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Orin (17) atrd Naida (16) Cox, members of th t Snow Valley Figure Skating Club, are shown in thisphoto wi th t h e t rophy they won for Junior Pairs a t t h e inter-c lub competitions held in Ki t imat las tNovember. The talented brother-and-sister p air represented their Club at the B.C. Championships heldin West Vancouver Jar!. 8, 9 and 10. A phoned rep ort fro m Vancouver t o the local Club over theweekend gives Orin 3rd place in the Novice Men's an d Naida 13th place (o ut o f 30) i n the NoviceLadies. Orin and Naida's parents are K iti ma t Wo rk s employees.

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WEDNESDAY. JAN. 14, 1970VOL. 17. No. 2

Aluminium Limited re-arranges holdingsShare transfer reflectsinterdependence ofoperat onsAlcon Aluvi niuni Limited announced last week o re-arrange-

ment of its holdings, involving the tro nsfer a t year-end 1969 ofal l shares of it s U.S. fabricating subsidiary, Alcon Aluminum Cor-poration, to its Con odi an operL!ing subsidiory, Aluminum Conlpa nyof Canada, Ltd.

Alcon Aluminum Corporotion,formed in 1965, has fixed OS -sets after depreciotion of aboutU.S. $1 10 mill ion and fundeddebt of U.S. S58 million. It owns15 fabricating plonts and 18me:ol service centres in the Unb-ted Stores, providing maior mor-ket outlets for primary olurninuniproduced bv Alcon in Conado.

The change in ownershp isdesigned to reflect the grow inginter-dependen ce of Alcan's No rthAmerican operat iom and to pro-vide on improved iinoncial basefor the further development ofthese activities. It w I1 not alterthe existing Tonagernen? rela-tionships.

The announcement states thotthe change in shore ownership

Walter Conwaypromoted toshift foreman

WALTER CONWAY, o welder,i s promoted to Shift Foreman. PotRebuild.

He has been with Kitiwat Workssince April 1955. For the firsttwo months he worked in Re-duction on d Costing.

June 1955 he went i n f o Mcch-onical as a he!per frodes, Throughthe Works' apprenticeship pro-gram he eventually acquiredwelder Iourneymoo s t a t e s .

WALTER CONWAY

MARKET QUOTATlONAlcan Aluminium Limited. TIWS-dag. January 13th. 1970:Vancouver 271, - Pit.,

P. M. (PETE) HOPKINS, above,hos been oppointed Works Man-oger of the smelter at Kurri Kurriin New South Wales, Austrolio.

Mr. Hopkins i s well known :nKitimot, having come to the B.C.Project in 1953 when the plontwo s i? he construction stage.

In the fall of 1954 he ioinedKitimot Works o s the first super-visor of the Works EngineeringDept. September 1958 he becameosristont to the Works Monoger.Februory 1963 he was oppoint-ed superintendent of the Qeduc-tian Division.

September 1964 Mr. Hapkinsleft Kitimat to engage in Alcan'sactivities in Eastern Canada.

6. L. (Bruce) Davis (also aformer Kitimat Works' man), whowas Project Manager on con-struction ond start-up of theKurri Kur:i smelter, hos left Aus-tralio to join the staff of theSmelter Division in Montreal.

How about a ?!igJzt school courseWith the Christmas a nd N ewYear holidays behind us, this isas good a time as any tc giveserious thought to settl ing downIO a night school course.

The Adult Educotion Programof fers dozens of well-p(onnedevening courses, many of themdesigned to up-grode the skills01 workmen.Of particular interest to lour-neymen tradesmen is o coursein BLUEPRINT READING ANDDRAFTING. This course com-mences Thursday, Jan. 15, at7:OO p.m. Fee $12.

Those wishing to leorn, or ini-prove, their knowledge of Eng-lish ore reminded thot cIosscsore held o n Mondays ond Thurs-doys, 7:OO to 9:OO p.m. Fee 510

Registrotion for these. andother, courses should be otte nd-cd to in the Mount Elizabeth

IMC Mardi GrosThe Industrial Management

Club will hold o Mardi Gras din-ner/dance on Friday, Januory30 storting at 7:30 pm . a t theYMCA.This wtll be 'he first event ofthe 1970 seaLon and a11 thoseeligible fc- membership areurged tG co ve out ond loin theclub this yeor Invitations will besent out by mailOPEN1REMEMBER, KEEP JAN. 30th

Sec2ndo-y Sch301 office prior toc!osscs

A;son employees taking theobovtt, and many other, coursesope el~grhl. for refund of om -holf the tuition fee on successfulc2mplctlon of the course

+ , *CLASSES PARA NOVOS CA.

N A D I A N C S DE PORTUGAL, PARAAPRENDZR INGLES, TODASASDA S 7 AS 9 DA TARDE N AESCOLA "MOUNT ELIZABETH."SEGUNDAS E QUINTAS-FEIRAS

___ - - - -Giant ore carriertransports Alcan'sAustralian bauxite

0r.e of thf- hiKgcst r)re c a r .r icrs e v e r constructerl in :in .hiis-t ral inn sh 'py irc l th e 55.000-ton capacity "Cliithn Oreanic"lcft Quccnslantl. Austmli:i. rv.cently on i t s maidc,n voyage 1.200miles nlong thc no rth Austral innsrobonrd tu th e Por t of Glad-stone. considcrrd the site nf thvwor!d's hiKpes: alum ina plan t.The "Clritha Occanic" spentt h e r e s t of i ts scrvicc p lying \Vci-pa and Cladstonc and providingth e tran?port link hetween Co -mnlco bntixlte deposits and thvGladstone plant of QuecnslandAl l imina Ltd. This internationalconsortium represents t h e intcr-csls of Alcnn Aliiminum L t d . ofCanada. Comalco Industries R y .t ' d . of Australia. CompaEniePcchinc-y of Fra nce. Conzinc Rio-t i n t 0 o f Australia Ltd.. and Kai-ser Aluminum & Chemlcal Corpof the United States.

moy bring about, for o time,some reduction in the interestand dividend coveroge for theoutxtonding debt and prefer redshares of Aluminum Company ofConado, Ltd. The change wi llnot, of course, affect klcan Al -uminium Limited's consolidatedfinonciol results.

Payment for the US. hares hosbeen mode lo Alcon AluminiumLimited by the issue by Alrrm-inurn Company of Canada, Ltclof additional coiririon shares ofit s capital.. .. .~--

Norman Nashstaff assistantto Works Mgr

N. L. (Norman) Nosh has c omefrom the Montreol Logistics ondPlonning Group to assume theduiies of S toff Assistant to t h eWorks Monager.

An electricol engineermg grod-uote of The School of Mines andIndustries, Bollorot. Austrolio, hel o i w d A l c o q in the spring of1965. His first assignment wosw:th Power Operation 1 ot Arvi-do .

March 1967 he wen! to theShowinigan smelter on specialus>iyrinicnts He continued in !nislatter capacity until May 1968 atwh.ch time he went to fhe Smel-ter Division, Montreol. c5 o n ec.onznic onolyst.

Mr. and Mrs. Nosh ore keencn outdoor sports and the couple50'1 they ore looking lorward tothe ottroctivc recreotionol focil-tties offered by Kttimut

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WEDNESDAY. JAN. 14, 1970VOL. 17. No. 2

these activities. It w I1 not alterOrin (17) atrd Naida ( 1 6 ) Cox, members of th t Snow Valley Figur e Skating Club, are shown in th isphoto wit h the t rophy they won for Junior Pairs a t th e inter-c lub compet i tions held in Ki t im at last the existing ?lonagement e'o-November. The talented brother-and-sister pa ir represented their Club at theB.C. Championsh ips held tionships.in West Vancouver Jar!. 8, 9 and 10. A phoned rep ort fro m Vancouver t o the local Club over theweekend gives Orin 3rd place in the Novice Men's and Naida 13th place ( out of 30) i n the Novice the change in share ownershipadies. Orin and Naida's parents are Kit im at W or ks employees.The announcement States

Walter Conwaypromoted toshift foreman

WALTER CONWAY, a welder,is promoted to Shift Foreman, PatRebuild.

He has been with Kit iwo t Workssince April 1955. Far the firsttwo months he worked in Re-duction and Costmg.

June 1955 he went into Mcch-anicol os a he!per trades, Throughthe Works' apprenticeship pro-gram he eventually acquiredwelder Iourneymaol s t a t e s .

W A L TE R C O N W A Y

MA R K E T QUOTATlONAlcan A l l ~ m i n i u n i i m it e d . Tirrs-day. January 13th. 19 iO:Vnncotiver 271. - P i t . ,

P. M. (PETE) HOPKINS, above,hos been appointed Works Man-oger of the smelter at K urri Kurriin New South Wales, Austrolio.

Mr. Hopkins i s well known :nKit imat, having come to the B.C.Project in 1953 when the plantwos i? the construction stage.

In the fall of 1954 he iainedKitimat Works a s the first super-visor of the Works EngineeringDept. September 1958 he becameassistant to the Works Monager.February 1963 he was appoint-ed superintendent of the Qeduc-tion Division.

September 1964 Mr. Hopkinsleft Kit imat to engage in Alcan'sactivities in Eastern Cana da.

6. L. (Bruce) Davis (also aformer Kit imat Works' man), whowas Project Manager on con-struction and start-up of theKurri Kur:i smelter, has left Aus-tralia to join the staff of th eSmelter Division in Montreal.

How about a ?~igWith the Christmas an d NewYear holidays behind us, this isas good a t ime as any tc giveserious thought to settling downto a night school course.

The Adult Education Progromo f f e r s dozens of bvell-phnnedevening courses, many of themdesigned to up-grade the skillsof workmen

Of particular interest to ,our.neymen tradesmen is o coursein BLUEPRINT READING ANDDRAFTING. This course corn.mences Thursday, Jan. 15, at7:OO p.m. Fee $12.

Those wishing to learn, or ini.prove, their knowle dge of Eng-lish ar c reminded tho, closscsor e held on Mondoys ond lhurs.days, 7 : O O to 9:OO p.m. Fee $10

Registration for these. an dother, courses should be ot tend-e d to in the Mount Elizabeth

IMC M o r d i GrosThe Industrial Management

Club wil l hold a M ardi Gras din-ner/dance on Fridoy, January30 starting at 7:30 p.m. at theYMCA.

This wtll be +he first event ofthe 1970 seaLon an d a11 thoseeligible fc- membership areurged to cov e out ond loin theclub thls year Invitations will besent out b y mu11

REMEMBER, KEEP JAN . 3 0t hOPEN1

bzt:.school courseSec2ndo-y Sch301 office prior toc!asscs

A;:on employees taking theobovtt, an d many other, coursesope eligihl:. for refu nd of ope-half the tuition fee on successfulc2mplction of the course.

+ , *CLASSES PARA NOVOS CA-

NAD IAN CS DE PORTUGAL, PARAAPRENDZR INGLES, TODASASDA S 7 AS 9 DA TARDE N AESCOLA "MOU NT ELIZABETH."SEGUNDAS E QUINTAS-FEIRAS

~~ .__ . . . .. .~ -Giant ore carriertransports Alcan'sAustralian bauxite

0r.e of lhp hiRges1 ore car-rir rs ever constructerl in :an . A u s -tralian sh'py:lrcl th e 55.000-ton capacity "Cluthn Oreanic"lcft Quccnslnntl. Atistrnli:~. rv-cently on Its mnidcn voyage 1.200miles nlong thc north Austral innsrabonrd to th e Por t of Glad-stone. considerrd the site nf th vwor!d's hiKpes: alumi na plant .The "Clritha Oceanic" spentt h e r e s t of its scrvicc p lying \Vci-pa and Gladstone and provid ingt h e t rampor t link hetween Co -m.?lCO bauxite deposrls and t h r .Gladstone plant of QueenslandA h m i n a Ltd. This internationalconsortium represents t h e intcr-csls of Alcan Alirminurn Ltd. ofCanada. Comalco Industries pty.t ' d . of Australia. CompaEniePrchinc-y o f France. Conzinc Rio-t in to o f Australia Ltd.. and K:ii-scr Aluminum .% Chemical Corpof the United States.

Norman Nashstaff assistantto Works Mgr

N. L. (Norman) Nosh has comefrom the Montreol Logistics ondPlonning Group to assume thedJiies of Staff Assistant to theWorks Manager.

An eIectr1coI engmecrlng grad-uate of The School of Mtnes andIndustries, Ballarot. Australia, helo iw d Alcon In the spr ing of1965 His fmt assignment wosw th Power Ope ratio, , at Arvido

March 1967 he wen! to theShowinlgon smelter on specialas>iyrinicnts He continued in !nislatter capacity until May 1968 atwh ch tirnc hc went to fhe Smel-ter Dwision, Montrcol, cs on ec -on-nlc analyst

M r an d Mr s Nosh are teenc n outdoor sports an d the couple5 0 1 they ore lookirg forward to+he attractive recreational facil-it ies offered by Kttirnat

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Th e Ki l lma t -Kemano I n p o l is publish:d by the Aluminum Company orCanada. Limited as a source of i n f o rma t i o n and news for employees of Kitimat andKemano Works. Deadl ine for news copy is noon every Monday. O f f i c e phone num-ber is 632-7131. rinted by \he Northern Senlinel Press Ltd.

Edilor: Jack Fosrurn51111: Gerhard Brauer. Belly SnopajtiiKemano Correspondent: Joan LooCorrespondent: Winnie Gray *-

Our business i s with lifeRemarks by George Wald. Nobel Prize winni ng biologist, quot-

Perhaps you w ill think me altogethe r absurd, or "academic,"or hopelessly innocent-that is, until you think of the alternatives-if I soy as I do to you now: WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THOSENUCLEAR WEAPONS.

There i s nothing worth having that can b e obtained by nuclearwar: nothing material or ideological, no 'radit ion that it can defend.It is utter ly self-defeating. Those atom bombs represent an unusableweapon.

We have to get ri d of those atomic weapons, here and every-where. We cannot l ive with them.

ed in American Metal Market.

I hink w've reached o point of great decision, not just for ournation, not only for al l humanity but for li fe upo n the Earth.

I tell my students, with a feel ing of pr ide that I hope they willshare, that the carbon, nitrogen and oxygen that makes up 99 per-cent of our living substance, were cooked in the deep interiors ofearlier generations of dying stars.

Gathered up from the ends of the universe, over billions ofyears, eventually they came to form in part the substance of oursun, i ts planets, and ourselves.

Three billion years ago li fe arose upon the Earth. It is the onlylife in the solar system. Many a star has since been born and died.

About two rnillion years ago, man appeared. He ha s becamethe dominant species on h e Earth. All other l iv kq thifiGs, animaland plant, live by his sufferance.

He i s the custodian of life o n Earth, an d in the solar system.It's a big responsibility. The thought th at we're in competition withRussians or with Chinese is 011 a mistake. and trivial.

We are one species, wit h a world to win. There's life all overthis universe, but the only life i n the solar system i s on Earth; an din the whale universe, we a r e the only men.

Our business is with life, not death. Our challenge is to givewhot account we can of what becomes of l i fe in the solar system,this corner of the universe that i s our home and, most of all, whatbecomes of men-all men of c!l nations, color and creeds.

It has become one world, a world for al l men. It is only sucha world that n3w can offer us l ife an d the chance IO go on.

S A F E T Y AND YOUBy HAN S LARSEN Safet y Supervisor

Periodically we will publish dent such as the one described"CLUES i n Accident Prevention" from occurring in our pla nt shouldbulletins as prepared by the be brought to the attention ofWorkmen's Compensation Board. your immediate supervisor.The first bulletin will appea r innext week's I ngot.

Although soTe of these cose Ba d luck for Jayceesstudies ma y describe situotions Four Joycee officer s, Dist. Pres.involving equipment ond/or iobs Jim Murphy (Conveyors), Kit.unfamiliar to our opero tions there Pres. Bruce lsbel l (Info Systems),is, nevertheless, usuolly o lesson Sec. Go rd on Ross (!nd. Systems)to be learned. and Treos. Stan Meeks of C. N.

Whe n you re id about these Telegraphs, had the misfortuneunfortunate happenings we urge to collide with a west-bound c a ryou to ask yourself the following when the Jaycee gro up werequestions: driving to Prince George to meet

Joycee N ot. Pres. Hor dy Merker1 ) Could on accident such as on Jcn. 9. The Occident occurreddescribed occur in my de- a few miles easf of Smithers'ih? occupants of th e K i t i m a tortment and if so, whereond how? car were all seriously injured.T h e driver of th e other c.!ar was2) What measures arc we pre- k i l lec l .

seritb toking to prevent Jlni Murphy an d Bruce lsbellar c iil thr Kit 'mnt hospital. Go r -thls type of accident? don IRoss and Stan Meeks have3) Do re need cddit i onal ore. been flown t o Vancouver f o rcauticjnary measures - Ifso whot should they be?

Any suggestions you nioy havethat will help prevent on occi-

Goyert elected chairmanNorthwest chapter SET

The Society of EngineeringBritish Columbia orgonized the Iat o meeting held ot Helen's Caf

The following slate of off icerswas elected f o i 1970:Chairman - ;-I.R. (Henry)Vice-chairman - . . IHerb)Secretary - W. G. (Bil!) Stod-Treasurer - . E. (Bob) Ivi-Chairman appointments:Education - . G. H. (Steve)Membership - R. (Ray) Bar-Public Relaticns - . (Joe)Th c 40 members compridngth r new chaptrr come from man ypoints in the nnrtliwcstrrn pnr-tion of the Province. includingKit imat. Kcmano. Terrace. Prince,Riipert. Moilston. Strwnrt andAtlir. The nienibcrs. drawn fromvarlous Icve:s of supervision. areemployed in t h e technical fieldso f industry. such as smelting.

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Bob Horsman (left). draftsman.and Helmut Hein, work plan-ner, trades, recently received ce r -tificates from the Society of En-gineering Technologists of B.C.Bob Horsman was certified asa senior engineering technicianand Helmut Hein as a n engin-eering technlcian.

GoyertGrabowskidartson.

StevensonnardBanyay

Technologists of the Province ofVorthwest Chapter of the Societye, Kitimat on Nov. 15 post.

fabricating, logging. mining, ex-poration. government service,anti so on.Whi le th e aims and objects ofthe Society ar e mzny nnd varied.they centre. for the most part,on securing recognit ion of tech-nical sk i l ls in business and rn -dirstry and encouraging the up-grading of membcrs' proficiency.Fur ther details may be ob-tained f rom any o f the officersor members of the Chapter.

Former Buyer Gary Dunne t iss e i n in this pictu re when he wasthe recipient of a farewell gi f t ,a silver engraved tankard, andmore th tn a dash o f banter f romhis friends in Purchasing. Gary,who has transferred to WorksEngineering as a project engin-eer, f i rs t came to the Works inMay 1962 as a summer student.In July 1963 he joined the per-manent staff as a maintenanceengineer in Mechanical. Twoyears later he became a processengineer in Reduction Services,and a month later a mechariicalengineer. Since November 1967he has been with Purchasing asa buyer.

Charlie Connolly -

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a full and speedy recovery t o allof t h e disabled Jaycees.

3rd time winnerWhen Shift Foreman Charlie

Connally (Line 1 ) avoided an ey einjury through the wearing ofsafety glasses recently, h e wosgiven his th ird oword f rom theWise Owl Club of Canada.Whot's more, he is only the f if-teenth w orkman to be gronted athird-t ime aword in Conada. Hisfirst Wise Owl award was inIF64 ond the second in 1966.

Th e recent mishap occurredwhen h e was observing a f o rk -l i f t dr iver pick ing up scrap m e -ta l in the potiine. The potlineshorted. an ejection resulted. andmetal f ragments pit ted hi s safe-

. . . elected chairman

Research Briefs

and more easily cut to shapewhile in th e frozen state.Chi l l ing aluminum cast ingspr ior to machining can preventthem f rom 'moving' dur ing andaf ter machining. A t low temp-eratures, there is less chancefor met allurg ical changes t ooccur. physic al shape does no tchange. and oxidation does nottake place.In the electrical field. research-ers have found that when somemetals ar e subjected to near ob-solute zero. t h e r e is a strangeworld of perpetual mot ion, orsuperconductivity. Electr ic curr-ents, once set in motion. f lowforever. This m ay b r ing aboutperpetual motors, generators.hea rin g aids, solenoids and mag-nets that operate frict ion f ree .While there is st i l l debate o nt h e methods of lower ing temp-erntures. it is obvious that sub-zero temperatures wi ll do moreand more for industry.

Manuel Pavao, a DC Centreassistant (Casting). was charg-ing sheet butts into the furna crw'th a towmotor when somemctal splashed back and struckth e side shield of th e right lenso f his safety glasses.Potman Ed Pacha (Line 2 )inserted a pole in the pot. Somebath an d metal splashed back

on to th e right lens of his safe-ty glasses.Potliner Terry Dobson (PotScrvices) was using a n a lum inumpipe to pry of f a jumper. T h ejumper came suddenly and f e l lagainst the end of th e pipe.causing the other end to stri kehis safety glasses.Investigations carried out byour Safety D e p t leave no doubtbut what al l of these workmenwould have suffered serious eyeinjury had they no t been wear-

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Legendary riverboat re-awakens memories of Kitimat history

Delta KingOld-timers, f or whom the Delta King is a fond memory, and

later arrivals here, to whom the ship is a Kitimat legend, alike willbe interested to learn that the Delta King is again in the news.

However, as some of our reod-ers may not be fomilior with theintrod uction of the Gelta Kingto the community. a few focrsmay be in order.The Delta K i g , built in Glos-gow in the mid-20s and assem-bled and launched in Stockton,Cali for nia, olo ng v:ith her sistership, the De lta Queen, for manyyears p lied the Sacramento R i-ver between the cities of Socra-mento and Son Froncisco.

After an enforced rest duringthe depression of the '3C);. bothstern wheelcrs loined the U.S.Navy, shuttling service person-ne l to and from deep-sea trans-ports. Fallowing the war years,the Queen moved operations tothe Mississippi River for the plea-sure-cruise trade.PURCHASED BY ALCAN IN 1952

The Delta King sat around idleuntil Alcon purchased her in1952, removed her engines, andtowed her to Kit inot to serve asdormitory accommodation farconstruction workers. Man y of theearly smelter workers were hou-sed in the Delta King, too.Nestled dawn on the soft t ideflats of Tarts Bay, the Delta Kingwas honie to more than 250 men.Once settled an the beoch, stoir-ways appeared olony her sidesand steom lines sprang froni her

boilers to ongle along the beachon d up the hill to supply heatto the hospital a nd school.

Many are the toles told of lifeon the Delta King by those wholived on her in Kitimot's pioneerdays, but they ar e woven intothe legen d that an yone moy dis-cover for himself.

Suffice it to say, b y the springof 1959 more suitoble dormitoryaccornmodotion was availabletor single men ond there wos nolonger a need for the DeltaKing.

TRIBUTE TO RIVERBOAT ERAThe old stern wheeler was sold

to the Stockton Chamber cfCommerce, which organizationwished to restore her to her orig-inal condition, to be opened osa historical museum and a tri-bute to the river boat era.

Eorly in Apri l 1959 the DeltaKing, free at lost and floatinghigh in the channel, wos reod-ied, ond set off, for the longtow to California. A stop 'NOSmade at Victoria where furtherbulk-heoding and shoring in ofdecks wos carried out.

Despite her imagined affluence,it seems now that the o ld sternwheeler has been running intoheavy seos.

runs into heavy seas

U.S. Marshal John Begovichtakes charge of the Delta King.A DECADE LATERTwo newspaper clippings haverccently come to t h e notice ofth e Ingat . The first. from t h eSacramento Union, dated J ~ l y 6

past. rrported by Paul Merz.t i t led "US. Seizes Delta K i n gat t h e Party." reads:"Looking for al l t h e world l ikea pudgy Mat t Dillon. U.S. hlar-shal John Begovich took his standFriday night on the second deckof the Delta King.Stetson firmly planted. gunsdrawn. thc rs-senator seemed ingrim rarnest as he proclaimed:"This ship is hereby seized by

t h c United States Government."Nobody paid niceh attention.They were hiiv ing to o much fun."RIVERBOAT'S COMIN! INC."On board the Wing brou ghtby towboat to Sacramento lastSaturday night by a band of en -terprising young Sacramentans

incorporated under the title. "Ri-verboat's Comin! Inc." -- weremore civic off icials t han th eCapital City has accumulatedsince Cal Expo opened its gates.A l s o aboard were Begovich. :team of hard-nosed charactersfroni the 1J.S. Xlarsh:il's office.and a hippie-looking associatefrom th e f i r m of San Francisroattorney Melvin B e l l i , th e srlf-proclaimed "King of Torts."Nore than IS00 onlookers l in-ed the Tower Bridge. near whicht h e famous Sacriimento rivcr-boat is parked.Thr w i r ran t of arrrst for thcv'r.ssel - - "her eng-inrs. boilcrs.tackle. app:ircl. appurtenances.motors. furniture. c t c . : " and fo r"Riverboat's Cornin! Inc.. Gcof-frey D. Wong. liobert Van Horn"personally.The Delta King wa s c1:iimed int h e suit to b r th e p r o p r t y of

"Gene Detgen." a Los Angelrsresident who is rcportedly a pi -ano repairman and who nllrgcdlyhas invested 5125.000 in it s pur-chnse five ycars ago. and 5100.-000 in i ts refurbishing in th epast two years.On hand fo r t h e rededicationFriday were Sacmmento Unioncolumnist Tom Norton. who firstdc?ided that Sacramento neededa riverboat: Mayo r Richard Ma r-

riol a h:iiidfu of c i t y couneil-men: the Tower Bridge bystand-ers: two dozen private ships.which circled th e giant river-boat l ike gnats: thr SacrainrntoCity-County Chamber of Com-merce: thr r n t i r e ,SacranientoBanjo Band and othcrs.ARRESTED BOAT\ \ 'hat Brgovich did \vas arrest

th r boat itself. I t i s a curiosityof Admiralty Law. under whichqurations cf piracy f iill,A p:irtner of Belli's. claimingto be xttorney fo r t h e King'so\vncr. said i t \vas R choice bet-\wen t l i e Irgal action or " B e l l i

would vc c ome u p in a f r igateand seized th e ship himself:'But such :iction. lit- soid.wou l d ' v e b r r n th e s:inir self-help:ippro:ich that thrsc pcoplc (RCIused."They found ou r boat :ind dr -eidrd fo r rc:isons brst knownto them that thry sliould pirntcit (ft.oni Stockton whcrr it wa s: isseiiibIrd nnd Iaiin chrd in 11125.-bVt, decided instcad on Icgiilmciins. 11's not :LS dr:ini:itic. bu tequally rffectivc."Frid:iy's rrdrdir: it ion ccrrinnny\viis ;i t t imrs intcrr i iptcd by out-c r i r s from Brlli's :issori:itr fo rl3rgovicli to ' Thr inv t hcw pcoplrof f t h i s is weird."

LEGAL FREE-FOR-ALLThe d:iy rndrd wit h Lliv pros-pect of ;I 1eg:iI f r w - f u r - a l l in arrrvpt ion in thr hl;lrk 'P\s:iinLobby of The Saci':inirnto I l i i ion .as ri\*rrbo;it : if ir inn:iilos plrdgrdtheir 1ivt.s. Ior t i invs :ind s : I r r r c lhonor to tlic priw'r\';ition ?f Ill*:Dclt:i King no ni:i ttcr wherrit c r i m e from in S;icr:iniento."

The Delta King s it t ing O n t h e Tar te Bay tid al flats, served as dormit ory accommodationThe second clipping, from the

Son Jose Mercury-News, datedSeptember 21, reported by R. P.Laurence, titled "Fight to SaveStern Wheeler Tangled in Mazeof Lawsuits", reads:

"Forty years ago a glisten-ing white stern wheeler named"Delta King " gave new life tovanishing Sacramento Rivertraff ic between California'scapital and San Francisco.No w a f t r r 10 yenrs of aban-donmcnt that saw t l i e huge. f ive-deck vessel dccay to a fadrd.peeling hulk. the Delta King ma ybe restored to it s formrr gloryby ni ne "pirates" in gray f lannelsuits.PIRATES TAKE POSSESSIONThe pirntcs or saviors ;is t h r ywoirld rather bc called. took pos-session of t he K i n g on r darknight a fe w w e e k s ago. Undert h e name of "Riverboal's Cornin!Inc.: th c group of rxccuti\*esrented a tugboat and sailed downto Stockton. about 90 miles away

via t h e r ive r an d a deep waterch:in>-cI.There they found the DeltaKing, it s window s shattered,its paddle wheel long gone.

Only a single hawser held it t oan abandoned dock. Cobwebsand debris occupied the darkpassageways that once echoedthe fox-trots and Charlestonsof all-night cruises.They slnshrd th c l i n e :md theKi ng niadc one more cruise back

t*.> Sacramento on th e r n d of atuwlinc"It wa s ro t t ing there fo r years.and should not be allowed to rota ny longer." one of th e "pirates"later said.No\v t h e i r non-profit corpora-t ion is trying t o rnisc cnoiighmoney in the community t o buythc ship from it s asserted ownersan d restore h e r as a historicalmuseum and cultural center. Theysay they've r i i iscd about 513.000in donations and pledges, andhave begun taking people onguided tours of the King.

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"Sa\*e th e King" bumper st ick-i 'rs are swn rt 'eryivhere in Sac-ramento. One man donated $1,000to t h e project and was commis-sioned a "commodore." .

I t ' s hoped most of the res-toration can be done wit h do-nated materials and volunteerlabor.f h e King's sister ship, t h e"Delta Qucen." has fared betterthrough th e ::cars. She n o x p!irst h e Xississippi River as a show-boat and plcasiire cruiser.

DELTA KING IN DEBTEfforts t o save th e King couldy e t be scuttled by legal cntanglr-m ent s surrounding t h e ship. Likeother deposed royalty. th e K i n gIS up t o it s gunwhalcs in debt.

F1ambuoy:ir.t San Franciscolawyer Melvin B e l l i . a formerco-o\vncr. has sued on behalf ofth e present nssertcd o\vner. Gens-D e t g e n of \Toodland Hills.

A plucky. unknown lawyernamed Geoffrry XVong. repre-

f o r Alcan construction and smelter workers in the 1950s.- . . c-_ . -srnt ing Rivrrboi i t 's Comin!. In[:.,hasn't hesif: itcd to ta ke on t h ercdoublable 13clli. countcr-sii!ngof r possession of t h e King.

CLAIM SPENDINGSa n Joaquin County hasplaced a lien of $4,808.13 f o rt a x e s ru n u p while the ship wa sin Stockton. There's anothe rlien for $14,000 in wharf fees.And Standard Oil of Californiaha s a claim of $9,402 againstBelli and his former partner.retired Air porce Col. ManMortenson.It seems that hack in 1965.Belli and t h e colonel had phnsfc r convcrt inr th e Kinz in to :I

The S:\cr:imrnto-S:in Fr;ri i i : isc.oruns st~rppcd n 1 9 4 2 . Diiriiig thc.\v:ir thv King s i : r v (~ i I:IS :I troopship in Ai:isk;i. Later niiners inBrit ish Columbia used it as adormitory.

I n :I rr.rcnt r~chris:.:iiing ccrc-mony. Sacrain~.nto hlagor l i ich-:ird A 1 ; i r r i i ~ t t ;ind s ~ t l i e rcity o f -p:ixne ovcr the King's cracked;ind p~ ling tm

Thrn. in ii gestiirv typ, :yl o fthe King's presr.nt-i:onsli.ion. :Ifr-d rral rri:irsh:il. acti ng under the.court or t le r oblninvd by Dctgm.ortlrrc-d t h c Mnyor of f and trmkpohscsslon.

rlr?iillS hrUkP :J tJOttlI2 iJ f ch:im-

Tuw weeks I a t C r . Dctgrn f c l llonting nigh?cliib-hotel-m;irina.inp he ~ i ~ ~ ,t f e l l throuch, I~*.h:nd n the SlOO-:i-s1:1y or-L i k e many schemcs concc!rn-

who remember i t say she \ vah stoye: Th e Delta King is surelynot crowded. one of them -- Ed.,


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Irene Weissoutstanding artist

By BETTY SNOPAJTISTo hear Irene Weiss in t h e

Alaska Music Tra il concert onSunday evening wos to discovera new artistic talent.

The younl: Canadian-horn p: -mist made an excellent impres-sion as n poised pcrformcr an dhcr selection of music w:is ou t -standing.Hcr profram included three+.onatas by Scar latti . Sona ta inC minor . op . 13. by Beethoven.Schrrzo in E-flat minor. op. 31.by Chopin. Kreislcriam. op. 16.by f;chiirn;inn. an d two prclurl rsin D major. op. 23. and E-f latmajor. op. 23 . hy Rochmaninoff.

First. respectfiilly a n d crisply.s h e playcd the Scar latti ' sona-tas.' o r grand cxcrcises. ns theyarc called in th e music world.Th e flawless notation an d clear-as-crystal runs in the playing ofthcsc bright pieces revcalcd thepcrfurmcr's advanced technicalskill.

DEPARTURE FROM USUALRNDITIONIn Beethoven's Pathctiqiic MissWciss' departiirc from thc usiialrcndition of this familiar workdoubtless siipriscd many listen-ers. It crr tainly di d this rcportcr .However. following t hr concert.sh e explained hcr different ren-dition thus: Sh e has. s he said.done considcrnble research intothis sonata. written a t the timeof Bccthoven's life when hr real-ized he w a s bccoming deaf. Herfindings. shc said. convinccd hcrthat the composer did not con-trmpliite ?I "metronomic treat-mcnt"of the second movem ent(which it does rcccive from mostplayrrs). So, shc said. she makesit it rule, when p1nyir.g thi s wor kin concert. to usc her ow n .'ro-mantic" interpretation. To thislistener, anyway. t hc performer'sconviction made the wholc workmore than acceptable.

CHOPIN HER FORTEIn Chopin's Scherzo the arti stfound hcr forte. Dynnmics wcrccle:ir a nd well-exprcssed. a nd he rfecl for the overall shnpc of th ework w a s much in evidence. Thear tist l l tcrnlly made thc Scherzosing.

It w:is intcrestinl: that MissWei:is dcvotcd so l arge n portionof hcr program to Schumnnn.This composer. probably th cgrc:itcst of the roninntics. issurely the most neglected. Sel-dom, for instance. is n Schiimannwork presented in conrcrt in Iiit-imnt. So i t w a s a n ntltled plea-siirc to hear thc eight l i t t le jewelsof the ICreislerinna p l n y e d onSunday. The pcrfornier's a p -pronch \vns indivicliial. oftcn quitepcrsonnl, and more ronxmtic thanclassic. :is, of coiirsc. it shou ldbe. With tlistinctivr Itrybonrdmnetery;.a si!p?rb scnsc of phrns-i n g , m c l :i fcrlin:: for cvlour. shcm:ilics Schuniann vital and hii-ninn.Thv R:iclimaninoff prclutlcsroncludcd Ihc progr:im. ShccrSlav'? sxvaq'rv highlightcd theplaying of thesc spcct::ciilnrpieces. an d nccentcd the contras:bctwcen thcni and the romantics.

POLISH PROFESSIONALDANCEEnti of conc rrt biit t h r nud-irnrc \vorilrl no t Io! t!ir nrtigt zn.Miss \Yciss gracinualy bo\vrd tothc drninnd for yct :inother n u m -bcr. nntl obligcd with Chopin'sPoloiinise in A-flat. Rrpiitctl toh:ivr bccii roiiiposcd by Chopin in

:I biii'st of p:itr:otisni during th cN'apolronir 1V:irs. this piccc is.ncvcrihcluss. :I purely tr;iclitlon:llPolish p?oecssion:il dnnrc. Hc rplnyinp showed tlir cnoriiioiisstrrrz'h this prrformer h:is inhcr fingci-s. hrsitles es::ililishinghe r as :I mature nttir t with :Idistinct affinity for Chopin's mu -sic.W e would likc to \vclconir Irrn rWeiss back to Iiitimnt :inothrrt i n i c .

Kemano KolumnBy JOAN LOO

Monty Marsden IElectrical Vi-sited his parents in Feilding,Zealand over the Christmas holi-days. N e w Zealandais are n o wenjoying summer weather an dMonty is no exception. He hasbeen basking in the sun a nd v.41no t return to Kemano until thelat ter part of January.

Okanagan Helicopters mechan-ic, Eldon Ea uer and his xvifcDiane ar c wished every suecessin thci r new assignment. whnt-evcr t hat ma\* be. Eldon cacie to

Keinano in .?lay. 1969 an d mademany friends here.Murray Ross. who replaces El-don as helicopter mechanic. bringsth e rota1 of XI. Rosses to three.th e otjler two being Mike Ross(Electr ical foreman) and hi sonMurray.A warm welcome is extendedto Egan Agar , our current heli-copter pilot, and to David Fowler(Control Room ). David comes toKeinano from T oronto and hassm e fine s i-im ming qualific:i-tions. including some talent forcompetitive diving. Welcome backto Geoff MacFarlan who is no wemployed in hrecmonical Dept.Mike Ross and Adam Char-

neski are in Kitimat on business.Chuck Forbes is on vacation. andw e w e r e all sor ry to hear thatHarold Fletcher was taken tohospital i n Trail with pneumonia.Harold and Olive a re visitingtheir son Michael in Trail andw e a r e all hoping for Harold'sspeedy recovery.Hilding and Norma Ericksonsend special greetings to all oftheir friends in Keni ano and Kit-imat and a big .'thank you" foral l of the cards and letters.Question: What is worse than agiraffe with a sore throat?Answer: A centipede with sorefeet.

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New Year's Day tennis game in Kemano. Reading from left: Eina r Blix, V a l Wrig ht, Frank Biondoand Adam Charneski.

Ben Schwartz, centre lef t foreground, was the recipient of a t r ay , se t o f s teak kn ives and a carvingset , a wedding gift from h i s workmates on "D " Shift , Ingot Finishing. Supervisor Bill Keith is seenIn this photo making the presentation. Ben's m arri age to the former Miss Donna Cameron was aneven t of Boxina Dav,

Here & ThereKWSA Mixed Bowling

STANDINGS TO JAN 5 thGamblers 54Clippers 45Pot t ies 44Volts 34Cuddles 33Stnr-Gazers 31Luckies 31Azores 31Astronouts 30Cougars 29u s g u y s 21

21wingers 26ob's Cats26as t OncsNomads 21Late Comers 13

Steve Gaston 301S t r v c Gns:on 738

Team Stand ings -

Men's High Single -Men's High Three -Ladies High Single -Ladies High Three -Team High Single -Team High Three -Mens High Averages -

Trudy Demclt 275Triidy Demelt 714Clipprrs 1.195Clippers 3.251Steve Gaston 233Ales Kotai 232225r a n k Fui 1:incttoRoger Trogi 221Bob I lnyer 221Scig Dcniclt 220

Ladies High Averages -Trudy Demelt 22 63lar lics Kramcr 223205ichurdn Hendricks

196itty Lcmay 19 5u n e PcnnerShirley Ernid 202. . .

Season's Standings -Men's High Single -Men's High Thre e -Ladies High Single.-Ladies High Three -Teamarliesigh irameringle -Team High Three -

Frank Botcms 4 18Uwe I i r amer S i 6

369Inrlies Krnmer828

Gamblers 1.381Gamblcrs 3.736* * *

"A " SHIFT CLUB MEET TONIGHT"A" Shif t Sports and SocialClub is holding n general meet-

0ng at 7:00 p.m.. Wednesday.Jan. 1.1 ( ton igh t ) a t the Union .ha l l ..Following thc mreting, a t 8:30Nc\v members ar e welcomr.t h r r r w i l l be a card par ty.* * *LUSO CANADIAN ASSN.

A dance will be held on Friday,23 January, a t th e YMCA s tar t -ing a t 9 p.m. TheLusitanos fromVancouver !vi11 provide the mu-sic. Tickets arc $3 pe r person.Fiirthcr inform;ition may be ob-tained by phoning G32-6.529.Th e Luso Canadian Club NewYear's Eve Draw resulted in thefolln\vin:: t\vn tickrts beingdrawn: S o . 296. held by GeorgeThom of 45 Stcin .won 1st prize.

an d No . 1.14. held by Frank &in-diicci of 11 Fulmar. won 2ndprize.I * *

To wish Derek Connolly. cent re. a "long and happy marriage" the men on "B" Shif t Line 3 gatheredtogether recently to give him a handsome set o f Corningware. The presentation was ta ken ca re of byforeman J oe Ottcnbreit. Derek, who is the son of Line 1 Shif t Foreman and M rs Charlie Connolly,was marr ied on Dec. 30 to the former M i s s Karen Fincaryk.

Chess

Prior to leaving the Company recently Albert Snopajtis ( l e f t centre foreground) wa s the recipientof a farewell gift, a vise, fro m h i s workm ate s in Bldgs 226. 256 and 154. Foreman Tod Smi th, seenexpressing good wishes. made th e prcsentation. Albert. a welding equipment repairman, had beenwith Kitimat Works since March 1955.

By Mike EatemanThc nnnounccrnent of a forcedw i n al\vays ccmes as n shockto the victim. It is dotiblv so hcre.as th c winnfng line of play islonger than the rest of the game.London 1862Amateuray lo r1. P-K4 P-K42. KT-KB3 KT-KB33. 6-8 4 KTX P4. KT-63 KT-B45. KTXP P-KB3IVhitc announced forced matein eight moves.

6. Q-R5ch P-KT37. B-B7ch K-K28. KT-Q5ch K-Q-39. KT-QB4ch K-6310. KT-KT4ch K-KT411. P-R4ch KXK T12. P-B3ch K-KT6

13. Q-Q1 mate!

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