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The Leader-Post from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada • 2

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The Leader-Posti
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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PAGE TWO- TUE LEADER-POST, REGINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1958- '-u. Weft NFO entry is first choice 1,000 attend Tuesday film festival showing YORKTON (Staff) An estimated 1,000 persons attended the Tuesday afternoon showing, and over 600 were present at the opening Monday night of Canadas fifth biennial international documentary film festival under sponsorship of the Yorkton Film Council. The afternoon program was of industrial films and travelogues directed towards the interest of the large groups of students from the collegiate institute, St. Josephs College and Sacred Heart Academy. Prior to the showing Gordon Campbell, Regina, director of adult education, one of three adjudicators, explained to the audience the basis of judging.

A national film board production City of Gold, depicting life at Dawson City during the gold rush days, fTPiV5 Vi tin f- irt -A Around the province MOOSE JW (Staff) William Lawrence Kindopp, 44-year-old Mossbank garage operator, has been committed for tried following a preliminary hearing of criminal negligence charge. Kindopp, was tie operator of a car involved in an accident Sept. 6, in which 4i-month-old Manon Lee Holkestad of Archil was killed. The child was thrown from the car when it went out of control on No. 2 highway 20 mile south of Moose Jaw, CONDITION FAIR ESTEVAN (Staff) Lawrence Barnett of Regina, was In fair condition It St Joseph's hospital, Estevan, Tuesday.

Mr. Barnett was Involved an accident in the Roche Perce North Portal area Saturday. He suffered multiple fractures of the nbs in the accident, which involved two vechicle. The North Portal detachment of RCMP investigated the accident. JOBLESS UP NORTH BATTLEFORD (Spe-dal) For the second straiit week unemployment in the Northwestern Saskatchewan area has Increased.

The North Battleford office of the Unemployment Insurance Commission laid that during the past week there have been 44 more persona reported without work. Thus brings the total in the northwest to 484. 65TH TEAR ESTEVAN (Staff) Rev. C. M.

Nixon of Saskatoon, director of the St. Andrew's College extension fund campaign, was guest preacher at the 65th anniversary services 0 lay at St Pauls United Church. In 1921 the Methodist and Presbyterian churches formed a local union congregation and this became congregation of the United Church of Canada in 1925. An extension was added to the building in 1950 The minister of the church is Rev. E.

A King. Mr. Nixon spoke at a social hour after the evening service. Refreshments were served by the Womens auxiliary. Unit vote set for Oct.

30 MELVILLE (Staff) Ratepayer ia die Melville South achool igerin tendency, one of the last four such system in ft province, will be making a final decision when they vote Oct. 30 on the question of forming A larger unit or remaining a rg-ermtendency. Th vote wtB be the second ta a period of five year, and Is th result of an uneuoceertul attar by association trustee to find an alternate solution to a problem of lack of accommndatinn. Faced with situation where many country children would be denied benefit of a high school education, the association at its annual convention last faB directed it executive to hold a aerie of meeting throuvxit th super Intendency in an effort to find a solution. VOTE FAVORED In every Instance of meeting held is reported the discussion finally turned to the benefit of forming a larger school unit.

There was strong feeling at each meeting in favor of holding another vote. Most recent meeting of South Melville school trustees was their annual convention held her Oct. 9, at which a resolution was passed to th effect that the SMSTA executive would take no active part ia the larger achool Unit vote Effected by the outcome of the vote will be 3 000 students who attend schools tn the 84 div tncts forming the aupeniitend-ency. There are three separate schools Which are not affected. Ratepayers, who twice before voted down the question of forming a larger unit, will vole In 88 polls.

Those in the rural areas will vote between the hour at 12 30 P.M. to 5 while three in towns and villages will find polls open the full working day from 9 A M. to 5 M. Those eligiWe to vote are all resident ratepayers who are 18 years old and older who have lived in the district ino March I of this year. A large attendance at meetings being held throughout th stiperintaidency Indicates there is greater interest shown than at any time previous.

The Channel Island off th French coast have a total ere of 75 square miles. LftdftT-Powt photo MR. KLIMAXi That Is what the Great West Coal Co. at Blenfaft call this huge dragline used In strip mining coal near the southeastern Saskatchewan town. Built at a cost of $2,000,000 the huge machine officially went into service Mon day.

Not hown in the photo is the 35 cubic yard bucket The machine is the largest on in Canada. Melville board to set up clamor for gas and armory MELVILLE (Staff) If you want something you have to go after it was the attitude expressed at the regular meeting of the Melville Board of Trade Monday night, concerning natural gas and an armory building. As a result of this attitude, the board has decided to press the Saskatchewan Power (Corporation for a supply of natural gas not later than 1959 and will also begin clamoring once more for construction of an armory here, a promise made by the former Liberal government which failed to materialize. The subpect of natural gas was brought up by Harry Swartz, who reminded the board that it Was promised for the building are now in the hands of the department of public works, "but that is as far as it has gone." He said that according to the Saskatchewan area command, th armory here ia No. 1 priority and that all It will take is an authorization to go ahead with it construction, is mean that the pressure ha got to go on once more," he added.

Due to a small attendance, the question of store hour for Christmas week wa left to th next regular meeting Nov. 17. It was pointed out by Mr. Patrick that if sufficient retailers did not show up at that time he would call a meeting of the retail section to decide. won top placing among five films shown Monday night.

Israel An Adventure, entered by the embassy of Israel was the adjudicator second choice and An Himalayan Tapestry," pro-. duced by Burma-Shell and entered by Shell Oil Co. was third. The two other films in competition weie "North To Wales" entered by the United Kingdom information service and "Legendary Judge" produced and entered by the national film board. Spokesman for the three adjudicators Monday was Gordon Hawking, associate director, Canadian Association for Adult Education, Toronto.

The others are Gordon Campbell, director, adult education division, department of eduraUon, Regina and Mrs Law's rence Cherry, Regina, of the Saskatchewan government mo-' tion picture division. 4 FILM PRAISED Mr. Hawkins told the audience of approximately 600 persona the adjudicators were quite unani-' mous in their appreciation of the dramatic technique with which the Illusion was made from stills So motion pictures and from motion to (tills and back again In "City of Gold." It was obviously a sign of Incredibly high competence he said which called for Immediate high apfredatloo. He said tiie photography was extremely good, the muslaal acors took the fancy of the Judges very strongly and the other technical qualities such as editing and direction were first class. The commentary earns fat tor minor criticism where there was a certain tendency to moralke about the situation and where at times 8 faded away from the underscoring.

On the whole It Is incredibly smooth lor the sub-4 Ject and done with wry great affection as well as technical competence," he eakL OPENED MONDAT The festival was officially open- ed Monday by Mayor W. rtteb-ner. has attracted 90 entries from IT countries and four Can- 1 than producer and will conclude ednesday evening. Chairman Monday night was John Fopoff, president of the Yorkton Film "Uouncfl. Mr.

Popoff told he eudlence tiii la tiie first time films have been entered by the Czechoslovak Republta, Finland, Israel and China. A distinguitiied visitor and observer who arrived frern Winnipeg by plane Tuesday wm Mias FhyV Honeyball of the United Kingdom Information service. Other cut -of -town visiters tncluded national film board representative John Duerkop, supervisor, W. Proctor, aaartant siqpemsor, Nick SpChoe, field rstweentative, ell of Saskatoon, Miss Mabel Littlejohn, film librarian. Saskatoon and Joha Kent, of the Shell Ofl Company, Calgary.

Hon. Woodrow Lloyd, minister of education, will attend Wednesday and at the close of the festival will present Ih Golden Bh.eaT trophy, awarded the most outstanding film regsrtfiee of category. Melville for 1959, but who also suggested that it would not come about due to the presence of Central Ga Utilities who presently maintain a gas plant here. According to Maurice Tallant, however, it is in accordance with an agreement between the gas company and the SPC that they can take over the plant at any time. He said further that the only way such a transaction eould be' brought about ia for the board to continue pressing for a supply of natural gas and that it bring the pressure of politics into the question if need be.

He made reference to the forthcoming provincial election expected In 1960. It was a suggestion that did not meet with the favor of the board. President Don Patrick, who said, an effort should be made to obtain a supply of gas by 1959, not the following year. The board decided to request Melville council to write to the SPC on the matter and that a letter would also be forwarded from the board. Discussing the armory, the board wa informed by Mr, Tallant that approved plans for IS YEAR SPAN The National Football league has completed its 38th season.

TOP PICKERELt Frank Derbyshire, 18 Diamond Apartments, Regina, has caught a lot of fish in his more than 40 years of angling in Saskatchewan waters but this is the one he was looking for. When caught this pickerel weighed 10 pounds, four ounces. A day later it weighed only nine pounds, 14 ounces but that was enough to win the pickerel prize In the Saskatchewan Fish and Game Leagues 1958 fish derby. At 71 Mr. Derbyshire i a keen sportsman and la out even these chill autumn days trying to duplicate his feat He caught the beauty while trolling of Grandview Beach on Last Mountain Lake on Sept 9.

He didnt get to eat It though, eon Harry took the prize and bad it stuffed and mounted. Hopper control program worked Think back, expert caution fTiTTuiirnT nfTnrnri fiimi(tonn I Drouth lessons said forgotten age of feed and fodder supplies into a situation s-hera perhaps even a surplus exists. Mr. Crowle spoke at length on the dim prospects for crops and fodder this year ia June, after three months of dry weather. A continuance of dry conditions could have resulted in one of the worst drought years on record, because all of Saskatchewan and parts of Manitoba and Alberta were Involved.

Up to that time, however, the weather had been cool and the plants survived by developing deeper root systems than usual, to utilize sub-soil moisture. Fodder situation, however, looked grim, and this was good reason for ft fodder program developed by the cepart-ment of agriculture, he said. -to; 1 GRAND! OPEIIIHG -OCTOBER 23 402 jaw 2 v--v 4 WEYBURN (Staff) Without exception the grasshopper control program conducted throughout the Weyburn agricultural representative district this past summer was highly successful, A. M. Crowle, agricultural representative, aaid her Tuesday when he addressed a district board meeting The district covers IS municipalities.

Mr. Crowle said that six municipalities passed the grasshopper control bylaw, and as far as he knew, no action was taken to enforce it. as farmers co-operated almost 100 per cent to do control wort Chemicals wers used In 10 of the 13 municipalities, with the bulk of it being used in No. 37, No. 38 and No.

68. In these three municipalities, 2 928 gallons were used Over the entire district, 335 gallons of chemical were used is the fight to control the grasshoppers. Total cost of the chemical alone wae $14,60. Mr. Crow! said the chemical fcr ft most part, was supplied to farmers at cost, excepting in RM No.

12T, where a small amourt of old stock was supplied WEYBURN (Staff) A lot of people have already forgotten the lessons of the dry thirtiee. P. Janzen. officer is charge of illustration stations, dominion experimental farm. Swift Current, said Monday night when he addressed a Weyburn Rotary club rural and vbaa supper meeting at Midalc.

The speaker, who also addressed a Giertug uf the WeybuTS agivuiturai representative district board here Tuesday, said farmers could look back oa the Elevator wanted i' Need a Taxi? lessons gained during the dry yean and put them into practice in farming operations. Mr. Janzen outlined the history of farming operations on the prairies during the last 50 years, and said events have ihown that dry conditions can be favorable to crop production or Just the reverse. These periods can last a year or two, or even 10 years. If farmed property, land can produce a crop even if the following year be dry.

and there was no reason why there should be serious of drifting, he said. Farmer have now had two year of warning and rfiould take note if they want to avoid running Into trouble, Mr. Janzen said. A krt of people have already forgotten the lesaona of the thirties, and they are more concerned with how much land they can cover instead of how well they eotr It" i START WORK Next years land operation should be started as soon as growth stop a t. faS.

with view to conserving moisture. Usually, 50 per cent of the mots- hire reqajed for next summer crop is already a the ground. It was imjxwtast for a farmer to know how much moisture there i it ia the ground, be said. mt. tftazeS: mm am bmieaant that one of ft b-ggest eow.der-at: should be given to perverting weeds from growing and thus jabsnrttng ft moisture, wa necessary to get rd of the weeds first thing in the sprtrg while they are rsML dep tulage is to be dare a should be a ft spring at ft start of ft seasco, and S-tnerr-ert operator.

should be arred at packing and keeputg ft land Cm. he MOOSE JAW (Soft) Members of ft Moose Jaw wheat pool committee wi2 continue their ef- rv- iA i to eTS Pl eievator rtiemical was given to Jlw to spray roadr.d. Mini opal i sprayers were used to spray road- uransnou ded- s.des four municipalities, and soa delegate at a xnm.tte 5 400 acre of pasture land were sprayed by pane Fred Mr. Crowle said farmers asur-! Tsl brefed on ft corned him ft at wftout ft control 1 teLrzs, prior to attend- prog-sm ft pest summer, there 1 irg P00 would have ben bo emp to fcar-1 Hegira la November, vert. Another resolution called for While the cost of continued pressure on th federal used the pmn was C( ff).

government for detceocy pay- wa estima'ed that labor cost meets of over $3X1 000 00 oo the fcy farmers us.rg that chm- 1355-56 and 1356-57 crops of leal wwld exceed thO.CHC. so that wheat, oaa aad barley. Mr. 13-ft erer-ati cow of tre or troi ne wa asro a eupport c-prog-am would be fa the tse-gV ton at the Regina meeting, bortsood of 225 (no Bit farmers Durirg Lscus ion on shortage it was worth it. of boxcars and low de-very Mr.

Crow'e, comm ended the qjota. the federal pr-g-am for pronncial departirert of agnnJ- cash advances on fan stared tare, farmers, ag-setutare on- wheat was described as a "sp'en-Ptittee aad nrin.r.paJ councillors d.d piece of legts.atioc.' w-x f'v -hem ceetnlrtion ftj year ia wxild be'p farmers pay their fcn-feinang as almost cerUjj chart- medat b-Z. MODERN JUNIOR DEPARTMENT STORE GRAND OPENING TOMORROW THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 402 MAIII ST. N. MOOSE JAW Hru-v gy.i"-.

CJPJL DEPOT IlfiMB A PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS BROADCAST Hear 14,660 Sq. Ft of Shopping Spact Main and Lower Sales Floon Four Storei in One Great Amy of Store Opening Special! Phan pretenti THE SEiMOR FORWI a V- Bt Paul 31. Hkhtower HON. T. C.

DOUGLAS Premier of Sisiatchevraa Tht Farmer's in a fix" CKRf.I Regia TONIGHT POPULAR MERCHANDISE AT POPULAR PRICES FAMILY FASHIONS HOME NEEDS DRY GOODS SMALLYYARES Sciisfccfion Gucrcmieed a WfcWJM' BWnW Winner of sirine event scores 175 YORKTON fSufii The Yxk- toe 5r- iJb aftiremesS day at the eihh.l;- grouse saw Just take fta? g-md ag-gregaSe wtii port sut of a posEbe 2f pons. Jadz of fte Ev-uil eve-x was Ed Carts of Izkerfe. Ia ft erm-g Mr. Carte ai-1 drwseed aad eorrmtKad ft! rl-h zreasaer aad their keener Bert Eeptxrs ft exceOert f--y sf ft annua, aad Feu-shewing wa held fa ft York- Ertel wrtfe 25 pare-t ed ft! attaeiSrg ft. acnnhtirwl mrewntauwe, aaded h-J aad eugred at 4-H cL2 fa Uu ftew 3.

c. i OwectMe: A faremaa la or er-zpary retired a year aga and acred to Entifti He ha written arweral at tu ssrgmg ft pLe of wtie and tirguig cs to sa h-m wbea we retire. Our employe mzgatfr Just tad a strew about hew happy he is w-th ftw 3oeat- Do ytw ksmw anyth-rg about protruse of Ertisa J5E. Awr: Yes 1 fa, hi I wes-1 OjrixM may be Jik derti beeutifi, scrjnrating jrur Lr.e heart cnxzrr. I jo kawr secieiurft Bz dec tote eorietwdy boji r-tirnd wti go word fir 1L Go the faraway and ary to gn for- I rrn-Jbw ttatj eases mer asaonsw to fxjm ft era.

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