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Chronicler of Sudbury's Origins*wiiUikGij .

Published for all employees of The Inter-national Nickel Company of Canada, Limited.

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Inco's UnremittingResearch to MootJet Age's Demands

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so that the usefulness of nickel can berealized to the fullest extent." ______

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In a letter to the shareholders of the•. ________Company, Dr. John F. Thompson, chair- -,

man, has described the part Inco is playingin the Jet Age. In it he pledges unremitting -

'._______efforts to meet the demands for new and ___________ --better materials to work under increasingly . .- ,.severe conditions of temperature and stress", .saying, The Company will continue to di-...S..1. ..,.,,-l - -t .. ..y -

The Jet Age brought with it a need orsuper' materials with hitherto unknown Writing, both short storle and poetry, had always been a hobby with Charliecombinations of strength, ductility and re- Dorian, and when he retired on pension in 1946 after some 28 years of Inco servicesistance to heat, and in some cases resistance he had time to give fuR play to this talent. From the files of the Sudbury Journal andto special types of corrosion. Alloys conthin- other weekly newspapers of the early days, as well as from those of the Sudbury Staring nickel have met these stringent reuire- J a various other sourees which have volunteered help, he gathered a tremendousments. Virtually all of the special alloys amount of hlstoric&l data which he built Into a chronology of the city and district. Itdeveloped for airplane gas turbines or jet has been published In the Star's last two annual 'Reviews of Progress". Charlie hasengines in the past 15 years contain nickel, also been writing a daily column, "Old Timer Tales" in the Star under the pen nameThe nickel content of these alloys ranges of Pundit Joe.from less than 10 per cent in stainless steels _____________________________________________to more than 70 per cent in certain complex foundry at Inco's Bayonne Works in Newalloys produced in International Nickel Jersey is primarily devoted to the productionplants. of vita' parts required in jet engines.

Jet engines, and gas turbines used in An expanding market for nickel is fore-propeller-driven aircraft, need two or three seen not only in the jet aircraft industry buttimes as much nickel per engine as is or-dinarily found in the largest piston engine in industry generally as a result of the an-for aircraft. While a portion of this n&ckel I ticipated adoption of the gas turbine foris contained in high nickel alloys which the many industria' purposes. The jet aircraftCompany's roiling miUs produce, a large part industry and other fields may be expected to

continue to create a demand for new andof the requirements for nickel is in heat- better materials to work under increasinglyresisting steels and high strength alloys per- severe conditions of temperature and stress.fected in the laboratories and mills of manyconsumers of Inco nickel. The Company will continue to direct its re-

Research has resulted in the development search and development efforts, as they affectof dependable nickel alloys which contribute the applications of nickel in gas turbines andmaterially to the reliability and long life of jet engines, so that the usefulne&s of nickel

can be realized to the fullest extent."today's jet engines, Our laboratory staffs inthe United Kingdom and the United States Principal Inco Nickel Alloys used in jethave for many years conducted studies of engine and aircraft construction include:

Nimonic 75, Nimonic 80, NimoIlic 90, Inconel,high temperature metals and alloys for jet Inconel X", Inconel 'W", Incoloy, Incoloyengines and improvements in production T", Monel, K" Monel.technique. Present high nickel a'loys havetemperature properties which were unattain- Among applications for these alloys are:

afterburners, bellows, bolts, combustion liners,able in any metallic material as recently as15 years ago. Each year we have been able connecting tubes, exhaust fairings, filters,to offer something a little better to designers flame tubes, fuel lines, heaters, high tempera-and engineers. Besides our activities, other ture springs, ignition system parts, instru-metal producers, engine builders and govern- ment components, insulating blankets, lockment agencies are continuing the search for wire, rivets, structural parts, transition liners,improved materials to make po&sible better turbine blades, turbine entry ducts, turbine

rotor disks, vaporizer tubes.aircraft performance.'Alloys devised, perfected and marketed by Nickel is also widely used in such applica-

International Nickel include the several tions as electrical equipment and electronicmodifications of the Nimonic series and high gear. It is an important constituent in stain-strength variations of Inconel and Incoloy. less steels and other alloys for engine andThe Company's rolling mills at Birmingham, accessory parts.England, Glasgow, Scotland, and Huntington,West Virginia, which have been engaged in GREAT COMBINATIONthe production of these alloys, have become One married man: "I'm very happy - Ispecially skilled in production techniques have a wonderful home, a good job, and thee&sential to the output of dependable, custom- finest wife in the country"made nickel alloys in rolled forms. The pre- Another man: Who wouldn't be happycision invstment-ca.sting department of the with his wife in the ountry?'

The four Abner types seen above lieverhad it so good as at the annual SadieHawkins dance at Copper CUff HighSchool, when delightful and delectableDaisy Maes honored the traditions of theevent. Doin' the proposin': Beverley Mc-Donell, Carol Stromberg, Nella Nicoli,and Elaine Pikkusaarl (crowned Miss Blueand Gold as winner of the school popu-larity contest). Doin' the listenin' WallyPodedworny, Doug Ogsten, Bill McKinnon,Arne Kotanen.

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IM( ALPMost of the young fry h this month's batch of family ,"

groups seem to be taking life pretty seriously-no doubtpreoccupied with such important matters as letters to Santa ' IClaus and subtle gift hints to Mummy and Daddy. In the - ., if -

layout are: (1) Mr. and Mrs. Don Munn (Mines Department, .

Copper Cliff) with Jean, 2, and Sheila, 4'). (2) Mr. and Mrs. 4Jim MacDonald Frood-Stoble) with Danny, 2. (3) Mr. andMrs. Ron Booker Port Colborne) with Tommy, 2, Linda, 3, -and Larry, 4. (4) Mr. and Mrs. Matt Burdenuk (Murray -. -Mine) with Ronnie, 14, Gordie, 20 mos., and Eugene, 12.(5) Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fay (Copper Refinery) with Robert 2.(6) Mr. and Mrs. Terry Hamilton (Levack Mine) with Mary, 1 - '15 mos. (7) Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Orser (Creighton Mine - .'with John, 10 mos., Florence Mary, 8, Douglas, 12, and Jim, 4. .' J

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How the Caving Area at Jreighton Is Ventilated

This drawing of a longitudinal section through the centralblock of the caving area at Creighton shows two typical slusherdrifts arranged for two-way slushing to a central ore pass, with acentral service raise to provide entrance.

The ventilation system for the block is clearly illustrated, Areturn air raise in the footwall at either end of the block Is con-nected to the tail sheave end of each slusher drift, and these areconnected by a footwall transfer drift to the main return air raise

Although the systems used to ventilate the\Tntj1tjn of Inco's Mines Is different mining operations vary considerablyin detail, they are all basically fresh air pressure systems, in that the approaches to theorebodies and at least part of the miningA Flighly Organized Operation exhaust fans are used in series with theintake fans.

Almost two million cubic feet of air is cient mining operations the flow of air must I At Levack mine, where the resistance ofcirculated through Inco's mines every minute, quickly carry away the dust and blasting I the return circuit Is low, a fresh air fan aloneand within the next few years this volume fumes. Mechanical ventilation Is required to is used. At Garson, an exhaust booster fanwill be increased to 2,400,000 cubic feet per obtain the necessary volume and control, as ton the collar of the main return is operatedminute. Ventilation Is big business at Inco, natural draft pressures alone are for the in series with the intake fan. At the Froodand readers of the Triangle will find much most part inadequate and unreliable. In the section of the Frood-Stobie mine, two ex-to interest them in the following excerpts event of a mine fire or other emergency, haust fans axe used in series wtih the intakefrom an article recently written about it by close control of ventilation Is essential. The fans, one at each of two returns.Jim Rutherford, chief ventilation engineer, expenditure required to provide a proper A true push-pull system of ventilation isCopper Cliff, and Keith Segsworth, ventila- system of mine ventilation can be regarded provided where the resistance of the entiretion engineer at Frood-Stobie Mine. as an investment that pays regular dividends return circuit Is too high to be handled

Mine ventilation has to do with establish- in the forni of increased mining emciency, efficiently by the fresh air fan alone. Themg a positive flow of air through the under- safer working conditions, and higher morale main airways and fans are located so asground openings, in order to provide satis- Or the miners, to maintain a positive pressure on the con-factory atmospheric conditions in all places At Inco, mine ventilation is considered a nections to the operating shaft and thewhere men work or travel, primary Installation. A systeni of ventilation approaches to the orebody. This type of

The trend in metai mining during recent Is planned as part of each new development system Is in operation at Murray mine whereyears towards mechanization and high-ton- and mining layout, and existing systems are both the intake and exhaust fan are on sur-nage production methods has greatly in- expanded when production Is increased or face. A similar system is being establishedcreased ventilation requirements. For em- new mining areas are included, to ventilate the Stobie section of the Frood-

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leading to the surface exhaust fan.Part of the fresh air from surface downcasts through the caved

ore and the boxholes to the slusher drifts, and the balance Issupplied through the service connection. The fresh air flows alongeaeh slusher drift toward the tail sheave end of the branch Inoperation, carrying dust and blasting fumes out through the openexhaust connection at that end. AU the exhaust controls in thenon-operating ends ot the slusher drifts are kept closed.

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Stobie mine. At Creighton the lower miningarea is also ventilated by a type of push-pullsystem. tn this case, both the intake andthe exhaust fan are located undergroundabove the mining zone.

The system used to ventilate the cavingtUning area on the upper levels at Creightons primarily exhaust, with the main returnfan at surface. Ho'ever, a positive pressurei maintained on the approaches to theworkings by a fresh air booster (an.

Problems DifferThe main ventilation problem in the

quare-set mining area at Frood-Stobie andCreighton is to provide sufficient coolingpower to maintain good working conditionsin the stopes. ThLS has been accomplishedby circulating large volumes of air. Averagetope temperatures have been maintained

below 70F., with a relative humidity from90 to 97 per cent. In all other mining opera-tions, especially in the blasthole and cavingareas, the main problem is the quick removalof the dust and blasting fumes.

A simple upcast circulation of air Is pro-vided to ventilate all mining areas wheresquare-set, cut-and-ifil, or shrinkage meth-ods are used. In this system, the mainvolumes of fresh air are supplied to the lowerproducing levels of each mining area, withsmaller splits to the levels above.

The original system for ventilating thesquare-set area at Frood-Stobie mine pro-vided a separate flow of air through eachworking place. The present upcast systemhas many practical advantages over theoriginal system; it provides a much largervolume of air through the stopes, controlof air flow is simplified, and fewer ventilationdoors and brattices are required.

Ventilating Blasthole AreasThe blasthole stoping method has become

of major Importance in the conversion to allunderground production. At present, approxi-mately 50 per cent of the ore produced under-ground is being mined by this method.

A push-pull system is used for the ventila-Ion of all blasthole stoping areas. The mainfresh air splits are made to the slushinghorizons, with a minor volume to each drill-ing level. Return air is exhausted from theslusher drifts through a direct connectionfrom the tail-sheave end of each drift to themain return airway; the air from the drilldrifts downcasts through the stopes and theboxholes, and joins the air supplied directlyto the slusher drifts. Ventilation controlsare provided at both the intake and theexhaust connection to each drift.

Good visibility is essential for efficientslushing, and quick smoke removal avoidslost time after secondary blasting. Promexperience, to provide good working condi-tions in a susher drift the air velocity shouldbe approximately 150 feet per minute. Thevolume of air supplied is based on 10,000cubic feet per minute per operating slusherdrift, plus leakage of 2,000 c.f.m. through theaverage non-operating drift; with propercontrol the flow of air through the operatingdrifts varies from 10,000 to 15,000 cubic feetper minute.

Where the slusher drifts are just abovethe haulage drift for direct slushing intocars, the fresh air is supplied from the haul-age drift up through the drawhole and theladderway to the slusher drift.

Where ore is being slushed to an ore pass,the fresh air is supplied directly past thehoist to the slusher drift,

Ventilating Caving MiningThe low grade orebody at Creighton that

Is being mined by caving has a length alongthe strike of over 2,000 feet and an averagedip of 45; it Is divided into six 350-footmining sections. In each section, there isa central ore pass and service raLse. Theiusher drift. are designed for two-way slush-

Standard Ventilation DoorsThese standard ventilation doors, seen In the main cro8s-cut of Frood-Stobie No. 3

Shaft, form an air lock with the steel fire doors to prevent loss of fresh air to the shaft.On the right Is the sliding wan-door. The hinged tramming door on the left, 6x7 feet,is operated by compressed air, the valve on the air cylinder being controlled througha system of cab1e and levers extending 175 feet on either side of the door for theconvenience of tramming crews. The posUlon of the door is indicated by two sets ofred and green lights on each side of the frame, one set at the frame and one set 75 feetfrom it.

One of nine major surface installations at Inco mines, this 84-Inch-diameterhorizontal fan supplies 180,000 cubIc feet per minute of fresh air th the undergroundworkings at Murray. In the winter the air is heated by steam blast coils located In thefan's dIscharge duct. On the front cover of this Issue is another view of this fan,photographed as Adam Petryshen, Murray ventilation engineer, takes an anemometerreading to test of the fan's operating efficiency.

ing, the two branches running parallel to thefootwall in opposite directions from the orepass.

The system of ventilation for this miningarea is similar to that for bla.sthole stoping,in that a direct exhaust connection Is pro-vided from the tail-sheave end of eachslusher drift. A return air raise is driven Inthe footwall at the extremity of each miningsection; each return serves one branch ofthe slusher drifts in two adjoining sections.

The permanent exhaust system consists ofone main raise from surface to the top ofthe mining zone and two branch raises fromthere to the bottom of the operating area,one at either end of a central mining section.The return air raises serving the other min-ing sections are smaller airways that areconnected to the two central returns by foot-wall transfer drifts. The surface exhaustfan on the collar of the main return is

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Scenes at Remembrance Day Geremonies

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'\Tom oore, president of Sudbury Legion,

salutes after placing a wreath on the ceno-taph on Remembrance Day.

A large congregation of the public, Legionaires, and representatives of various branches of the services took part thimpressive services at the cenotaph in Sudbury on Remembrance Day Many wreaths were laid by citizens and community ieaders

Presentation of new colors to the It. L. Beattle Branch of the Canadian Legionwas made at the annual dinner by Harry Cobbold right foreground at the request ofsIrs. Beattle. Beside him is John Robertson. president of the branch.

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Legion of the Living Salutes Legion of the DeadAt cenotaph services in Sudbury, Levack

tnd Coniston the morning of November 11,the legion of the living" saluted the legionof the dead".

Hundreds of heads were bowed in remem-brance of the fallen in two world wars.

In Sudbury the 36th annual ceremony wasattended by what was believed to be thelargest congregation ever to turn out onRemembrance Day. Wing Commander M.Stroud, officer commanding the Falcon-bridge RCAF unit, took the salute in themarch past of the long parade. At thecenotaph the wreath of the Silver CrossMothers was brought forward by Mrs. C. H.Buck.

At Coniston the salute in the march past

was taken by Major Bill Watt.Deep reverence and respect marked all

three services. There could be no doubtthat these men who fought and died forfreedom are remembered at the going downof the sun, and in the morning'.

Following its custom of many years stand-ing, Copper Cliff Branch of the CanadianLegion held its annual dinner the night ofNovember 11. ThIs year's affair was aparticularly auspicious one, since the branchreceived a new name, a new charter, andnew colors.

Honoring the memory of one of its mem-bers, the late vice-president and generalmanager of Inco, R. L. Beattie, the branchwill in future bear his name. A new charter

was turned over to second vice-president MelReid by Leo Troy of North Bay, regionalvice-president of the Legion's Ontario com-mand. New colors, the gift of Mrs. Beattle,were presented in a very impressive ceremonyin which the color party, led by Specs Tel-ford, was composed of four veteran mem-bers of the branch who fought in the FirstWorld War, Tom Smith, Harry Hart, WesMcNelce Sr. and Walter Van Exan. Thepresentation was made by another old-timer,Harry Cobbold, assisted by the president ofthe branch, John Robertson.

The capacity audience was addressed byClarence Campbell, president of the NationalHockey League, on the war crime trial ofNazi general Kurt Meyer.

This fine marching picture shows part of the parade at Coniston on Remembrance Day, led by Capt. 3. MeGauley and flag-bearers Joe Barnes and Joe Laprairle. The Coniston Band, Legionaires, Scouts and Cubs, Guides and Brownies were in the processionto the service at the cenotaph. Among the many citizens and representatives of local organizations placing wreaths was Mrs. LaFrancefor the Silver Cross Mothers.

In the annual Remembrance Day service at Levack, wreaths were laid at the cenotaph by three Silver Cross Mothers, Mrs. StanVeinot, Mrs. Sam Bolton who now resides in Aurora but returns to Levack each year for this service) and Mrs. Karl Plaskoski. On theright, as Bugler Jim MacCoy sounds the Last Post, flags are dipped in salute by the color party, Harold Gilfis (nearest camera), CarlPrice, and Nelson Allen.

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that are to be left raw, are developed by Intake raises that require ground supportVen i i ion driving a 7 x 11 foot pilot raise and widening are also circular and are divided into two. to the finished size with diamond drill blast- compartments, an airway proper and an(Continued from Page 5) holes. escapeway. These are concretel1ned and

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surface fresh air fan is in progress; this fan'will supply 50 per cent of the fresh air .. ,

through the service connections to the %slusher drifts; the balance will downcast

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An exhaust control is provided in theconnection from each slusher drift to thereturn system.

Main Airways.

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intake is located between the operating shaftand the ore body; thus a positive fresh air

Regulation Steel Fire Doorin eventofanmergency ThftUdrifts are used to carry the fresh air from Ilils steel fire door, standard at Inco mines, Is located on 600 level at Murraythe intake to the working areas. Mine. Its two hinged doors each measure 4x7 feet.

The orebodies involved are extensive andplanning is done on a long term basis. Largeexpenditures are made to establish the per-manent ventilation systems.

the most partraw openings, either elliptical or circular.Airways up to 120 sq. ft. in cross section,

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Ventilation for Blasthole MiningIn both plan and ectlon, these drawings show the arrangement for ventilation

of slasher drifts In the blasthole mining area Stobie section, Frood-Stoble Mine. Inthis case the driftl are located just above the haulage level for direct slushing of oreInto cars. A central return air drift runs through this wide section of the mine whereslashing Is done to haulage drifts on both sides of the orebody. Fresh air from theintake raise Is supplied via the haulage drifts to the operating slasher dr1ft throughthe drawhole and ladderway openings. Return air Is exhausted from the slasher driftsthrough a direct connection from the tail sheave end of each drift to the main returnair raise.

The 124-inch-diameter vertical exhausttan at Creighton. Driven by a 350-hpmotor, It has a capacity of 300,000 cubicfeet per minute.

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An Operating Shaft Boss at His Switchboard

have steel dividers with corrugated iron brat-tices between compartments.

Ventilation System FansThere are 19 fans in operation in the main

ventilation systems at the five mines, in-cludIng 11 main fans and eight booster fans.The total capacity of these fans Is 3,000,000cubic feet per minute and they draw 2900brake horsepower.

All main fans are located on surface, ex-cept the two in the system for the Creightonsquare-set area; four of the booster fans areexhaust units and two of these are on sur-face. All fan installations are fireproof, withconcrete, steel and tile throughout.

Sixteen of the main ventilating fans arehorizontal units. Although this Is a naturalfan arrangement for underground installa-tions, considerable construction work Is re-quired to install a horisontal unit on surface,particularly for an exhaust fan where a stackis required at the fan discharge. Recently,three vertical exhaust fans have been in-stalled, two 124-inch diameter and one 72-inch. In each case the impeller Is mountedon the shaft of a vertical motor and belowthe motor.

All exhaust fans are equipped with stain-less steel rotors to eliminate corrosion fromthe acid condensate. The fan hub stream-lining Is also stainless steel.

The diameter of the fans in service rangesfrom 36 to 124 inches, with the majorityfrom 72 to 98 inches.

There is a total of 87 auxiliary ventilationfans in operation, with 55,000 feet of steelventilation pipe and 2,000 feet of flexibletubing. Of these fans, 31 are driven byelectric motors and 56 are operated by com-pressed air.

A 198-in, diameter vertical fresh air fanis to be installed at surface on the collar ofthe main intake for the Stobie section of theFrood-Stobie mine. This fan Is an adjust-able pitch axial flow unit rated to handlefrom 500,000 c.f.m.

"Air Conditioning"At Murray and Levack the fresh air Is

heated with steam blast coils in the dis-chargeduct of the intake fan.

At Creighton mine the intake air for thelower mining area is drawn from surfacedown through the open pit and the footwallportion of the caved area above the old work-ings into the main intake airway, 450 feetbelow surface. There Is a large accumulationof ice in the upper footwall section of thecaved area. ThIs Is a result of a high naturalcirculation of air through the area in winter;the cold air downcasts through the pit andthe footwall workings below the pit and up-casts to surface through the caved rock atthe hangingwaii ThIs large mass of cavedrock and ice has proved to be a very efficientheat exchanger. It not only overcomes thewide range of air temperature experiencedat the other mines with direct intakes, butalso provides additional cooling power; thefresh air Is delivered to the main intake ata mean yearly temperature of 35F., or 7below the average surface temperature.

Other "air conditioning" installations arebeing given study.

PETE PETRYNAA FURNACEMANFOR 42 YEARS

His sister, who had come out to Canadawith her husband and settled in Sudbury,encouraged Pete Petryna to make the breakfrom the family farm in Austria, way backin 1910.

A few days after he arrived in this countryPete rustled a job with Mond Nickel Com-pany at Victoria Mine, and he worked onthe furnaces there and at Coniston almostcontinuously until hIs retirement December

ML AND MRS. PETE PETRYNA

1. HIs total credited service was 42 yearsand five months, a fine record.

Pete was married in 1912 to Nellie Wolo-schuk. One of their sons, Alec, and twoof their daughters, Mary (Mrs. Stan Kul-chyski) and Anne (Mrs. E. Stanger) live inToronto. A third daughter, Lena (Mrs. S.Tataryn), resides in Sudbury and anotherson, Bill, lives near his parents in Coniston.

Happy, carefree Pete isn't worrying abouthaving time on hIs hands. His big garden,and chores around the house, will keep himas busy as he wants to be-Don't forget,"he says, "I'm supposed to be retired-nomore work."

Only in sea-sickness can you get anywhereby giving up.

The only people to get even with are thosewho have helped you.

Seen at his fancy switchboard in the collarhouse of Creigh ton No. 5 Shaft Is Fred Gotro, one of the operatIng shaft bosseshandling the three shifts at the mine. All contact between underground and surface Is handled by this office. Among the otherfunctions of the operating shaft bose is supervision of schedules for hoisting and lowering men and supplies and also for hoisting ore.

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Foot & Hangingwall Society Lets Its Hair Down

To celebrate its 20th birthday, the Inco Rumney, Gord Coigrove, Ted Evans, andGeological Departments staid and august Jack Holloway. Other attractions were a' JET FLIGHTFoot & Hangingwall Society let down its kissing booth (tsk tsk), a laughing booth, ahair at a rousing costume party at the pumpkin exhibit and a potato exhibit, and aItalian Hall in Copper Cliff. fortune telling booth. All were well pat- High up, a flash of silver, curving grace,

More than 150 attended this Jouification, ronized. You fly with out-swept wings a vibrant thing,which was built around the theme of a President of the Foot & Hangingwall The luminous infinity of SpaceSudbury Fall Fair, 1890. Costumes ranged Society is Paddy Lame, vice-president is

Your world, through which you soar,

from the most authentic period items Ma1la Les Hart, and secretary-treasurer is Frank sclntillatlflgbar had to offer all the way down to out- Truskoski. 'As you burst the clouds, exploding soft lightlandish rag-bag getups of confusing but Chiffon wisps, drawing streams of fluid goldamusing design, i A SPELLING TEST Through the tinted aprous walls, until, right

The etftertainmeut committee of Gordon Speaking of spelling, you are good if you Beyond the clouds, an upward course ouhold.Merriam, Roy Koronovich, John Dowsett, can do this one without a bobble: Beside a

Jack Ross and Louis Fajcz. deserved great cemetery near the seminary sat an em- Up! Zooming to a shining pristine world,credit for the evening's arrangements. They i barrased pedlar and a harassed cobbler, Now soaring on long silent, sunlit plains,were assisted with the decorations and gnawing on a desiccated potato and gazing And higher yet, a flashing spear, is hurledother details by John Quance, Gene Glisky, at the symmetry of a lady's ankle with un- Your craft along the angled shafts of ,un;Frank iskoki, Herb Brownell, and Bill paralleled ecstasy." Until, aloft, escaped Earths winds and rains,Fritz. When a college professor dictated that to You glide where Time and Space merge

A special feature that was greatly enjoyed 208 students, not a one scored. The average I into one.as the melodious quartet singing of Ed was five errors. -Allan R. Ncedham in Asro Nws'

Hank Vuori's busy little Leica snapped these pictures of the Geolog1ca Department's old-time Fall Fair for the Triangle:(1) Members of the committee, who were congratulated on all sides for the fine job they did, Louis Fajcz, John Dowsett, RoyKoronovich, Gordon Merriam, Jaek Ross. (2) Mary and Nick Mandzuk made an elegant pair in all their finery (3) Bert Souch,a gay blade, took kindly to this sort of treatment: on the left is Mickey Meniam, and on the right Bert's wife Frances. (4) A bunchof flowers from an old bouquet: back, Audrey Michener, John Shaw, Jake MacNeil! (a welcome visitor) and, foreground, RayLeeune and Audrey Hudson.

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Faced Guns ofHighwaymenIn Two Holdups

Not even by tile wildest .tretcli of theimagination would the students of CathcartPublic School have voted mildmanneredHarry Stephenson the student most likelyto have a gun fired at him when he grew up.Yet this bizarre expericnce was to be his ontwo different occasions, neither of them fatal.

As paymaster for Mond Nickel Companyback in the .waslibuckling days of theNickel Belt when payrolls were met withcash instead of cheques and the limb of thelaw wasn't quite as long or muscular as itis now, Harry twice faced the guns of ban-dits in daring daylight holdups. The firsttinie the bullets missed him, the sesond timehe was wounded in the hip.

At Coniston about 9.00 o'clock on themorning of July 24, 1922, in company with Dr.C. V. Corless, general manager, and W. A.MacDonell, office manager, Harry was walk-ing along the sidewalk leading from thetown to the smelter. They had picked up$28,500 in cash at the bank, since it was payday at the plant. As they approached a

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clump of willows, with Harry in the lead, First of several inter-club badminton meets planned for the season was thethree masked men stepped out, each holding round-robin at which Inco Club was host to Espanola and Chalk River. Some verya revolver. Gruffly commanded to "hand interesting matches resulted. The enjoyable get-together wound up with a dance atover the money", Harry surrendered a bag the Hotel Frontenac ballrcom. Members of the victorious Inco team are seen above:containing silver and a parcel of banknotes, front row, Joyce Chesser, Jean Simonchini, Nellie Smith, Pat Gallagher, Marion Maslh,Billy MacDonell took advantage of this Nema Nicoli, Colette Potvin, Jean McCrea, Monica Coules; back row, Gerry Myers,diversion to toss his parcel of money into Bob Buchan, Red Dunn, Pete Dichok, Clyde Barrett, Dom Demarco, Bub Jewett (partly

hidden), Ray Cholette (president), John Hartman, Gino Gonella, John Masib. Notshown, Stella Crawford.

cal superintendent, and a clothing sales- remained until 1938, when he moved to theman named Miron. paymaster's department. There his broad

About three quarters of a mile from the knowledge of the Company's operation.s andstation they came on a railroad tie lying his personal acquaintance with so many ofacross the tracks. As they approached it, its employees, were of great value, and hetwo masked men popped up from behind was often called an unofficial "ambassadora pile of ties standing beside the right-of- of goodwill".way. Flourishing guns, they yelled a com When he retired recently on pension, withmand to halt. Frank Eager, never one to credited service of just over 42 years, thebrook interference with constituted authority, esteem in which he is held was reflected bypromptly stepped on the gas, the speeder the gifts he received: a group of his as-pushed the rail block aside, and the party sociates among the old timers gave him asailed through. When the foiled desperadoes beautiful travelling bag; the pay office staffsent a fusilade of shots after the fleeing said farewell with a wallet containing aspeeder, Harry was hit in the right thigh. $100 bill; some of the girls got together andA bone-handled knife in his pocket took presented him with a fancy bottle of coughmuch of the force of the bullet, but he was medicine, a $5 bill, and a cigar. He wasseriously injured. An engine and van came. very proud and pleased with it all.from Cartier to take him to Sudbury, and Harry was married on August 17, 1920, toha had the satisfaction of sidetracking the Elizabeth Martha Walsh, who had comemain line train while his "special" highballed with her family to Copper Cliff as an infantthrough. He was in hospital for two months, of six months, her father Michael being em-The injury still kicks up a little fuss when ployed in the smelter there and then latera change in the weather is on the way. at Coniston. They have six children: Char-

Son of a farmer who later went into the lie of the carpenter shop and Peter of thecontracting business, Harry was born on electrical shop at Copper Cliff; John, a highOctober 2, 1889. Cathcart, his birthplace, school teacher at Fort William, who paintedwas a thriving little farming village near the lovely winter scene hanging above themBrantford with its own wagon works, cheese. in the accompanying picture; Mary, a nursefactory, grist mill, and cider mill and at Atikokan, Ont.; Harry Jr., of the machine

MR. AND M.RS. HARRY STEPHENSON evaporator, but gradually it yielded to cen- shop at Copper Cliff, and Catharine. whothe ditch, at which the bandits got huffy, tralization and its industries passed from, works in a Sudbury real estate office,

the scene as the big towns took over. The Triangle is glad to extend to Mr. andfired a wild shot or two and made off, cover- ' Mrs. Stephenson best wishes for many happying their escape by threatening more gun- After finishing High School in Braritford,fire. They took $3,400 With them, . Harry worked for a couple of years in a years of retirement.

Harry's next harrowing encounter with paper mill at Niagara Falls, N.Y., and then GROWTH RETARDEDgun-toting highwaymen took place three attended business college in Woodstock. A woman stepped of! the penny scales and'ears later. It was a beautiful August day When he signed on with Mond Nickel Com- turned to her husband.when, shortls' after the noon hour, he pany's accounting department on May 15,1 "Well," he said, "what's the verdict? Atransferred at Levack station from the train 1912, he went first to Garson Mine and little overweight?"to a gasoline speeder for the short run up then, in July, to Coniston where the new 'Oh, no," replied the woman, "but accord-the spur track to the mine. He was carrying smelter was under construction. Two years I ing to the height table, printed on the front,$20,000 in cash for the semimonthly pay later he became paymaster. I should be about six inches taller."day. The speeder was driven by Frank After the merger of Mond with Inco inEager, superintendent of Levack Mine; other 1929, Harry was transferred to the real When down in the mouth, rememberpassengers were W. H. Soule, Monds electri- estate department at Copper Cliff, where he I Jonah; he came out all right.

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29 More Join Quarter CenturyClub at the Nickel Refinery

"I congratulate you on your accomplish-ments, thank you for your co-operative spiritand extend to you the best wishes of themanagement of the Company," said RalphD. Parker, asst. vice-president and generalmanager of Canadian operations, in a briefaddress to the annual dinner of the QuarterCentury Club at Port Colborne the eveningof November 23.

Twenty-nine new members from the NickelRefinery who had qualified by completing25 years of Inco service were welcomed tothe club and presented with their buttonsby Mr. Parker. Among them was Mrs. AliceSmiley, the second member on the distaffside at Port Colborne, the first being MissMadeline Mathews. The other new memberswere: Frank Baksi, George Banjavich, SteveBosich, Eddy Beauchamp, Tony Colangelo,Steve Culumovic, Ward Davison, Bob Duke,Simon Eros, Louis Fabian, Martin Farbiak,Frank Favero, Stan Ferguson, George Hrcka,Steve Ivanich, Will Johns, Alex Jonas, JoeLisicky, Jack McAuley, R. C. McQulre, GeorgeM.iscevich, Charles Misiner, Bill Outred, NellRae, Curly" Robins, Wallace" Staszyk,Gamey" Thompson, Steve Voroscink.Of a possible attendance of 190, there were

185 present.A delicious chicken dinner, smoothly served

by the catering staff of the Rathfon Inn,and a variety show by a group of Torontoradio and television stars, rounded out thevery enjoyable program. The performancegiven after only one short lesson by Mrs.Smiley and W. J. Freeman when they werecalled to the stage to assist the Videoettes,a pair of bell ringers, was nothing short ofsensational.

Through the years it has always givenme a great lift to attend these meetings,meet the new members, and visit with theold-timers and the pensioners,' R. D. Parkersaid in commencing his remarks. He ack-nowledged the "grace and beauty" addedto the head table by the presence of theclub's two lady members.

"Tonight's new members represent a veryimportant era in the Company's progress,'he said, and quoted a number of figures toshow the tremendous growth which hastaken place over the past 25 years. In 1929moo in Canada had 3,102 employees, in 1953it had 18,132; in 1929 it mined two milliontons of ore, in 1953 14 million tons; in 1929it sold 160 mIllion pounds of copper andnickel, in 1953 it sold 486 mIllion pounds.In other words," Mr. Parker summed up,during the past quarter century we have

increased our payroll six times, Increased ourrate of mining six times, and increased oursales of metals three time&"

Although the Company produced and sold10 billion 236 million pounds of copper andnickel during this period, it had by diligentexploration actually increased its ore reservesfrom 202 million tons in 1929 to 261 milliontons in 1953.

The total tonnage produced from all theCompany's mines in the quarter century hewas discussing, Mr. Parker said, had been187 million tons, of which 118 million hadcome from the Frood operations alone. Thishuge tonnage, in terms of space, would berepresented by a tunnel 10 feet wide and 10feet high, reaching right through Canadafrom Halifax to Vancouver.

One way of measuring the Company's con-tribution to the Canadian economy in thesame period was by the size of Its tax bill.In 1929 its taxes amounted to $1,980,000, butby 1953 it was paying taxes at the rate of 28million dollars a year.

All these figures, Mr. Parker said, Illu-strated progress which would have been im-possible without improvements in processesand equipment. To maintain Its positionand meet the ever-growing demand for itsmetals and to continue to provide steadyemployment, the Company had to be everalert to the quality of its products and itsability to produce them. Out of its earn-ings must come money for research andimprovements which contribute to such alarge extent to our prosperity," he said.

Reviewing some of the changes which hadtaken place at the Nickel Refinery, Mr. Par-ker said he was happy to pay tribute to the"magnificent job" done by Manager R. C.McQulre and his staff in research and im-provement of operations.

A total of 5,050 years of Inco service wasrepresented at the banquet, the general man-ager had been told. He expressed his pleasureat seeing such a fine tournout of pensioners.They were gratifying evidence of the successof the Company's retirement system, whichin my opinion is unsurpassed in industrytoday." "I am proud to be associated witha company which had the foresight to setup such a plan so long ago In anticipation ofyour needs," Mr. Parker declared.

B. C. Lambert spoke on behalf of thepensioners, expressing appreciation of theenjoyable get-together provided by theannual Quarter Century Club dinner. Hementioned how glad the pensioners are toreceive the Inco Triangle, which keeps themin touch with the Company's activities, andpraised the Inco Retirement System for thecomfort and security it provides.

R. C. McQulre, manager of the NickelRefining Division, said he felt it was anhonor to be joining the ranks of the QuarterCentury Club. After acknowledging thesplendid co-operation and assistance of bothsupervision and men at the plant, he gave achronological review of events at the refineryduring the past quarter century.

The year 1929, he recalled saw construction

started on electrolytic units 5, 6 and 7 andthe completion of sinter machine installa-tions and also anode casting equipment.Shortly afterwards electrolytic units 4 5 andO were placed in operation, only to be victimsof a curtailed production program in 1931.In this year the complete shutdown of theOrford Process in Port Colborne took place,this operation being transferred to CopperCliff.

Following a 10-month shutdown the refinerywas reopened in May 1933, and some twoyears later another extensive program ofexpansion was launched in the constructionof electrolytic units 8, 9 and 10. AU of thesewere In operation by 1937, the year theRecreation Club was opened. During thenext five years two more electrolytic unitswere built and put into operation. Withinthis period the major shift from sulphateelectrolyte to the present sulphate-chlorideprocess was instituted, and completed in 1945.In the same period the new electric slagtreating furnace was placed in operation.Then followed production of the new pro-ducts, nickel oxide sinter and cobalt oxide.In 1949 the hydraulic crimping of startingsheets was developed and the necessaryfacilities were installed.

Building of the new research laboratoriesand an addition to the general office wereprojects launched in 1952 and during thenext year and a half important new installa-tions were made for filtration of nickelelectrolyte and the continuous removal ofiron slimes.

The current year to date to round out thequarter century under review, has witnessedconstruction and putting into production ofthe new process for producing electrolyticcobalt.

"LIQUID" PRECIOUS METALSLiquid" platinum and liquid" palladium

applied as a varnish and reduced to a metalby ceramic firing are used on fine chinaand glassware for obtaining metallic deco-rative effects. These precious metals retaintheir white color and are unaffected by ex-posure to foods, liquors or sauces.

Learning makes a man fit company forhimself.

To raise funds for uniforms and equipment, Garson girls' softball team staged afashion show at the Inco Employees Clnb Above are some of the models who displayeda handsome array of clothes loaned by Sudbury and district merchants: back row,Doreen Crisante, Buddy Kowek, Eddie Laliberte, Eddie Lablne, Shirley Farensena,Violet Jouppi, Diane Mann, Claudette Delaplante, Diane Scagnetti (commentator);front row, June-Ellen Pettersen, Judy Baxter, Linda and Joanne Baxter, Ena Smerdon,

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With CameraAt Big Doings

The Triangle camera was clicking at thebig Quarter Century Club doings held at theRecreation Club In Port Colborne:

1. W. J. Freeman, chairman, welcomes the185 members who turned out to what wascaUed the best party yet". On his left IsRalph D. Parker, general manager, and onhis right Is R. H. Wddington, assistant tothe vice-president.

2. Tom Strong (right) of Copper Cliff butformerly a Nickel Refinery nian, was a guestat the dinner and Is seen being warmlygreeted by three old friends, Bill Duke. EdWhite, and Howard Houser.

3. Bouquets of roses were sent to the wivesof the new members of the Quarter CenturyClub by R. C. McQulre, manager of theNickel Refining Division. Here Mrs. SimonEros arranges her flowers beside a picture ofher husband when he was a young officer inthe Hungaria.n army.

4. Mrs. Bob Duke was delighted with hergift and the thought that went with It.

5. Mrs. Alice Smiley has a radiant smilefor the camera as R. D. Parker congratulatesher on becoming Port Colborne's second ladymember of the Quarter Century Club.

6. Mrs. Neil Rae reads the letter from R. C.McQuire that accompanied the roses he sentto the ladies, and it's plain she likes whatit says:

7, 8, 9, and 10. General Manager Parkerpresents Quarter Century Club membershipbuttons to Bob Duke, Joe Liicky. R. C Mc-Quire, and George Hrcka.

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Baseballers Split the Swag at Annual BanquetA Cinderella ending to a flnancially ruinous

season was the good luck of the Nickel BeltBaseball Association. Too poor even to holdits annual banquet, the league stepped fromrags to riches when the Sudbury Parks Com-mission volunteered to pick up the tab fora roast chicken sprea1 at the Nickel RangeHotel.

So everyone was smiling and well-fed and

EVENTIDE'Tis eventide;Grey shadows gatherIn the golden west,As gentle breezes whisper,Lull the birds to rest.Fairy hands are closingThe petals of each flower.There's a sweetness and a greatnessIn the twilight hour,'Tis eventide,And sweet contentmentComes at close of day.Though years were long and dreary,

happy, and all those rained-out games werepractically forgotten.

With President George Grace In the chair,the program of speeches and presentationsmoved along smoothly and informally, to thegreat satisfaction of the large assembly. Inaddition to the prize-giving shown In theaccompanying pictures was the presentationby Nick Evanshen of his finn's home-run

Brighter grows the way;For a faith, unbroken,Is our strength, our tower.Friends are dearer; God is nearer,In the twilight hour.

-Ethel Mercedes Grant

END TO ENDA curling stone may get pushed around,

but it travels a lot.President Jack Lilley of Copper Cliff Cur-

ling Club got to figuring the other day.Each stone at his rink, by a conservativeestimate, is used for an average of 30 ends

awards, which unfortunately had to be doneby proxy since both Norm Johnson ofSudbury Shamrocks and Tex Conley ofFrood Tigers have gone hence for the winter.

Especially enjoyed were Sam Rothschild'switty reminiscences of baseball in the earlydays, both in Sudbury and up the T. & N. 0.

Arrangements were in charge of DickWaide, the league secretary.

per day, and since there are approximately165 curling days in a season, a stone eeabout 4,950 ends by the time spring rollsaround. A played rock travels an averageof 125 feet per end, Jack estimates, o thatduring the past five years each rock at theCopper Cliff Club has covered 585 niles,

Be a curling stone and ee the wcrld.

THREADBAIEHusband: "What did the maii say was

wrong with the tire?"Wife: 'He said the air \vw beginning to

show through."

George Grace, president of the Nickel Belt Baseball Associa- presented to him by Alien Browne on behalf of the Walmsleytion, who in private life is news editor of the Sudbury Star, presents sisters, Ethel, Gert, and Jo, In the second picture Tony DeMarcothe Mnell Cup to Gerry Wallace, playing coach of Copper Cliff (left) turns over his firm's trophy to the Redmen fo finishing onRedmen, the league champions, Gerry also got a coveted Individual top of the heap In the regular season's schedule; accepting it isaward, the Wiggie Walmsley Trophy for league batting laurels, Herk Flynn, the team captain,

It was natural enough for a cateher to be on the receiving end, the Yolles Runs-Batted-In Award, the natty suit which Jackbut even for that old smoothie Jack Howe it was a big night, (centre) is wearing, Another member of the runner-up Indians,Creighton Indians' masked marvel collected two Individual prizes. pitcher Bill Kasepchuk (on the left in the second picture) receivedFrom Charlie Roffey (left) he got the Most Valuable Player Award, the Frood Hotel Award for the best stHkeout, best base-on-ballsa beautiful engraved gold watch, and from Doug Dolman (right) I record, Sam Rothschild making the presentation,

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Lthe O'Donnell roast yard from 1916 to 1931,

rary most of the work being switching in the yardalthough now and then he'd make a trip toCreighton for ore when the old Algoma East-

, em Railway was snowed in or short ofequipment.

On a Sunday in 1927 he was visiting Bill_. Dopson on Rink St. in Copper Cliff, and one.j of the Company's new electric locomotives

happened to be standing on the tracks behindthe house. Jim Henry was at the controls.

George climbed into the cab and had agood look at the strange new monster. 'AllI can say, Jim, is I hope they never ask meto drive one of these things.'

Jim smiled. Make no mistake, George,"he said, when you're in one of these youresitting like a king."

It wasn't long until George was "in one ofthose" and sitting like a king" and liking it.

When the locomotives were equipped withtwo-way radio, George discovered that thenew gadgets were assembled in Arnprior,which seemed to him to indicate that he'dcome the full circle.

A juvenile hurricane struck the Employees Club at Levack the night the new MR. AND MRS. GEORGE HILDEBRANTchildren's section of the public library was declared open. The librarian, Mrs. JackStephenson, is seen above filling out cards for some of the boys and girls who beemsme During the past six or seven years he wasmembers, cn the Frood job, hauling a train of supplies

over to the mine in the morning, switchingin the yard there during the day, and return-

When the new juvenile section was opened to the Cliff in the evening. He's going toon November 19, 166 children joined LevackPublic Library. miss it, he knows, but has plans for some

Launching of this children's department s house-building that will take up the slacktime.

has been a pet project of the committee Catharine Warrington, who came to Copperever since the library opened a year ago 1J'E\\7 11IN'SION'IiR. Cliff in 1909 with her family from Perth, wasin an upstairs room of the Levack Em- married to George in 1913. Her father, whoployees Club. One of the old originals who drove them WSS later an Inco pensioner, drove the horse-

With almost 400 books on the shelves, the all - the first two-wheeler steam engines drawn dray which serviced the shops beforejuvenile section offers a fine range of read- with their little boilers, then the big snorting there were trucks.ing for youngsters. Their interest, it is Baldwins, and finally the electrics - has A tragic traffic accident in Sudbury in 1942expected, will spark more book-borrowing stepped down from his cab after his final cost Mrs. Hildebrant both her legs, but sheby their parents, who have not yet put the run. George Hildebrant, 44 years and three cheerfully refused to be embittered by thislibrary's facilities to full use. months a member of Inco's Transportation loss and has enjoyed life to the full.

All told, there are now more than 1700 Department, is now on pension. George and Mrs. Hildebrant have had abooks available to the Levack public, and Born at Arnprior, Ont., on December 1, family of five. The husbands of two of their

1889, George attended school only until he. daughters are members of the Electrical Dc-most of them are very recent, having been was 12 years old - the death of his father partment at Copper Cliff: Evelyn is marriedpublished within the past year. Largest then made it necessary for him to get to Andy Kanerva, and Norma to Hubert.ection is of course fiction, with almost 800 a job. He worked in the lumber yards at Mayo. Their third daughter, Geraldine, istitles, but there are some very interesting home and then at Blind River and the See. the wife of Harvey James of Naughton. Theirvolumes among the 500 non fiction choices, In April of 1909, he arrived in Copper Cliff son Allan (Spike) works in the Copper Cliffincluding Biographies, Fine Arts, Useful and started in at the smelter, in the blast machine shop. Another son, Bob, died in 1941.Arts, and Sports and Outdoors, furnace building. The following year he

Library hours are on Tuesdays and Fri- moved over to transportation, and there he• A MYSTERY SOLVEDdays, juveniles only from 6.30 to 7.30 and I remained throughout his long and valuable A city youngster, roaming around theadults only from 7.30 to 9.30. Inco career, popular with the boys and re- country with some pals, found a pile of

I spected for his steady, dependable service, empty condensed milk cans.Members of the Levack library board are: For the first 20 years he alternated between "Hey guys," he called excitedly, "come here

li. W. Lawrence (chairman), J. D. Rowlands driving and firing the locomotives, and says quickl I've found a cow's nest."secretary-treasurer), Mrs. a s. Mallette, he shovelled enough coal to keep Old Nick

J. T. Hamilton, T. Rivard, D. C. Ross, P. warm to the end of the chapter. Then he Character is not made in a crisis-it isYuill, E. W. Gilchrist. became a steady driver. He was stationed at only exhibited.

Children Swamp Levack

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SNAPSHOTSOF LIFE WITH INCO

Among the best-paid people In all Canadaare the cithens of the Nickel Belt, aceordingto official statistics. And of the things theyspend their money on, good food and familypleasure are right up there at the top. Shownabove, Lloyd Gallinger of Gatchell with partof the week's groceries; he works In theconverter building at Copper Cliff. Beiow,Kurt Dorn, a bricklayer at Copper ChIT whoHve in Sudbury, waits for Norm Fowler togas up the family Austin.

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At the Hallowe'en Dance held at the Caruso Club by the Lively Athletic Assoela-tion, this "chain gang" was carefully guarded by pistol-packing Officer Billy Young.The dangerous "lifers" were: front, Dorothy Kovolchuk, Rita Laplante, Cele MacAlpine,Hlldred Carroll, Grace Young, Ruth Mornan; back, Bob Mornan, Jack Carroll, HectoiLaplante Earry Kovolohuk, Bifi MacAlpine.

Gordon French (right), president of Levack Mine Athletic Association, preenththe keys of a gleaming new Meteor to Paul Jusulenas, a switchman on 1600 level, whoheld the winning ticket in the draw at the Assoeiation's dance for its Christma8 Tree Fund.Beaming their approval of the proceedings are Mrs. Jusulenas and daughter Irene, 9.

Guests of honor at a stag arranged reently by the Methanlcal Department ofthe Nickel Refinery at Port Colborne were these four gentlemen of leisure, Bifi Shaney,hugh Ellsworth, Jack Warren, and Davie Cowper. Their credited Inco service totalledjust over 108 years. The life of the pensioner seems to be agreeing with them alL