hubert Legaultand Evan Russellsynchronise theirwatches prior todescending. Theirdo i, b I e-t a n kbreathing ap-paratus and gearweighs about 80pounds.

the airbase pool. In fact most ofthe clubs winter activities arecentred there where experiencedmembers teach novice divers theall-important underwater safetyprocedures.

Perform Public ServiceTrue to their club motto of

"Service and Sport in Safety,"every spring the members parti-cipate in a clean-up campaign atRamsey Lake. Working with theSudbury Parks and RecreationCommittee, the Dolphin diversmake Ramsey's public beaches

August, 1970

Bill Chandler mans the boat, while Evan Russell and Hubert Legaultdo a backroll into the water, conforming with recommended safetyprocedures which also specify a maximum diving depth of 130 feet.