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a a EL MARCH 9, TWO 193 Ancient art practiced at Lumsden by west's only candlestick maker By HAROLD LONGMAN LUMSDEN (Staff) Almost any town has its butcher and its baker, but Lumsden's John Nugent is the only candlemaker west of Windsor. He is a tall, quiet young man who practices the ancient art in a battered old barn atop a valley hill. His products are lighting the altars of churches, cathedrals and missions from coast to coast and into the lonely reaches of the north. Combined with a wick material that is specially woven and treated with a solution, the ingredients of which are a trade secret, this A round trip and 15 days in BRITAIN IN could cost as little as $595. For details, write to: The British Travel Association, Dept.

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LOWES, MGR. You Want -Leader-Post photo by Joe Thauberger MAKING CANDLES: John Kerrsons, an employee of St. Mark's shop at Lumsden, is shown here carrying out the major steps in the production of pure beeswax candles. At left he prepares to dip the wicks into a vat of melted wax. At centre he removes the rack of candles after they have been dipped repeatedly until they are required size.

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Top film picked from 13 entries -In North Battleford festival NORTH BATTLEFORD (Special) "Rival Shell Oil Company's film showing man's fight against insects, took first place at the North Battleford film festival which ended Thursday. Over 600 persons attended the two-day program sponsored by North Battleford Film Council. Thirteen films, including presentations of the Board, Airlines, a National, industrial firms and several foreign governments, were shown. Second place was taken by "World in a Marsh," a National Film Board production, showing insects and animal life in a Canto the National Board's, adian marsh, Third, place went "The Shepherd," the story of sheep ranching in the Canadian Rockies. Countries represented the showings were, Ireland, Norway, South Africa, and Holland.

Moose Jaw woman dies MOOSE JAW (Staff) Mrs. Elizabeth Grace Keen, No. 99 permanent married quarters, RCAF station, Moose Jaw, died in a hospital here Friday. She was 71. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m.

Tuesday in the W. J. Jones and Son chapel and burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Keen was born in England, coming to Canada in 1886, when she took up residence in Winnipeg.

She moved to Regina in 1951 and to Moose Jaw in 1956. Predeceased by her husband in 1935 and a son in 1938, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. R. S. Hall, RCAF station, Moose Jaw, and seven grandchildren.

Judges Mrs. W. McKitrick, the superintendwere, ent for the city; H. G. Dekker, manager of radio station CJNB, and C.

Irwin McIntosh, editor of North Battleford NewsOptimist. Carl Sorge, president of the local film council, expressed his pleasure with the response to the festival and said he felt sure thature another would be festival held next year. this The money realized will be used to carry on the work of the local film council in providing facilities to schools, churches and charitable organizations for the showing of education films. REPAIRS to ALL Makes of Washers Moose Jaw news in brief MOOSE JAW (Staff) Funeral service for Mrs. Cecilia Bertha Ferguson, about 60, who was killed last Saturday when struck by a car, will be held at 1.30 p.m.

Tuesday in the Broadfoot chapel. Mrs. Ferguson, who had no permanent address, had been living in Regina and Moose Jaw for a few days prior to her death. She is survived by five brothers and one sister, including C. A.

Brown of Broderick, Sask. Capt. Horace Tidman, Winnipeg, inspector of bands for the army's prairie command, will be in Moose Jaw during the week commencing March.11. He will conduct in all phases of music for the benefit of the band of the Saskatchewan Dragoons Militia Unit and prepare the band personnel for trade testing. As a result of protests from Moose Jaw veterans, representatives of three veterans' organizations in the city have formed a committee to investigate the matter of the basis of cost prices of 100 wartime homes, with basements, now offered for sale.

On the committee are Lt. Col. A. H. Wilson, United Services Institute: Lt.

Col. L. M. Jones, Army, Navy and Air Force veterans, and Bob Dillon, secretary of the local branch of the Canadian Legion. They will report their findings to their respective organizations G.

R. Baskwill, director of civil defence in Moose Jaw, announced Friday that it was not anticipated there would be any Hungarian refugees from among the group arriving in Regina at the weekend, allocated to this city. Some 50 Hungarians have come to Moose Jaw, with 22 of them placed in city jobs. Moose Jaw Air Cadet Civilian Committee has decided to provide two flying scholarships to the two cadet squadrons operating here. Each will be worth about $150.

Charles McCaw, instructor, has also decided to turn over his remuneration for such duties, for another scholarship. It has also been announced that 20. Yorkton cadets will visit Moose Jaw at Easter for a two day visit. Early Vanguard settler passes VANGUARD (Special) Funeral service for George Durnford. 76, was held recently at Warrens funeral chapel, Swift Current, with burial Vanguard cemetery.

Rev. H. D. Garner officiated. Mr.

Durnford was one of the early settlers of the Vanguard district where he carried on farming operations. A few years ago he went to Calgary where he lived until his death. He is survived by his wife; three sons and three daughters. The late Albert Einstein produced his first paper on relativity in 1905, when he was 26 years old. THE LARGEST STOCK OF WASHER PARTS IN CANADA DIAL LA.2-7533 FOR WASHER SERVICE COMPANY LTD.

2308 11th Avenue Regina wax, says Mr. Nugent, produces whitest, longest-burning canIdles available. Evidently a lot of people agree with him for he and his on staff last year produced 10 tons of candles in seven different diameters, for sale to churches and other religious institutions across the nation. PROFITABLE TOO In a more practical vein his beeswax creations are also providing him with a comfortable living and subsidize a second operation- the painstaking fashioning of silver chalices, candleholders and other objects of religious art. The raw material that goes into the many thousands of candles produced each year in his little factory, once an barn which tilts slightly to the east after years of buffeting by prairie winds, is the by of another growing Saskatchewan industry.

It is the 100 per cent pure beeswax he buys from the beekeepers Co-operative processing plant at Tisdale. He has been operating this commercial enterprise known as St. Marks shop partly as a means of indulging his love for a finer field, which he describes as "religious art." WANTS TO EXPAND His ambition is to bring in other people with a similar interest to turn out the many beautiful objects which he says will find a ready acceptance over a wide area. Already he is working to this end in an underground studio below the candle shop. Here with lathe, knife and silversmith hammer he turns out exquisite handwrought chalices from sterling silver disks, tall, gracefull candleholders and crucifixes.

He also does some paintings in oils and a little sculpturing. "There is a big field here," he said recently as he turned a goldlined chalice in his hand to catch the light filtering into his studio through a skylight. The chalice, done on commission, took three weeks of hammering to produce. MONTREAL BORN Born in Montreal 36 years ago John Nugent attended high school in St. Paul, before returning to Canada where he joined the RCMP prior to the Second World War.

He spent three years in the force training at Regina before going famous, into the Canadian Army's provost corps. Upon discharge following the war he took an art course at St. John's Benedictine Abbey in Minnesota and in 1947 came to Lumsden. Here he married the former Florence Keller. The couple now have five children.

When he went into business John purchased some of his equipment from Fr. L. H. Shirley then at Young, and from him learned the secrets of making candles. MANY STEPS There are a surprising number of operations involved before the yellow beeswax is converted into the finished product.

And the man who nurses it through the various stages is John Kersens. Lanky red-headed and jovial he came Canada just three years ago from his native Aksloot, near Armsterdam in Holland, Ex-salesman, carpenter, farmer and what-have-you, John is happy in new occupation and plans to stay. He is building a home in Lumsden now for his wife and two children. Wrapping the wick on special aluminum racks is the first step in candlemaking, John explains. According to the diameter of the candle the racks will hold wick for up to 200.

For larger ones the wicks are suspended from clips attached to plywood disks. ON MAYPOLE When the wicks are ready, having been dipped in a special solution to cut smoke and promote long burning, the racks, or the disks, are suspended from cables on a wooden device which resembles a maypole. It can be rotated and a series of pulleys allow the racks to be raised and lowered. Beneath it is a round vat taining melted wax, kept at a constant temperature by steam heating arrangement connected to a boiler in the basement. Into this vat the wicks are dipped, cooled then redipped until they are coated with the required thickness of wax.

Weighted cables over pulleys are again 1 used in the sizing operation which comes next. Clipped to the cables the candles are pulled by the weights through a set of three dies. These are heated cylinders which smooth and trim the candies to the proper size. Grooving the ends to fit tightly into candleholders is the next operation. This is accomplished by placing the candles in a rack where they extend downward into a pan of water kept at a temperature of 120 degrees.

When they are softened they are placed in the machine which grooves the ends. After a careful inspection for discoloration or damage the candles are ready for packaging in the cardboard cartons in which they are shipped. A very important operation is carried on in the basement of the little plant where the air is heavy with the smell of melted wax ed with the cloying odor of hot honey. Here in a wax-encrusted vat the beeswax is melted and bleached through use of a processed clay and silicones. Mr.

Nugent isn't missing a bet when it comes to candles. He has the sole sales outlet in Canada for a glass cap known as a "follower" which when placed on top of the candle slows its burning and prevents the wax from dripping. -Leader-Post photo ARTIST: John Nugent, operator of St. Mark's Shop at Lumsden, and the only candlemaker west of Windsor, displays a work of religious art made in his basement studio. This gold-lined, solid silver chalice took him three weeks to produce.

In his left hand he holds a silver disk, the raw material for the chalice. Housing planned NORTH BATTLEFORD (Special) The possibility of a rental houstoling development program in North Battleford heightened with a visit to the city by representatives of the Gem Development Company of Calgary. Major Jim Maher spent the day showing prospective sites and answering questions in connection with the city. A decision on the basis of these talks is expected from the firm in the near future. A rental housing project has been pursued by the mayor since the provincial government announced that it was closing the suites at the North Battleford airport this summer.

At the present time al70 families live in these suites. There is not adequate ing in the city for them if they are all required to move. City council felt it could not assume the financial responsibility of operating the airport suites, but has, instead, been looking for a rental housing development. Need a Taxi? DIRECTED) GO (RADIO LA. MOORES.

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97-8 A Balcarres plans. its first clinic BALCARRES (Special) Plans for the first blood donor clinic to be held in Balcarres were made at a meeting held here recently, attended by 65 persons. The clinic will be held here April 8, with Mrs. R. Ricard, Balcarres, as convener.

Campaign for enrolment of donors will begin March ed to districts into Area representatives, were aska sufficient number of canvassers to enable a blitz campaign. A meeting of these canvassers will be held March 25 and will be addressed by Howard Ross, blood donor panel organizer for southern Saskatchewan. Chairman for the blood donor enrolment committee is W. J. Rees and R.

Pratt, both of Balcarres, is co-chairman. Area chairmen are, H. MouldAbernethy; R. Acton, Lemberg; G. Weger, Neudorf; J.

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