Rain Again Halts Harvest School for Retarded May Commence Soon

Rain Again THE HANNA CIAN D EAST CENTRAL ALBERTA NEWS" Halts Harvest Authorized aa Second Clan Matter by the Poet Office Department, Ottawa AM tar tha Payment of Poitage in Caeh£^ VOLUME 52 — NUWBER 4$ THE HANNA HERALD and EAST CENTRAL Ai-btKi A iNtws—inu^Ai IVfr» 1.88 INCH DRENCHER MIDDLE OF QUIET YEAR FOR HAIL IN ALBERTA LAST WEEK LEAVES FIELDS AND School For Retarded SWATHS IN SODDEN CONDITION Harvest Machinery Lays Idle As Farmers Wait Return of Warm Sun; May Commence Soon Seventy Percent Combining Done Prospects for a clean sweep of the 1964 harvest took a serious setback last week when sudden and general rains struck POTATO CONTEST HANNA AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATION most of east central Alberta at mid-week In Honna rainfall DURING OCTOBER registered 1 88 inches, with higher amounts up to two, two and a half and even three inches in other districts. During the month of Octo ber, local and diltrict gardners ENCOURAGED BY PUBLIC RESPONSE • will ba Interested to know that lasteSod heav abouy t watwenty-fous the downpour hourrs that The Herald's annual "Potato sloughs which had been dry most Contest" will be In full swing. NOW ENJOYS LARGE MEMBERSHIP of the summer were again filled Last year's champion, Joe Slo- with water and even some of the Plains Western picki will be out to defend his Tentative Plans Call For Initial smaller creeks and water courses laurels, and his "king siie" Instruction In Scout Hall Bldg.; were running. spud of five pounds in last Grain fields presented a forlorn Acquires Assets year's contest will be hard to Assistance Offered Rural Families sight, with water lying about in the beat. During the past several stubble and swaths thoroughlly sa weeks most farmers have been (Special to the Herald by Mrs. Peter Boyd) 1 turated. Coming on the heels of a Of South Well more interested in their grain Press Representitive Honna ond District Association Berry Creek No. 1 crops than garden produce, previous week in which light rains To Be Added To For Retarded Children again halted harvest, the deluge of but with the "frost on the last week will likely hold up har Supply For Hanna pumpkins" these mornings, After many weeks of concentrated effort by members of vest for at least another ten days. The Herald was infontied on their thoughts are turning to the Hanna and District Association for Retarded Children, we The first of the week saw hopes Monday that Plains Western Gas the potato patch and they are are in hopes of holding classes in the near future. It had been dashed of an early resumption as wondering if a "bonania" lies planned that a class would be in operation by October 1 but Company, suppliers of natural gas beneath those hillsl The Her on Monday rain again fell and far to Hanna, had acquired the assets there is still some delay which we hope will be cleared up mers couldn't "move a wheel". ald offers ten dollars for first of the Berryl Creek Petroleums prize and five dollars for se shortly, possibly by the time of our regular meeting on October According to local elevator men, well on the south outskirts of town. cond this year, so all potato 5 at 8 p.m. in the Pioneers' Hall. about seventy percent of the com I. S. Comfort, general manager of contestants have to do is get A special meeting was held on area surrounding Hanna shows that bining has been completed in the Plains Western, stated that in the out and digl The contest start Monday evening, August 24, with a a considerable number of children immediate Hanna area, with other past several weeks Berry Creek No. ed today and will end on Oc large number of the Association are in need of special attention districts not faring so well. West of 1 well had been undergoing an ex tober 31. As a start, several members present and it was voted which is the aim of the Retarded here in the Craigmyle and Delia tensive reconditioning and testing "little fallows" in the two unanimously that classes be started Children's Association. Many of districts late maturing crops en program, with a view to including pound class have been exhib in Hanna regardless of the fact that these kiddies are in easy distance tailed a later start in harvesting gas reserves into the company's re ited. However, the contest is we still lack the pupils to make up of town as buses are regularly con Tlie 1964 hail season is now ov veys on 6 days of special interest, this way the whole storm system and considerable acreage has yet quirements for delivery into town. for heavyweights only, and no the eight required to obtain the veying children from all directions er, and will go down in history as using both cars and the telephone. progresses across the countryside. to be done. The Berry Creek well has re bantams are allowed! Provincial Government grant. It leading into Hanna for regular a rather quiet year. But Alberta In this way another 1700. hail re No hailstorms anywhere else in A preliminary estimate of the mained dormant for a considerable was also decided after much dis school attendance. However, many the world have been so well docu STOP PRESS ... Jo* Slepicka, Hail Studies have just completed ports, and 590 "no-hail" reports yields locally are: wheat 15 bush time ,and following the efforts of a the Herald Potato King last cussion to hold the classes in the kiddies who would he offered help one of the most successful summer mented as the two major storms els, oats 30, barley 25 and rye 10. service rig in the past week or so, year is getting into the act of Scout Hall. To do so, this building through the Association must be field observation programs since were obtained. right here in Alberta Hits year. This is not a final estimate and is indications are that it may be promoting larger vegetable was in need of some renovations, assessed by the Guidance Clinic the propect began back in 1956. Although several storms gave is Thus the reports provided by the based on information given local brought back into successful pro produce. This should be of ex etc., which have since been looked which is done through the local Despite the lack of hail activity olated pockets of large hail and or farmers are making a major con duction. Mr. Comfort expressed the into and to make these changes damage, there were only two major tribution to the total knowledge elevator agents by fanners. It ap ceptional interest to Swedes, Health Unit this year, a record amount of very pears that the total volume of grain belief that this would be possible, as Joe announces his sponsor and repairs is causing a portion of storms within the project area. and understanding of the myster and the well would thus serve as a the delay. The Association regrets that the high quality data has been collect These occurred on July 18 and Au ies of the dreaded Ml storm. Al delivered to Hanna elevators this ship of a turnip contestl It Opportunity Room in the public year will be down about thirty per stand-by to the other two wells, one ed on those few storms that did gust 9 and,were very similar in berta Hail Studies therefore wishes starts October 1 and ends on At this special meeting Mrs. Nor school is not in operation due to occur. Also, continued improve cent from 1063. However, yields southwest of Watts and the other the 31st of the month. Three many respects. They both occurr to thank all those who sent in hail man Alspach was chosen to super the fact that the local school board ments In the new weather radar are, generally speaking, going high north of the Hamlet. prizes are being offered rang vise the classes. Mrs. Alspach vol ed as a cold front swept in from reports, and also those who so will was unable to obtain a teacher. The set now enables detection of as British Columbia giving wide- ingly gave iarforaajio£ Jai_ survey er than was first expected. Rumors circulating to the effect ing in the value from "five dol unteered some time ago to accept Association feels, that this room Due to the wet weather grades that present wells are decreasing lars up", and tha only condi this duty and has since that time many as 15 different levels of echo spread shower activity to central teams when contactsa Tr/telepHtme would be of great benefit to the intensity-in tbe storms. have suffered and wheat has fallen in volume are entirely without tions of the contest are that attended the Christine aMickle Re alow-learning puipls, many of which Alberta. The heavy hail was con-|er in person, from No. 2 Northern for the first foundation, said Mr. Comfort, and the turnips must have been tarded Children's School in Cal are now attending already crowd- Daring the past four months fined to two swaths which moved | But tlie i by acquiring the Berry Creek well i deliveries, down to three and four, •Jfyland grown and contest- gary, where she spent a two week led classrooms. 2000 hail report cards have been in from the fo with farmers having great difficul- is purely a matter of good business •iws fruin rertgaf*w oiltrills period^ obeervance WM ulllfP \z*mm in adding to Uw existing gas supp- are out! Entrants are asked to l»W*r Wsfpaen is Trow preparing, to lUs4<n meeting the Xt\ parent mois to get in touch with our Associa well below the average of 2500 bas reports obtained on each' ef ture test requirements.

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