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_______________ COPPER CLIFF. ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER._1Q48 - NUMBER

Making Movies Underground (STORY ON PAGE 61

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

Don M. Dunbar, EditorEDITORIAL OFFICE COPPER CLIFF, ONT.

VOLUME 8 SEPTEMBER, 1948 NUMBER 6

HOW IS YOURBRAIN-POWER?

There wasn't much fuss about last month'spuzzle. Nobody wrote in screaming that itwas too hard, and nobody wrote in scoffingthat It was too easy. Apparently it was justone of those nice little middle-of-the-roadproblems best suited to the warm weather.

Beer sent wool to Wood, Wood sent pepperto Wool, Wool sent cork to Pepper. Peppersent beer to Cork, and Cork sent wood toBeer. At least that's the way Elsa McDonald,Smelter Efficiency steno, worked it out forus, and who are we to doubt her.

Other people who figured it the same waywere J. H. Lacasse of the Fraser-Brace em-ployment office in Sudbury, Lionel Roy ofthe Copper Refinery, Mrs. R. Viinikka of195 Jean St., Fred Morisset of Frood En-gineering, M. C. Coulter of Garson Efficiency,H. S. Lewis of the New York office (hi, there,mister), M. B. Fielding of Copper Cliff (whogave us a step-by-step description of the wayto reach the answer and made it so clearthat even we could understand it), and JackBaker (one of the university students whoIs now back at his studies but says a friendhas promised to mail him the Triangle eachmonth so he can keep tab on our puzzles).In sending in the correct solution Jim Vet-torel of Frood said he has got the impressionthat only people in the surface plants oroffices appear to have the brains or the timeto do our brain-twisters, and he calls uponall underground men to get busy and provethey aren't so dumb. How about it, men?

One of this column's fans who is usuallyjohnny-on-the-spot with the right answerIs E. H. Capstlck of the Concentrator. Nowhe wants to take a turn at doing the puz-zling instead of being puzzled, and sendsalong what looks to us to be a double-dyeddoozer. Fortunately for our side he includedthe answer. Here Is Capstick's Conundrum,and more power to your pencils, all youmental gymnasts!

A business man in New York visited hisplace of business once a day. He had twooffices-one uptown and the other one down-town. He left his house at any time duringthe day, walked to the underground railwaystation and got on the first train that camealong, regardless of whether it was goinguptown or downtown. At the end of a periodof time he discovered that he was visiting hisdowntown office four times to every once hevisited his uptown office. Why was this?

(Our own private hunch Is that there wasa better-looking secretary in the downtownoffice, but probably this wasn't the real rea-son at all and perhaps we are doing the poorguy a grave injustice by even mentioning it.)

THE GHOST WALKSBoss: "Do you believe in life after death?"Office Boy Yes, sir."Bnss: Then everything Is in order. After

you had gone for the afternoon to bury yourGrandfather, he came in here to see you."

Unique hobby of Constable LloydClever Mi matures ::t:t:rof the Inco plants In Sudbury District. On the lawn adjoining his home is the d1splyphotographed above. In the Immediate foreground Is the Copper Refinery, andapproaching it on the railway track is a locomotive with hot metal transfer carcontaining molten copper produced at the Smelter, which appears In the right back-ground with its three big stacks. In the left background Is Creighton Mine, and frontIt a train of ore cars Is on its way to the Mill and Smelter. On the triangle-shapedsign in the centre Is the slogan, "In Peace, In War, It's Nickel All the Way." Detailof the models Is excellent and Lloyd has., received many admiring comments on hishandiwork.

Things You if aveNever Seen

You have never seen a saw give a man arunning start and then catch up with himand cut his finger off.

You have never seen a hammer pass aman In a sprint and hit him on the headas It went by.

You have never seen a power drill unscrewits anchor bolts, take off after Its operatorand drill him full of holes. -

Accidents don't chase workers. If a boxdrops on a man's toes, If hIs finger Is cutby a saw, if a hammer hits some part of aworker's anatomy, if a fellow gets tangledup in machinery, It Is because of somethingthe man did or failed to do.

This isn't a case of blaming everythingon a worker just In order to make someonethe goat. No indeed, it's a simple fact thathuman beings-not machines, tools, or ma-terials-cause by far the majority of acci-dents.

Make it a personal matter to avoid acci-dents. Take the time to think about thedangers of your job and the safe way ofperforming it. Your future depends on yoursafety attitude-API. Bulletin.

Open Pit Comp1etes194,000 Safe Shifts

A new non-stop safety record for theMines Department was hung up last month;'by Frood-Stobie Open Pit, which completed194,000 consecutive shifts Without a lost-timeaccident.

After winning theIr 100,000 - Safe - Shiftsbuttons, the Open Pit men rolled steadilyalong and seemed to have their first bars intue bag too when a minor injury put an!end to their sensational run. They wereonly 18 days short of completing a full yearwith o u t a lost-time accident. It was amighty tough break to be halted so close tothe goal, but the boys are right back inbusiness again and have rolled up 15,000 safeshifts todate.

Presentation of the 100,000 - Safe - Shiftsbuttons was made In the lunch room bySafety Engineer Clarke Phillips, who wasalmost a lost-time casualty himseLt aftershaking hands with the whole crew,

3. L GORDON ELECTEDJ. R. Gordon, assistant vice-president of

the International Nickel Company of Canada,Ltd., Copper Cliff, has been elected first vice-president of the Ontario Mining Association.

Ralph L. Healy, g e n e r a 1 manager ofWright-Hargreaves Mines, is president, andW. S. Row, manager of Kerr-Addison GoldMines, Is second vice-president.

Get over the idea that only children shouldspend their time In study. Be a student 50long as you still have something to learn,and this will mean all your life.

Initiative and radium are a great dealalike. They are both exceedingly rare, yeta mere drop of either will rock the world.

SECRETSLeo Leclair of Copper Cliff Smelter sends

in this cute snap of his eIght_month_Olddaughter Jacqueline, apparently g e t t i n gquite a kick out of the secret her pup Rintlis confiding to her.

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Corn mendationFrom Judge InGarden Contest

Judging of lawns, gardens, and home sur-roundings In Inco's annual competition hasbeen completed by J. H. Hanlan, superin-tendent of parks at Sault Ste. Marie, andcheques have been mailed from Copper Cliffto the prize-winners.

Mr. Hanlan noticed an Improvement thisyear in the quality of the gardcns in allInco towns, and was especially pleased withthe greatly increased interest in gardeningshown in the town of Levack.

Following were the results of the 1948contest:

COPPER CLIFF-CLASS 11, W. Acheson, 15 Power, $20.00; 2, E. Mc-

Kerrow, 13 Power, $1500; 3, Alex McIntyre,13 Park, $10.00; 4, J. H. Bruce. 1 Cliff, $8.00;5, M. Sharko, 21 Orford, $7.00.

Awards of $5.00 each to W. Chtsholm, 21Nickel; Wm. Zinkie, 6 Oliver; J. B. Stone,9 Cliff; D. Lauzon, 18 Cliff; E. Fosten, 30Power; Bruce Seli, 5 Market; I. P. Klassen,26 Nickel; A, Antionni, 25 Domenico; G.Sanchioni, 2B Craig; James McGuire, 6BPeter; A. Dimmock, iSA Nickel; M. Kostash,28 Nickel; Adam Watson, 3 Union; E. Crouse,13 Norite; A. Nellimarki, '71A Balsam; G.Longerini, 38 Diorite; James Fynn, 84A Bal-sam; K. Harkins, 16 Nickel; Romeo Rose,11B Peter; J. Siwicki, 13 Poland; Hugh Mul-ligan, 13 Nickel; E. Sorvari, 24 FInland; A. J.SImmons, 12 Cliff; M. Bennett, 25 Succo;B. Degan, 13 Craig; Harry Moore, 92 Balsam;J. Dav'idson, 9 UnIon; Louis Martel, 1 Succo.

COPPER CLIFF-CLASS 21, W. W. Chapman, 6 Kent, *20.00; 2, F.

Stedman, 5 Cliff, $15.00; 3, E. Stoddart, 10Jones, $10.00; 4, A. Poulton, 19 Poplar, $8.00;5, Robt. Bell, 12 Oliver, $7.00.

Awards of $5.00 each to Frank Lisiecki,19 Orford; Stanley Martin, 16 Orford; W.Balmforth, 23 Cobalt; H. Kruger, 14 Balsam;

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The PicturesPictures In the accompanying layout

show:1. Nickel Park at Copper Cliff is parti-

cularly beautiful this year, the cool Julyweather having lengthened the season forboth lawns and flowers. Here are a coupleof the flower beds which have attractedmuch admiration. In the foreground an-nual phlox and verbena join in a revel ofcolor. Immediately behind them is a bedof tall red canna bordered by geraniums.In the left background is a solid blue bedof verbena venoss. Bob Grigor, Inco'shead gardener, is seen in the picture atthe right with A. Tisclni.

2. The attractive home of W. W. Chap-man on Kent St. is never without an out-standing garden display, which this yearas usual figured prominently in the Incocontest awards. "It's a lot of work butI love it" Mrs. Chapman says.

3. Mrs. Jack Dingwall of Creighton isanother lady who works tirelessly in hergarden and gets great joy from it. Hereshe sits reading in her beautiful outdoorliving room. The boxed floral design inthe right foreground Is the Finnish flag.

4. In his first s e a s o n with his newgrounds on Nickel St. Win. Chisholm madegreat strides, producing a very attractivedisplay 'nesth the shadow of the big stacks.

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• • Here's a group of New Canadians in the making.New Canadians In 7VIaking irootnC.

these Creighton Mine employees spend much of their spare time attending school in the Lake St. Hall, where they are taught Englishlanguage and citizenship. Classes are held under the auspices of the Frontier College of Toronto, and are taught by Mike Oliver,a University student working at Creighton during the summer months. Frontier College charges the men nothing, is supported byprivate donations. The men in the above group are, left to right, front row, A. Dejneka, J. Simkus, W. Romaniscyn, J. Krol, J.Gasiorowki, W. Dergon; back row, W. Kydaneckiyj, S. Bllyj, 1W. Korobij, E. Juszak. They are enthusiastic and eager to learn aboutCanada, Mike Oliver says.

ROOM FOR ONE MORE!The family had overslept and the lady ofwso n 4.iiarry the house woke with a start to the clanking

of cans down the street. She rememberedthat the garbage had not been put out, andraced down to the front door, struggling intoSports Day Isa robe, with her hair in curlers, and looking

Popular Eventsleepy-eyed.

"Yoo hoo," she called. "Am I too latefor the garbage?"

More than making up with spirit and 'No," shouted the collector. "Jump right

enthusiasm what it lacks in size, the in.

little community of Inco employees atLawson Quarry makes a thorough success 1.Jnited 'VVeifareof any activity It undertakes.

Spark-plug of community doings atthe quarry and in Wilhisville is the Law-son Recreation Club, of which Ron Mc-Neill is president and Roy Spry is secre-tary. During the winter months theRecreation Club stages dances and cardParties and carefully hoards the proceedstoward the cost of its annual Sports Day.

This banner event was held this yearon August 22, and as the pictures on theOpposite page clearly indicate, provideda full afternoon's fun for citizens of allSees and sizes. Free ice cream and popWere dished up for all the kiddies, andthe program of races and novelty events

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I made by the Fund's organizers. Donationswill be exempt from income tax.

Welfare Agencies which have decided toraise their funds through a joint appeal in-stead of separately are: Victorian Order ofNurses, Children's Aid Society, Y.M.C.A., In-stitute for the Blind, D'Youville Orphanage,Lavigne Fresh Air Camp, Juvenile CourtFresh Air Fund, I.O.D.E. Fresh Air Camp,Sea Cadets Fresh Air Camp, Girl GuidesFresh Air Camp, Boy Scouts Fresh Air Camp,and Home of the Good Shepherd. Theseagencies have submitted their budgets for1949, and will share in the United WelfareFund on a proportionate basis. The Salva-tion Army, which has already conducted afinancial campaign this year, will join theFund next year.

k' L4.III. V V 111. Executive officers of the United WelfareF Fund are: E. A. Collins, general chairman:

Down 'T'ag Days D. T. Groom, vice-chairman; G. F.chairman, employees' division; R. M. Bolton.chairman, s p e c i a I names; W. H. Edgai',chairman, general canvass; J. J. Oldscamp,

First annual campaign for a United Wet- chairman, finance; Lionel Burgess, chairman,fare Fund aimed at eliminating repetition publicity; Harold Nelson, secretary.of tag days and at the same time guarantee- _______________ing ample funds for the work of 13 welfareagencies in Sudbury, will be staged between WELL, WHO'S RIGHT?October 1 and 18 with an objective of $90,000. The little moppet upon going to bed always

Plus a baseball game guaranteed a good F A door-to-door canvas Will be conducted. insisted that her bedroom door remain open.time for all. moo emniovees will have the onnortiinitv th "Is it because you want to let the light in?"

contribute to the Fund by quarterly payroll asked her mother.Many go out for Wool, and come home deduction commencing with the last pay in "No," came the amazing response, it's to

thorn themselves. -Cervantes January, through a special arrangement let out the dark."

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Coniston CoupleCelebrate TheirGolden Wedding

Mrs. Blake In the Community Club of Conis-ton. Each was presented with a $50 bill.

A venerable Cofliston couple whose namehas countless times been bannered on thesports pages of the metropolitan d a ili e sthrough the hockey career of a famous son,celebrated their golden wedding anniversaryon August 7.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blake, whose son Toewas long the mainstay of Montreal Cana-diens, were married at Anj, P,Q., on August7, 1898, and in 1900 moved to the Nickel Belt,settling first at Copper Cliff and then atCreighton, where Mr. Blake was employedas a shaft-sinker. In April of 1901 theymoved to Victoria Mine, and 12 years latertransferred with the rest of the communityto Coniston, where they have resided eversince.

Mr. Blake, who retired from Inco serviceon pension in 1942, is 74 years of age. Hiswife, the former Arzilei Philion, Is 71. Theyare both in good health.

Of the 15 children born to them, 11 areliving Tom of Falconbridge, Leonard ofSudbury, Aldege of Conlston, Dennis of Fal-conbridge, Toe of Montreal, Snell of Conis-ton, George of Stratford, Irene (Mrs. ArtRaymond) of Falconbridge, Rose (Mrs. JoeDube) of S u d bury, Stella (Mrs. EiwinRenaud) of Garson, Margaret (Mrs. MikeSmall) of Toronto. The four who died weresons. They have 35 grandchildren.

All members of their family except two WELL, ALMOST!small grandchildren were present at the "Is it a modern farm house?"merry anniversary dinner given for Mr. and "No. Five rooms and a path."

Movie-MakingIs Cover Shot

"Making movies underground" Is the uX1-usual scene on Triangle's front cover thisissue.

On the 2000-ft. level at Garson Mine, In adevelopment heeding, a miner goes throughthe regular routine of loading a round ofdrill holes for blasting while CameramanAllan Grayston crouches at the view-finderof his motion picture camera and DirectorDouglas Rothacker stands close by, checkingthe footage of the "take". Lighting En-gineers Reg and Herb HarrIson man thehuge 5000-watt lamps which illuminate thescene.

When it came time to photograph thelighting of the fuses, somebody forgot to tellGrayston that the holes had been loadedWithout powder, just to stage the picture.While Bert Rivers and hIs drilling partner,Les Bold, leisurely lit fuse after fuse and theheading commenced to fill with smoke, Gray-ston, who cherishes life dearly, suddenlysnapped the control button on his camera,wheeled about as he wiped large beads ofsweat from his eyes, and cried in a loud voice,"Hey, let's get out of here!"

Shoot 30,000 Ft. of Film0th e r sequences at Garson, Creighton,

Levack, Lawson Quarry, Open pit, Concen-trator, and Copper Cliff Hospital were filmedlast month by Mr. Rothacker and his seven-man crew, who then moved on to Port Col-borne. Some 500 scenes, requiring about30,000 feet of lThn, were photographed.

At the Research Laboratory In Copper Cliff

Study Effect of Gases on Ore there constantly studying the behavior ofnickel-copper ore under different types of con-

ditions. The instrument pictured above is part of a wide variety of equipment used for this purpose. It's a small experImenta'rotating tube fnrnaee, designed and built In the Lab and used to study the effect of various gases on finely divided ore. Operatingthe fnrnaee Is one of the Research Lab chem1sts Alex IHy, who Is adjusting the flow of the gas by turning the valve on the rotameter.

MR. & MRS. WM. BLAKE I

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0. Keast, 17 Poplar; J. E. Sauve, 3 Graham;Frank Wolfe, 28 Serpentine; W. Rogers 5Church; L. Switch, 3 Church; C. Lyons, 4Kent; John E. Wilson, 3A Peter N PatrickLowney, 5 Evans; G. H. Fletcher, lB Orford;Wm. Kuhl, 8A Orçord; S. Sarlin, 3A Peter;John Livingstone, 18 Orord; Thos. Glad-stone, 12 Church; W. J. Jessop, 8 Balsam;Gordon Guthrie, 8 Oliver.

CREIGHTON MINE-CLASS 11 B. Oja, 2A George St., $20.00; 2, J. Woz-

110W, 19 McNaughton, $15.00; .3 R. Browne,1? Churchill, $10.00; 4, M. MacDonald, 6 Victoria, $8.00; 5, R. McLeod, 32 Wavell, $600.

Awards of $5.00 each to D. Lavigne, 17 Mc-Naughton; G. Suutarinen, 20 George; E.Staples, 60 George; Paul D. Bugg, 36 Wavell;R, Bobbie, S1A Wavell; Frank Coyle, 44BWavell; L. McLaughlin, 34 Alexander; W.McKee, 19 Churchill; D. Brown, 13 Wavell;E. Smith, 21 Churchill; J. Thomas, 37 Wavell;E. Kaukonen, 10 Victoria; A. Koskela, 62Wavell; Hugh Grant, 10 McNaughton; R.Hawkins, 30 Wa v e 11; R. Seawright, 46Alexander.

CREIGHTON MINE-CLASS 21, L. Tuddenham, 19 Wavell (Corner Mc-

Naughton), $20.00; 2, Jack Dingwall, 33Wavell, $15.00; 3, Chas. Platt, 63 Wavell,$10.00; 4, Chas. Drenflan, 24 Wavell, $8.00;5 W. O'Neill, 22 Lake, $6.00.

Awards of $5.00 each to Carl Clubbe, 43BWavell; A. Lapointe, 35 Alexander (CornerConnaught); J. Nicholls, 24 Lake; BruceKing, 15 McNaughton; G. Luck, 59 WaveIl;W. Alexander, 12 Churchill; C. Briggs, 57Wavell; J. H. Douglas, 17 Wavell; A. Tuuriq,49 Wavell; M. Johnson, 7 George.

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Sudbury Girls Had Thrill of Lifetime

At World Conference of GuidingNot if they live to be 113 and have 12

grandchildren apiece will Eleanor Atkinsonand Joyce Johnston of Sudbury ever have a

Mexico, Greece, Italy, and the Phillipines,Which had been Tenderfoot countries, werealso accepted Into full membership.

The Conference gave a great deal of at-tention to plans for organizing or assistingGuiding among the displaced children ofEurope. The work of the Boy Scouts alongthis line was warmly commended by theConference, and will serve as a pattern forthe Guides.

Lady Baden-Powell, the World ChiefGuide, who presided at the Conference, ap-pealed to both the Sudbury girls as a "verywonderful woman" whose life is devoted toservice to children.

Visited Inco in New YorkIn addition to their three weeks at the

Guide Conference the girls had the thrillof two or three days in New York. Theystayed at the Waldorf-Astoria, danced toLombardo on the Starlight Roof, went upin the Empire State Building, tramped upand down Broadway, and shopped at SaksFifth Avenue. They also called at Inco's

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1, E. Hilton, 14B Sixth Ave., $20.00; 2, greater thrill than the trip from which theyWaldo Clark, 62 Nickel, $15.00; 3, J. Kennedy, returned last month.Fourth Ave., $10.00; 4, Fred Spencer, No. 728, They were am on g the 20 outstanding$8.00; 5, Glen Thrall, 82 School, $6.00. Canadian Girl Guides selected to attend the

Awards of $5.00 each to R. Storey, 76 World Conference of Girl Guides and GirlSchool; John Drohan, 63 Fourth Ave.; E. W. Scouts held at Cooperstown, N.Y., 60 milesGilchrist, No. 818; W. Bushnell, 14A Sixth; west of Albany In the Catskill Mountains.W, Wiwryzn, No. 701; Chas. Heacocks, 6A Eleanor, whose dad works in the ElectricalFifth; E. Lawrence, 75 Third; Dave Johnston, Dept. at Copper Cliff, is captain of the IncoNo. 778; W. Lockhar, 1 Sixth; J. Stephenson, Company of Girl Guides and divisional secre-3 Sixth; J. Austin, No. 796; Arnold Lawton, tary of the movement. Joyce, whose fatherNo. 820; Doug. Wright, 82 Third; Alfred was an Inco employee at the time of hisRyter, 4 SIxth; William Gunn, No. 780; J. death In 1928, is lieutenant of the Inco Com-Hykins, No. 793; E. A. Armstrong, No. 795; pany and also Brown Owl of the 2nd SudburyJ. Innes, No. 819; C. T. Jones, No. 822; Lloyd Brownies.Davis, No. 797; C. Terry, No. 714; Geo. Rul- Canada, the United States, and Brazil eachler, No. 742; R. Bucklin, 80 Third; A. Mihajic, sent 20 of their top-flight Guides to theNo. 741. biennial Conference to work as aides to the

CONISTON official delegates. Twenty-six countries were1, Percy Johnson, 76 Edward, $15.00; 2, represented, with an average of four official

Fred Spencer, 26 Second, $10.00; 3, F. M. delegates each.Aggis, 43 Second, $800; 4, A. Ethier, 39 J Maintained Model Camp

vv'.u oureeu wuere warren aii 01Second, $7.00. Quarters for the Guide-aides were pro- the Accounting Dept. helped them get tickets

Awards of $5.00 each to X. Lalonde, 23 vided In a model Guide camp about a mile for Finnian's Rainbow.Second; W. Paterson, 46 Third; J. Shreeves, from the Conference headquarters. The

As a crowning pleasure their Inco Girl48 Concession, girls lived in tents and cooked their own Guide Company, under Patrol Leaders Susiemeals, and were expected to keep the camp Ruff and Donna Harmon, met them at the

THE BACK COVER PlC in ship-shape at all times for inspection byReg Richardson is the tall, dark, and the delegates. There were three girls in depot on their arrival home, all dolled up

in their uniforms for inspection.good-lookin' miner who app ears in this each tent, one from each of the three hostissue's back cover picture of a typical dia- countries. Eleanor's tent mates were Mariamond drilling setup underground at Garson Clara Machada of Rio and Ann Cotton of DISTRICT TENNIS CHAMPSMine. Laurel, Miss.; Joyce's were Abbie Landucci Vern Tupling of the Inco Club, long-ruling

Speaking of pictures, there was more than of Sao Paulo and Marian McIntosh of Miami tennis champ of the Nickel Belt, turned backa little fuss over that "Sunset at the Camp" Beach. a stiff challenge from Dave Godefroy of Le--cL'ne which appeared on Page 15 of last One of the most thrilling experiences of vack to retain the district singles champion-month's Triangle. Must have been at least the Conference, Eleanor told us, was to ship. He also teamed with Dave Pattilo toa dozen people who wanted to know how realize how international Guiding has be- capture the men's doubles title.Come that verandah leg reached right over come, and to see in action the leaders of Stella Crawford of Memorial Tennis Clubto the other side of the lake. We tried to the movement gathered from all over the was again crowned ladies' singles champg('t away with the explanation that it had world to map its destiny for another two after a spectacular final match against EdnaOfl a seven-league boot, but somehow nobody years. Johnston, and these two teamed to take the\' 'nt for that. So we resorted to the truth, A very colorful and impressive ceremony, ladies' doubles.Which was that the verandah leg was broken she says, was conducted at the opening of ______________off and the end of it merged with the skyline the Conference when India and Pakistan The great man is the man who does afl the evening shadows, were both received into full membership, thing for the first time.

ELEANOR ATKINSON JOYCE JOHNSTON

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Mill Tailings to be Used forFill at Frood-Stobie Mine

In the Frood section of Frood-Stobie Minethese days they're Ironing the kinks out ofa mighty interesting new practice-the intro-duction of mill tailings as fill.

Frood operations have arrived at the nor-mal transition from the stoping period ofsquare-set mining to vertical and level pillarrecovery, To stabilize the rock-filled areasof the mine and solidify them so that theyare not only self-supporting but also willtake the increased weight as the pillars areremoved, they will be impregnated with sandwhich, experience has shown, acts likecement as a binder.

Once the rock-filled areas have all beenpacked (about 1952), sand will replace OpenPit rock as current fill for the mine. In fulloperation the new practice will pour about4,500 tons of sand fill into the mine everyday.

Pictures Tell The StoryA picture story of the transportation of

mill tailings from the Concentrator at Cop-per Cliff to the stopes far underground atFrood-Stobie appears on these pages:

1. This Is a regular vacuum-type filter Inthe Concentrator which removes the waterfrom the tailings prior to shipment to themine. At top left in the picture Is the frontof the classifier which sorts out tailings ofthe proper size for feed to the filter, removingthe very fine slimes which are unsuitable asfill. The Concentrator produces about 20,000tons a day of tailings waste, all of whichhas previously been pumped to disposal areas.

2. At a newly constructed loading plant,to which the filtered tailings or sand travelby conveyor belt, a car receives its 55-tonload of new-type fill for Frood.

3. The scene shifts to the mine. In thelong new concrete sand-fill plant the loaded

car is about to be dumped into the bins.Atop it Is a car-shaking mechanism whichvibrates the car until it is completely emptied.

4. Through the grids the sand drops intothe big storage bins, from which It is washedby jets of water at 100 lbs. pressure into anagitator tank. At a consistency of about60% solid the sand is kept thoroughly mixedin the tank by the agitating mechanism seenin this fourth picture.

5. Picked up by powerful pumps, the sandstarts on its journey underground througha network of pipes. This picture shows thesix-inch rubber-lined pipe in which the pulpIs travelling to the distribution point on1,200 level.

6. This Is a typical distributor tank at thepower raise on 1,200 level from which thepulp can be diverted through three outletsto different sections of the mine.

7. John Stripag, sand feed man on 1,200,Is about to insert the plug which stops theflow of pulp through one of the three outletsin the distributor tank.

Burlap Protects Openings8. Here a 2's-inch feed line reaches into

one of the stopes to discharge the pulp overthe old-type rock fill. Percolating downthrough the rock fill, the water-borne sandplugs the small voids and tightens it into asolid mass to maintain the safest of workingconditions throughout the period of filler re-moval. The water drains off and Is pumpedback to surface. Regular openings in themine into which the pulp might ifiter whenit is being fed to the stopes are lined withburlap, supported where necessary by chickenwire or plank, while sand filling Is in progress.

No one who Is more interested in compli-ments than in criticisms Is likely to go far.

-Bert Estabrook

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Coniston's Andy Barbe Takes

Are Strong On Walmsley Trophy with. .470

F'aniily outings Twd things at least were certain about theNickel Belt senior baseball scene as theTriangle went to press. Coniston's AndyBarbe was very much in the picture and Sud-

Ever since the provincial government es- bury's Shamrocks were very much out of it.tablished a park there five years ago, erecting After battling through the schedule to aa chalet and developing the area adjacent to playoff position, Shamrocks became embroil-a long strip of beautiful beach, Windy Lake, ed In a controversy over who should playabout 30 miles from Sudbury, has grown who In the first round of the title elimina-steadily In popularity with people of the tions. When the argument got to the pointdistrict, where the position of the League executive

But to Levack Mine people, only a couple as the final authority in such matters was atof miles away, it Is an official community stake, Shamrocks were ushered regretfullyplayground. Many Levack employees have but firmly to the sidelines, and will "sit thissummer cottages on the shores of Windy one out." It was a most unfortunate turnLake and get the full value of its excellent of events, removing from the championshipswimming and fishing. Others content them- race a popular fighting team which includesselves with frequent family outings to the some of the best baseball players In the dis-attractive park. On a typical Sunday after- trict, but the League officials appeared tonoon the Triangle caught the pictures op- have little or no choice in their decision.posite of a few of the Inco picnickers and 'rd Favored to Wintheir friends at Windy Lake, and some ot So Garson moved into the vacant playoff;the tun they were having slot. While mourning the sudden demise of

1. Here's one view of the park, teeming Shamrocks, the fans were glad to see Garsonwith happy humanity finding welcome reliet get a crack at the Nickel Belt title. Brunofrom the August heat. Taus and his men had put up a lively scrap

2. A Canadian Legion picnic was in pro- all season, and while still lacking the ex-gress, and this tug-o-war was part ot the perience and polish of a championship team,program. George Lockhart of Levack seemed nevertheless were a credit to the conipanyto be all over the place, because this was in which they were travelling. Garson wasone of three Triangle pictures in which he pitted against Frood In one bracket of theturned up during the atternoon. playoffs, with Copper Cliff and Conlston in

the other. It looked like Frood vs. the Cliff3. A bunch of the boys with the bulging in the finals, with the former favored to take

biceps formed this human pyramid for the the title.Triangle camera. The team championship was still to be de- I

4. In this corner thoroughly enjoying the cided then, as far as Triangle's deadline wasafternoon's outing, are George Lockhart, concerned, but there was no doubt about At the invitation of the Sports Editor of"Sandy" McDonald, Mrs. W. Lockhart, Affi- who took the individual laurels. Rangy Andy the Sudbury Daily Star, a group of leagueson Jane Beckett, Dorothy Sweezey, Mrs. Barbe of Coniston Buzzers won the Wiggy luminaries put their heath together andJean Beckett, and Aussie Johnson. Walmsley Memorial Trophy for the League's picked an All-Star team to play an exhibi-

5. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Johnson of Levack batting king with an average of .470, highest tion bill against the Chicago Americanare shown here With their son David and his since the award was Inaugurated in 1939. Giants, a colored semi-pro outfit. Unanimouslittle playmate from next door, Garry Tuomi. An Impressive Record choices of the selectors for the First Team

6. In this group are Mr. and Mrs. Adam In the process of rolling up the best aver- were Herb Perigoe of Copper Cliff for firstFrohlick and their three sons, Billie, Ronnie, age, Barbe led the league in runs scored, with base, Gerry Waiiace of Frood Tigers forand Bernard; Mr. and Mrs. W. Bragg and 35; in runs batted in, with 35; in home runs, second base, Earl Brandy of Frood as pitch-their daughters Michele, Anne, and Bonnie; with 6; and in stolen bases, with 21. He er, and Andy Barbe, of Coniston for the out-Shirley Gray; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Demers was also well up In the other departments, field. Here were the selections:and daughter Muriel. and was undoubtedly the Player of the Year. FIRST TEAM

7. Some Sudbury people were in this gather- Herb Perigoe, who won the Walnisley prize Catcher, Buck Paquette, Copper Cliff; firsting which the Triangle selected at random last year and In 1943, was the only other base, Herb Perigoe, Copper Cliff; secondfrom many on the beach. Shown here are player In the league to hit over the .400 mark. base, Gerry Waiiace, Frood; third base, HarryLouie Martel (employed at Copper Cliff Bill Huntley of Frood led the loop in triples Marchand, Frood; shortstop, Chuch Dalton,Smelter), Mrs. Croteau, Mrs. L. F. Martel with 6, and Vaillancourt and McCarthy of Frood; left field, Billy Demkiew, Frood;with daughter Carolyn, Mrs. Louis Martel, Garson topped the doubles section with 9 centre field, Anidy Barbe, Coniston; rightMr. and Mrs. 0. Brennan, and, in front, each, field, Don Price, Shamrocks; pitchers, EarlDonna Croteau, Shirley Brennan, Allan and J Following was the standing of those who Brandy, Frood; Maurice St. Amour, Sham-Richard Croteau, L. F. Martel, and Clifford batted .300 or better in the race for the rocks; Johnny Barbeau, Garson; coach, LigeMartel. Walmsley Trophy: Beaver, Shamrocks.0 AB R H Ave.

8. In this party are Raymond, Norman, Barbe, Coniston 29 100 35 47 .470 SECO TEAMAlbert and Yvonne Bouclin; the following of Perigoe, Clif! 28 107 21 45 .421 Catcher, Spike Boal, Shamrocks; first base,the Lahay family: Elizabeth, Louie, Emelia, Price, Shamrocks 28 118 24 47 .398 Harry Haddow, Shamrocks; second base, LigeNelpha, Roger, and Claudette; Arnold and Boal, Shamrocks ... 30 138 24 54 .391 Beaver, Shamrocks; third base, Jack Kelly,Semone St. Jean. P. Girard, Creigh .... 23 72 15 28 .389 Garson; shortstop, Izzy Girard, Frood; left

22 87 22 33 .379 field, Joe Lora, Shamrocks; centre field, Red9. In another round-up the camera found Wallace, FroodRandy Storey, Pat Koski, Bill Fritz, Dave Demkiew, Frood 22 71 21 26 .366 McCarthy, Garson; right field, Bill Huntley,Simpson, Maurice Simpson Linda JeanStewart, Shamrocks .. 18 71 17 26 .366Frood; pitchers, Tug Parri, Shamrocks;

28 101 28 36 .356 Gordie Luck, Creighton; Art Clemence, Gar-Koski, Bill Koski, Jean Koski, Kay Fritz, Bertulli, Clif!27 102 24 36 .353 son; coach, Pete Priamo, Coniston.David Fritz. Patricia Simpson, Connie Simp- Huntley, Frood

son. Keaney, Cliff 31 116 20 40 .345 The judges who named these dream teams__________________ ForMer, Garson 23 87 13 29 .333 were: coaches Maurice Kinkley, Herb Perigoe,Dalton, Frood 30 112 32 37 .330 Bruno Taus, Ev Staples, Lige Beaver, and

NO PICTU1E CONTEST Luck. Creighton 30 115 19 38 •330Pete Priamo; umpires Barney Barnett, JoeIt Is with regret that Triangle this month Gobbo, Coniston 23 91 16 30 .330 MacDonald, Eddie Warzecha, Wes Hart and

suspends its Picture Contest on account of Paquette, Clif! 31 121 21 39 .322 Frankle Graham; scorer Jack French; an-insufficient entries. Rudskl, Coniston 25 85 28 27 .318 nouncer Monk Vaillancourt.

15 44 8 14 .318While we are assured that reader-interest McDonnell, Cliffin the contest continues strong, nevertheless Beaver, Shamrocks ... 29 118 23 37 .314 EARE SPECIMEN

18 61 8 19 .311 Clarence Darrow was once asked to give hisit Is impossible to carry on without enough Welsh, Froodentries to make the feature worthwhile. So Carmichael, Garson . 25 101 12 31 .307 definition ot a smart man.the fate which several times during the past Cappelletti, Creigh 28 112 18 34 .304 "A smart man," he replied, "is a fellow who

30 115 17 35 .304 hasn't let a woman pin anything on himyear has threatened to overtake the Picture DiFilippo, Creigh18 50 11 15 .300 since he was a baby."Contest now has caught up with it. Rivard, Frood

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On its tour or the "home' front last month the Inco camera Ipicked up pictures of another seven mighty attractive families:(1) In this good Irish home are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Donnelly ofGarson with Jackie, 13, Colleen, 17, Francis, 5, and Kenny, 21.2) Still looking a trifle dazed by the turn of fate, Dar Storey ot

Levack poses with his two new twin sons, Gary and Greg, 6 weeks ç * 4old, while Mrs. Storey relaxes with Carl, 9, and Randy, 4. (3) Here's ..

another Irish group: Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cooney (Smelter Mech- tanical) with Barbara, 3, Patrick, 6, and Orville. (4) In this LawsonQuarry Quartet are Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Spry with Patsy 13, and

arjorie, 4. 5) Our Port Colborne guests this month are Mi.and Mrs. Gerry Kuipers with Carol, 4, Dave, 6, and Bob, 7. (6)Mr. and Mrs. George E. Smith Copper Refinery) with Sandy, 7,and Jerry, 12. (7 Peter Kowch of Creighton, who resides at 373F'rood Rd., Sudbury, with Mrs. Kowch and Sylvia, Peter Jr., and 1Percy. ,

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Port ColborneTriumphant In

Beattie ContestPaced by Meryl Noyes, who posted a 77 for

the 18 holes, Port Colborne's classy quartetregained the Inco inter-plant golf champion-ship and the R. L. Beattie trophy at Idyle-wylde Golf and Country Club on August 21.

The Nickel Refinery entry had a three-stroke margin over General Mines, last year'stitle-winners. Bill Wallis came in with an81, Les Lewis had an 83, and Johnny Jamie-son scored a 92; these, with Noyes' 77, grossed333 strokes. For General Mines, Ron Silverracked up a 77, Art Silver had an 82, JimDewey was home in 83, and Herman Mutzcarded a 94, for a gross of 336.

Ron Silver and Noyes tied for low gross,with Bill Wallis runner-up.

General Office No. 2 won the E. C. Lam-bert trophy for the best low net score.Members of this lineup were Eddie LeBlanc,Gordon Gray, Norm Kearns, and RalphCleland. Their net of 300 was two strokesbetter than that of the Geological team ofOlshansky, Colgrove, Brodeur, and Halloway.Olshansky posted a 91 which, with his 25handicap, gave him the low individual netscore, 66. Dick Williams of Garson hadsecond low net, 69.

18 Teams EnteredEighteen teams took part in the tourney,

which was termed the most successful yetheld. The course was in keen condition andthe weather was excellent.

Prizes were presented following a banquetin the clubhouse. In the first of the accom-panying photographs R. L. Beattie is extend-ing his congratulations to the victorious PortColborne team, left to right, Bill Wallis,Merl Noyes, Johnny Jamieson, and Les Lewis.In the second picture he presents prizes tothe General Mines quartet of Ron Silver,Jim Dewey, Herman Mutz, and Art Silver.Seated at the right is E. A. Collins, thewell-known golfing authority, who was thegenial master of ceremonies for the program.

In the third picture E. C. Lambert presents:his trophy to the General Office No. 2 team,left to right, Eddie LeBlanc, Gordon Gray,'and Norm Kearns. The f o u r t h member,Ralph Cleland, was unable to remain for thepresentations.

With Cec Brodeur tickling the ivories, thePort Colborne boys are seen in the fourthpicture, giving forth with some sweet har-mony to celebrate their triumph.

How The Scoring WentTeams and scores in the popilar event

were as followsPort Colborne-Noyes, 77; Jamieson, 92;

Wallis, 81; Lewis, 83. Total, 333.Gen. Mlnes-R, Silver, 77: A. Silver, 82;

Mutz, 94; Dewey, 83. Total, 336.Frood-Price, 92; Brown, 93 Flannigan,

83; Doig, 86. Total, 354.Smelter No. 1-Duncan, 87; Holmberg, 91;

D. Beattie, 98: W. Allen. 92. Total, 368.Acct. Dept.-A. Beatti, 87; Burns, 99;

Lambert, 95; Godfrey, 101, Total, 382.Garson No. 1-Regan. 90; Massey, 105:

Williams, 95; Lake, 101. Total, 391.Copper Refinery No. 1-Keaney, 91; Nazar,

87; Cowcill, 106; Woods, 120. Total, 404.Creighton No. 1-Treflak, 91; Harley, 105;

McCormick, 101: McAteer, 104. Total, 401.Copper Refinery No. 2-Kitchener, 120;

Rodger, 133; Desilets, 113; Greenwood, 122,Total, 488,

Creighton No. 2-Douglas, 117; Woznow,111; McLeod, 116; Currie, 112. Total, 456.

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Whether you draw Dr. Ray or Dr. Branderwhen you step into the Medical Centre, youcan be assured in advance that you will bein the hands of a very skilled and highlypersonable young practitioner. Which isbetter, though, we are in no position to say.

Port ColborneTriumphant

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They Mixed Matrimony and MedicineAnd Nothing But Good Has Come Of It

"Dr. M. H. Ray," the sign says.The name appears on the big board beside

the registration desk at the Inco MedlcaiCentre in Sudbury, along with those of allthe other doctors. If a name Is lit up thedoctor is in.

The name Is lit up, so you ask to see Dr.Ray. 'tou wait your turn and then in yougo. D%. Ray, sitting at a desk and lookingcrisply professional in white coat, turns outto be a woman.

You can be pardoned if the discovery comesas something of a shock to you, because Dr.Ray is the first woman doctor Inco has had.Later you discover that she is aiso part ofthe first matrimonlai medical team in theCompany's history, because she is the wifeof Dr. Wes Brander, another of the namesout there on the board.

They've been on the Inco staff since Julyof 1947 but of course most people never learnthat they're married because few get pastthe initial surpriEe of finding a woman in theplace on the business end of a stethescope.

First Planned to TeachDr. Margaret Helen Ray was born in

Mimico and decided at an early age that shewas going to be a school teacher when she:grew up, but one particularly hectic afternoonin a classroom during her early teens con-vinced her that a teacher's lot is not a happyone. She entered the University of Torontoto take an honor course in biological medicalscience, but the course was discontinued afterthe war started, so she switched to medicine.She has never regretted it.

Her husband was a member of the sameclass and they graduated together in 1946.That August, havIng discovered mutual in-terests above and beyond the call of thelaboratory, they were married. Life thenpromptly presented them with a major com-plication in the form of internship at dif-ferent hospitals, he at Toronto Western andshe at Women's college, which meant theycould see each other about once a week. Thiswas a trying state of affairs for young peoplejust embarked on the sea of matrimony, evenyoung doctors, but they survived.

They have an apartment at 295 Cedar St.,Sudbury, and a cat named Wurmi, which gotits name the way It sounds.

They frequently discuss interesting cases,and sometimes differ in no uncertain mannerover treatments. They read a great deal-she likes mystery stories and he prefersscience subjects.

Murray-R. Shaw, 117; Harrower, 111;Crang, 130; J. Shaw, 115. Total, 473.

Geological-.--Olshansky, 91; Colgrove, 99;Brodeur, 110; Halloway, 111. Total, 411.

Levack-Sharp, 114; Storey, 116; Setpen,109; Gallagher, 106. Total, 445.

General Office No. 2-LeBlanc, 97; Gray,95; Kearns, 104; Cleland, 105. Total, 401.

Smelter No. 2-Lilley, 98; Turnbull, 96;Lymburner, 99; H. Allen, 107. Total, 400.

General Office-McAndrew, 93; Dunbar,106; Armstrong, 104; Finlayson, 95. Total,398.

Frood Open Pit-Stuart, 108; Bell, 103;Waide, 100; McNeill, 97. Total, 408.

Garson No. 2-Sullivan, 111; Osborne, 121;Grassby, 110; Chester, 109. Total, 451.

Playoffs Now In ProgressThose qualifying for the individual cham-

pionship playoff for the Sudbury Districtwere R. Silver, A. Beattie, Nazar, Dewey,Flanagan, Doig, Duncan, and A. Silver. Theeight who made the grade for the individualhandicap playoff were OLshansky (25), Fin-layson (20), Bell (28), Waide (26), Lilley(26), Gallagher (32), LeBlanc (22) and Gray(24). Both these groups are now fighting Itout for the laurels.

SHNSTERS A LA MODECannibal King: "What are we having for

unch?"Cook: "Two old maids."King: "Ugh! Leftovers again!"

Dr. Brander and Dr. Ray In consultation. They may be discussing thatmlcroseetion, or they may be deciding what to have for dinner tonight.

Levack presents a busy con-New Houses for Levack striiction scene these days ascontractors speed the building

of 60 new homes on the nco townsite. The new residences will be one and two storeyshigh, and will be sftnilar In design to those erected late last year In Copper Cliff exceptthat the brick siding will be extended to the roof. A few new houses are also underconstruction a Frood and Garson mines.

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Frood 's Fritz Bro thers Have a Profitable Hobby J

Enterprising

Two Frood miners, Tony and Walter Fritz,

i uuIJuIhave discovered that raising mink can be a IImighty profitable hobby, if you handle it !on a businesslike basis and follow the rules.

VThe Fritz brothers work in the same pillar

on 1600 level at Frood. Tony has been withInco for 10 years, Walter for two.

Two years ago they decided to raise minkfor a hobby, and bought a pair of silver blues Ifor $350. Now they have some 40 mInk worth _ .

anywhere from $35 a pelt for mediums to:.______

$75 a pelt for silver blues.'Their mink ranch is on Tony s farm on

the Old Garson Road, where the animals arekept in dry, clean quarters. In the littlebox at the end of each cage is a nest of hayWhere the mink sleep during most of thedaytime. At night they run tirelessly backand forth in their cages. They are insatiablycurious and naturally mean; even at the age Iof six weeks they have to be handled withl'ather gloves.

A successful mink rancher watches the dietof his animals very closely, the Fritz boyssay. In the top left picture Walter is seen R T hrind1ng horsemeat in preparation for feed- epeats riumplug time; the ranch reauires about one horse

Stage Meetper month. In the second picture Tony is Mrs. Wm. Acheson of 15 Power St., Copper Northern Ontario Figure Skating cham-feeding mash to the mink; all ingredients Cliff, for the second successive year captured pionships wiU be decided for the first timeof the mash have been carefully weighed the Hodge Trophy for the best home garden at a meet to be held at Stanley Stadtum,before mixing. Liver and tomato juice are lot in the Nickel District, in the Sudbury Copper Cliff, on January 14 and 15.other staples of the diet. The third picture Horticultural Society's annual competition.Shows two white mink investigating a chip She also got the Laberge Cup for the best Decision to stage the event was reachedof wood which was placed on top of their flower garden arid lawn with a 50-foot front- at a conclave called by W. C. Jarrett, presi-ages; they are the ofispring of a silver age and over, dent of the Copper Cliff Skating Club. Re-

sable male and a black cross female. Mrs. E. A. McKerrow of Copper Cliff, whose presentatives were present from Cochrane,Mink as a hobby are not too much trouble Power St. grounds adjoin those of Mrs. Kapuskasing, Kirkland Lake, New Liskeard,

md not too expensive to raise, say the Fritz Acheson to create an annual flower display North Bay, Port Arthur, Porcupine, andbrothers. And their pelts are certainly nice of breath-taking loveliness, placed second in Sault Ste. Marie. J. 0. McCarthy of Northrtic1es to have ajound come fur-auction the home garden lot competition, ot which Bay was elected first president of the asso-Ime. she is a previous winner, ciation in charge of the meet.

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