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on 105 26 THE CALGARY HERALD Aug. 13, 1964 JOHN DE Crop Fields, Cattle Inspected During Airdrie Farm Field Day FARM TRAINING PLAN POSSIBILITY STROM Serious consideration will have to be given to a farm apprenticeship program and unemployment insurance and workmen's compensation for agricultural workers, provincial Minister of Agriculture Harry Strom told 300 at a farm field day at Airdrie. Wednesday. The minister said farmers today face difficulty in hiring qualified men to operate farm machinery and added farming is "big business today and managing a farm is a job in He stressed unemployment insurance and workmen's compensation are necessary if farmers are to obtain the qualified men they need. He said farmers must place more emphasis on quality farming, not just quantity.

"Quantity farming is a thing of the past. Success today, and in the future, will depend on the quality of an operation," he said. Ottawa Decision Banff Administrator Appointment Delayed Banff BANFF Appointment of a townsite administrator for this tourist settlement of about 3,000 permanent residents has not yet been made, national parks officials say. Civil service competition for the position began last spring and the appointment was originally expected about June 1. The appointment was designed to establish an administrator who would deal exclusively with Banff townsite matters and leave G.

H. L. Dempster, park superintendent, free to concentrate on general administration. Zoo Membership Money To Buy Hippopotamus More than 2,500 new memberships have been received by the Calgary Zoological Society since early spring. This spring, 92,000 letters were sent to city householders reminding Calgarians to support the zoo by purchasing memberships.

An effort has been made to buy a hippopotamus with membership money. "As soon as we get enough money the search for a pair of hippos will be on, said Mrs. Florence Campbell, secretary of the Calgary Zoological Society board of directors. "We have less than half the amount we need." If all those who have signed could urge a friend or relative to do the same, we could find ourselves in the hippo business soon, she added. Barff has no local self-government and no political structure beyond representation through a member in the provincial Legislature and one member in the House of Commons.

ADVISORY COUNCIL The wishes of the permanent Banff community are represented informally by a townsite advisory council, whose members are elected from among the resident. The council, in town, selects its own chairman. The council, headed by William Roberge, advises the park superintendent on all matters vant to the townsite and its development and meets with him at regular intervals. Final word, however, is at the discretion of the superintendent and all aspects of capital works, maintenance, land and building leaseholds, licensing of commerce as well as other administrative details, are his immediate responsibility. SPEEDIER ACTION W.

E. Round, advisory council secretary, says appointment of the administrator should facilitate speedier action on pressing townsite matters, provided the man appointed answers directly to Northern Affairs Minister Arthur B. I. M. Strong of Calgary, regional supervisor of western parks.

"If this is not the case, the administrator will be one more block in the chain of command." said Mr. Round. "We have been expecting Mr. Laing to allow reorganization of the council and changes in the construction, but no action has been LEARN WHILE SLEEP the power and how to use the subconscious mind. Learn LEARN: NITE EDUCATION, BOX 1820, Calgary Herald Languages Please send me without obligaRelaxation Sleep Teachtion, information Confidence ing.

Self Mastery, Etc, NAME ELIMINATE: Insomnia ADDRESS Complexes Fears CITY Nervous Tension Headaches, Etc. PHONE Migraine Higher Food Costs Blamed For City Price Index Hike Local Total 2nd Lowest At 128.7 Higher food costs inflated the consumer price index in Calgary and nine other Canadian cities between June and July, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported Wednesday. The price index in Calgary climbed from 128.1 in June to 128.7 in July. The Calgary index is the second lowest of the cities, following St. John's, where the index rose from 121 to 121.9.

1949 PRICES The statistics are based on 1949 prices equaling 100, except the St. John's figure, calculated from a 1951 base. Edmonton's price index is the same as Calgary. The rise in food prices ranged from 2.5 per cent in Ottawa to 0.6 in Winnipeg where, because of drops in clothing and transportation price indexes, the over-all index remained unchanged. The total price figures for other cities are listed below, with June figures in brackets.

Saskatoon Regina, 130.5 (129.8); Halifax, 132.7 (132.2); Winnipeg, 132.4 (132.4); Vancouver, 133.3 (132.7); Saint John, N.B., 135.5 (134.8); Montreal, 135.8 (135.2); Ottawa, 136.9 (135.9); Toronto, 137.6 (137.1). Golden Age Club Past President's Funeral Friday Funeral service will be held Friday for William Hetherington, 82, past president of the Golden Age Club. Born in Wigton, England, Mr. Hetherington came to Toronto in 1930. He was employed by the Toronto Brick Co.

before retiring in 1953. He was also secretary-treasurer of the Calgary Lawn Bowling Club. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Joyce Davis, 1639 13th Ave. S.W., one grandson, a sister in Bridgeport, and a brother in Miami, Florida.

He was predeceased by his wife, Sarah Ann, in 1953, and a son in 1929. Rev. R. H. MacKinnon will conduct services Friday at 1:30 p.m.

at Jacques, Funeral Home. Cremation follow. City Social Worker Dies; Funeral Friday Funeral service will be held Friday for Mary, Grist, social worker and probation officer with the Calgary Children's Aid Department for the past 14 years. Miss Grist of Elnora, 20 miles southeast of Red Deer, died Tuesday in a Calgary hospital. Born in Leicestershire, in 1912, Miss Grist came to Canada in 1927.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Gladys Hogg of Huxley, and her father, Percy Grist of Calgary. Service will be held at Saint David's Church, Elnora, at 2 p.m. Burial will follow in Elnora Cemetery. FUTURE FARMERS? It's too early to say if these three brothers will grow up to own a farm of their own, but they got off to a good start Wednesday by learning about farm equipment on the ranch of Victor Watson, near Airdrie.

The three, Lindsay Broughton, 7, 6008 Elbow Dr. S. left, Barrie, 11, and Timmy, 4, accompanied their father to the ranch, scene of an annual crop inspection field day. James Mayhew, 99, Dies Here; Funeral Today Funeral service will be held today for James Mayhew, 99, a resident of the Bow View Nursing Home. Born in Renfrew, Mr.

Mayhew homesteaded in Wawanesa, in 1895, and 1921 moved to Foxwarren, Man. A life member of the Masonic Lodge, Mr. Mayhew had resided in the Bow View Nursing Home since 1960. Surviving are four sons, Cecil and Arthur, both of Calgary, Lyman and Charles both of Detroit, four daughters, Mrs. Lillian McCredie of Calgary, Mrs.

Verna Cuthbertson, Mrs. Olive Laycup, and Mrs. Ethel Laycock, all of Winnipeg; 13 grandchildren; 33 greatgrandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Lulu Swinerton, of Vancouver. Rev.

Herbert Reid will conduct services today at 3:30 p.m. at Foster's Garden Chapel. Burial will follow in Mountain View Memorial Gardens. Travelling University Class Visits Calgary During Tour in UNIVERSITY CLASSROOM ON WHEELS left to right, John Conoyer, Sister Michel, Sister Claverine and Jim Muth 300 Attend Annual Event At Watson Ranch By NORMAN FLAHERTY Staff AIRDRIE Approximately 300 people turned out for a day in the fields Wednesday and nearly got lost in grainall 3,000 acres of it. It was the annual field day at Willow Springs Ranch and rancher Victor Watson led his guests off the roads through endless acres of registered wheat, oats, barley, and rape seed.

Oat fields are high in the area and the 100-car caravan was all but invisible as it wound its way through the sea of green, which will soon turn gold with ripeness. The majority of guests were neighbors of Mr. Watson, but farmers from as far away as Cereal, Drumheller and fail also attended. Special guests for the day were members of the Calgary Grant Chamber of MacEwan Commerce. represented Mayor the City of Calgary, and provincial Minister of Agriculture Harry Strom, was guest speaker.

The field tour got under way at 2:30 p.m. and the caravan stopped at strategic locations for examinations of crops. One crop in particular drew attention a stand of oats mixed with rape seed. Allan Watson explained the rape seed was to be killed shortly after germination. when it came up so well with the oats we decided to let both crops grow." There will be little problem in harvesting both crops, Mr.

Watson said, except that the rape seed will ripen before the oats. Following harvest, a grain cleaner will separate rape seed from oats. The guests were also given a look at an unusual herd of cattle formerly owned by federal Minister of Agriculture Harry Hays. Mr. Watson explained the cattle were a cross between Hereford cows and Holstein bulls, and have characteristics of each breed.

Both Mayor MacEwan and Mr. Strom praised the effort of Mr. Watson for his development of "one of the finest farms in Alberta." Mr. Watson, whose father was a pioneer in the Airdrie district, is a registered seed grower and has approximately 6,000 acres of crop land on two ranches, the at Airdrie, the second near Sarcee. He won the Master Farm Family award in 1951, Explosion Victim's Condition Serious Donald Robinson, 29, of 52 Flavelle Rd.

S.E., remains in serious condition today in General Hospital with extensive burns suffered in a gas explosion July 25. Mr. Robinson received burns to 75 per cent of his body in a well-site explosion and fire near Dorothy, miles northeast of Calgary. He was attempting to shut a motor when a gas condensate exploded and started his clothing on fire. With books and pencils safely 1 in their suitcases, 30 students and three teachers from St.

Louis University, St. Louis, rolled into Calgary by bus Tuesday. This is the fourth year enrolled in the four-credit field geography course at the Jesuit university have attended the classroom on wheels. John W. Conoyer, geography department head, is in charge of the tour.

"A classroom field trip gives students a chance to see geography in action rather than just reading about it," Professor Conoyer says. 22-DAY TOUR Eighteen Roman Catholic sisters are also making the 22-day study tour along with two deacon priests, school principals and teachers. "Most of the sisters have only seen pictures of the Rocky Mountains," Prof. Conoyer says, "and now they are having the chance to see them first hand." The trip is not a joy-ride for the students. They are given regular lectures and quizzes on what they see.

Besides field trips at each stop the students are studying the industry of each area. "This way they can observe of geography for the facets themselves," Prof. Conoyer says. FISH DONATED. Charles A.

MacNutt, 919 Riverdole Ave. S.W., points to the 110 pound Pacific sailfish which he donated to the Calgary Aquarium Wednesday. The sailfish, one of the largest caught off the Acapulco coast, was stuffed and mounted in Florida. will follow Mr. MacNutt's fish and even moby-dolls." While in Calgary, the classroom-on-wheels study group was sworn in as honorary Calgarians and given White-Hatter certificates by Doug Johnson of the Calgary Tourist and Convention Association.

The students, most of whom are studying at the graduate level, left Calgary Wednesday morning for Cardston. From there the tour will continue through Glacier National Park and back to St. Louis. Prof. Conoyer says he has two trips planned for next year's class.

"We want to study the northeastern United States on the first trip," he says, "and spend time in the Canadian Shield area on the second. Bowness Rider Boosts Bronc Riding Margin Bowness cowboy Marty increased his lead in the world saddle bronc championship standings at the weekend, with a win in the saddle bronc event at Burwell, Neb. The former world champion and three-time winner at the Calgary Stampede, picked up $847, to put him $2,275 ahead of Jim Tescher of Medora, N.D., in championship standings. The win brings his total earnings in saddle bronc events to $16,063, compared to Jim Tescher's $13,788. third place is Kenny McLean of Okanagan Falls, B.C., with $13,044 in saddle bronc events.

In other events, Dean Oliver of Boise, Idaho, is leading the all-round championship competition with $21,110. Jim Houston, Omaha, is catching Oliver, however, picking up $2,500 in the last two weeks for a total of 063, while Oliver has been having a streak of bad luck. Most of Houston's winnings have come on bareback broncs, where he is leading with 201. Most of Oliver's winnings have been made in calf roping. He is leading this event with $15.753.

Rodeo Set Saturday Simon's Valley Roping Club will hold a gymkhana and rodeo Saturday at 1:30 p.m., 10 miles north of Calgary on the Simon's Valley Road. First in bull riding is Bob Wegner, Auburn, team roping, Bill Hamilton of Phoenix, and steer roping, Kelly Corbin, Delaware, Okla. TO BAR. Robert Wallace Eden, formerly of Medicine Hat, was admitted to the bar recently by Mr. Justice Harold W.

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Taylor, aquarium gesture, and "soon we may curator, says he hopes others have stuffed models of sword-.