eg Cassiar Courier A the Voice of Cassiar Country NOVEMBER 1979 25 YEAR AWARDS On the evening of October 18, Cassiar Asbestos Corporation hosted a dinner at which they pre- sented the long service awards for 1979. This year there were two recipients of 25 Year Awards. They are Karl Voss and Vito Comper. Vito was - unable to attend the dinner but his wife, Ines, re- ceived the award on his behalf, Peter Jones pre- _ sented both Karl and Ines with an inscribed clock. The Division Heads. presented Twenty, Fifteen © and Ten Year Awards for their departments. The . men received pins and the.ladies rings. 10 cents ee ee Karl came to Cassiar in. January. 1954 aS a car- Vito was eae by Cordner, Hubert & Bond im : —\\C nS Catering for approximately thirteen years be- _penter’s helper. He transferred after six months to ; fore transferring to Cassiar’s payroll in September _ the garage as a mechanic, where he was earning 1967. He is presently the storeskeeper in the $1.73 an hour. Karl has since been a tireman and Cafeteria. Vito's family resides in Cassiar.. is presently tool crib attendant at the Mine’ Garage. Karl’s wife, Hilda, and the children mov- ed to Cassiar-in July 1955. ALDO (KINKY) BORSATO and transferred to staff December 1, 1966 as a E Maintenance Foreman. He was in charge of the ; old tramline until he transferred to the Safety iyi Department in June 1975 as Safety Supervisor. He transferred back to Tramline Foreman on June 1, 1978. Kinky and his family came to Cassiar ‘from Michel, B.C., where a worked in a coal mine. : OVE ANDERSON _ Ove hired on June 9, 1959 as a labourer and worked his way up the Mill ranks to become a Mill Foreman on Sepremes 1, 1964, a Position he still holds. ‘TONY CORAN: Tony’ came to Cassiar from Inco, Thompson, Manitoba, and was hired as a pipefitter on July 30, 1964. He transferred to staff on May 1, 1971 as Utilities Foreman and was promoted to General. Maintenance Foreman in 1974, LAURIE BOGUSKI Laurie was hired on September 4, 1969 in Clin- ton Creek as accounting clerk. He transferred to the Cassiar Mine August 15, 1975 as Chief Ac- countant and is now Systems ‘Analyst. Kinky was hired on June 19, 1959 as a mechanic | TWENTY YEAR AWARDS PHILIP ECKEL Philip came to Cassiar from Eldorado Mines in Saskatchewan in June 1959 and was employed as a surface labourer. He transferred to Town Administration as a janitor approximately one year ago. | TONY PINTO Tony was hired as a mill operator May 17, 1956. He transferred to staff as Mill Foreman until September 30, 1971, when he and his family moved to Australia, where he was employed with Woodsreef Mining until February 1974. On March 1, 1974 he returned to Cassiar as Mill Foreman Training and was later promoted to General Mill Foreman, which he is today. FIFTEEN YEAR AWARDS CAESAR ISIDORO | Caesar grew up in Cassiar and began working for Cassiar Asbestos in June 1964 in the warehouse. He later transferred to the mine department, working at various sections of the mine before transferring to staff as a Mine Foreman in July, 1973. TEN YEAR AWARDS ROGER BORSATO Roger worked as a simmer student while attend- -ing school. He has worked intermittently since 1966 as a reject operator and truck driver and in April 1975 he was transferred to staff as a Mine Foreman. AL TAYLOR — ‘Al came to Cassiar fromMacNutt, Saskatchewan, | in March 1959, and was hired as mill carpenter. He has been in that ‘Capacity ever since. IMRE (POOFY) TOTH Poofy has worked in Cassiar off and on since. May 1957. He has worked as mill labourer, bagger tailings Operator and is now working as mill ser- viceman, looking after the forklifts. ED THIRLWELL Ed was originally hired February 18, 1954, as Mill Foreman and-his Starting salary was $375. 00a month. He left Cassiar April 30, 1962 to go to Pacific Asbestos Corp. in: California and returned to Cassiar November 6, 1972 as Assistant Mill Superintendent, and is now in charge of shipping. eB NES JOE BUCAR Joe was hired on December 12, 1969 in the mill and worked his way up to mill operator. In 1974 he transferred to the mine as a shovel oiler and is now a shovel operator.