GREAT DAY FOR THE IRISH! THE HANNA HEIIALD V?:. "AND EAST CENTRAL ALBERTA NET I'S" ' iiif :/AK 2 91965 Authorized *« Second ClaM Matter by tho Post Office Department, Ottawa, And for tho Payment of Postage la Caah '5 VOLUME 53 NUMBER 22 THE HANNA HERALD AND EAST CENTRAL ALBERTAl^E'WS^-THURSDAY.'MARCH 25,1965 " ~ ' .Pc ptoCopy PROPOSED ROUTE OF HIGHWAY 41 "Test Farm" Planned In Acadia Constituency Coyotes Abound NEWS REPORT FROM OTTAWA HAS On Open Range M'NNYNOOK. March 23 — Be- INTEREST STIRRED IN ACADIA j cause of Ihe hard winter and the niimlver nf dead cattle, there are niif.-iiiiis coyotes stalking the r :nite. Hob Anderson of Sunnynook FEDERAL RIDING; Gov'ts Share Cost . had lots of practice with his Would Be First oF Its Kind In Canada li powered rifle. So far, he has i 'eiehtr-en ciyotes, and one day Aimed at Developing Plan For Livestock rMtly downer;! two just hours 11 a-. lh-.v fr d on the same car- Operation; Hope For Start This Year Although details are lacking, a new release from Ottawa .n Wednesday has caused a stirrinn interest among residents of the Federal constituency of Acadia It reveals that plans are underway for a "test farm", somewhrre wthin the boundary of the constituency, the exact location os of Wednesday was not revealed. According to the Ottawa story, a formal announcement of the pro­ iect can he expected soon from Ac rirulture Minister Harry Hays and his Alherta counterpart, Kerry Sirnm. location of the farm, said the Ottawa report, "has not been decided, but it could be situated iv. the dry constituency of Acadia". Th" farm would be the first of its kind in Canada, and while a similar project has been set up in the Ot­ tawa area, it is to be operated on a different basis than the one being planned for Alberta. Cost of the farm would be split between the federal and provincial governments, and the farm would include about a quarter section of irrigated land. The Canadian Press Ottawa article also points up the following details: The goal would be to set up an operation which would bring the Hon. Harry Hays fanner a net income of $4,800 an nuajDy. ies of the operations. It is planned as a livestock oper­ It is hoped the project will be ation and the grazing area would under way this year and would ; operate under the eye of the gov-1 be seeded to Russian wild rye ernments for two or three years. grass. Experiments have found that If the experiment is a success, it this variety provides four times utas . c-*B,a turn ant to be a pilot pro- p-TBTinlh i ;--.«._.-.» to ' prairie wool'. s. w-ro *"***v ji^-trtifitr'Smiflt be aftmea fa* The two governments, would buy' marginal areas in other parts of the land, fence lt, seed it, construct'the """"fry- St. Patrick's Day, March 17, fell tion .as all joined in honoring the photo is Joe himself tasting a bit I'atron Saint of Ireland. Adding to of his birthday cake, and enjoying the buildings including a house, | Already the government is hop- on last Wednesday, however mem­ provide about 150 head of cattle ini to set up similar experiments In bers of the Hanna and District the significance of the occasion the traditional cigar. The one time Pioneers' Association decided to was Joe Winkler's 91st birthday Chief of Police states he "feels and the necessary machinery. j Quebec and one of the Atlantic pn>- hold their celebration Thursday and Joe was on hand to share in better now than he did for the forTh sale efar omn thwoule basid thes onf 2b5e percenofferedt vincesThe . idea was expanded by Hays night and what a celebration it the fun. Bottom photo is "M.ic- past two years", and sure and be- down and full payment in 30 years. following trips to Europe. In was! Tribute was paid to the likes namar's Band" in action, with pre­ gorra he looks "in the pink" and In this initial case even the 25 per Prance particularly the govern­ of tbe real sons of Erin, the D'Arcy sident Ferg Jam?* out front, and has the best wishes of hundreds of cent might be waived in return for ment has a well-developed program brothers, Jim, Dick and Hall, and left to right Roy Embree, Mrs. friends near and far for Many agreement allowing the two gov­ designed to put marginal areas to for the one night at least everyone Alva Blocksom. G. Glubrecht, Mrs. More Happy Returns of the Day! ernments to make extensive stud- the best possible use. claimed some sort of Irish connec­ M. Givens and George Gwln. Top IIIHIIIIIIllllllllll iiiiiiriiriiiiiiiriririiiiin "HORSEPOWER" FOR he came to a snow drift which THE ROYAL MAIL! couldn't go through with th* truck, he'd unload th* horse, ENDIANG, March 23 — The hitch it onto th* truck and Seed Plant Assured, midnight ride of Paul Revere, pull it through! Tit said that or other historical episodes in­ 'heroes are made, not born", volving man and horse, have ... to it is presumed that Or­ nothing on Orville Hawthorn* ville is one of these. In th* mall carrier between Byemoor annals of postal history, th*re and Hanna this winter. are many stories concerning Though $2,000 Short Through hi* own ingenuity and the rural mail man's faithful­ with the co-operation of Old ness to duty, but few are likely Dobbin, Orville has been able to match Orville's determina­ to live up to the familiar say­ tion to deliver regularly and EDMONTON FIRM GETS CONTRACT f^w^^T™ ing "th* mail gets through"! on time "Her Majesty's Royal In the light of the prolonged Mail", even though it means BIG STONE, March 24 — At a | cold winter and constantly going back to the horse and FOR CONSTRUCTION & APPLICATION ! meeting in the Cobblestone School' drifting roads, Orville's deter­ buggy days, with a 1965 truck on March 19, the Blood Indian Rid-1 mination to deliver everything playing the role of the 'buggy". I ing and Roping Club was organized from soap coupons to "home­ So all through the long winter I under the presidency of Art Klas- steaders' Bibles", is truly com­ months, "here comet the mail" MADE TO VILLAGE FOR LOCATION ; sen. Some twenty adults and eleven mendable. Here's how he does still rings out loud and clear as I children attended the meeting' It: After last week's blizzard Orville makes hit rounds, per­ Costs of Building Rise Since First ' which saw the following other of- he loaded up the mail (and the haps inspired by the warm Estimate Submitted Giving Cause i ficers elected: secretary treasurer, horse) into his truck, and took thought that winter can't last | Gordon Paetz; directors, Roy Ham-1 off from Byemoor to Hanna, forever, and both he and the For $2,000 Share Selling Drive ilton, Bob Lynn and Jim Paetz. catling at intermediate points faithful horse can look towards Membership fees were set at one of Endiang and Scapa. When "greener pastures"! (Special to the Herald by Mrs. R. Jardine) dollar for children under 16, two I Oyen, March 23 — Directors of the Acadia Seed Proces­ dollars for adults and five dollars | sing Co-op Ltd. took several strides forward toward the est­ for family. All interested persons • ablishment of the seed cleaning plant when they met in Oyen are encouraged to join Supplied to the Herald through courtesy of the Hon. Gordon E. Taylor, Minister of on Thursday, March 18. Also attending the meeting were Highways this map shows the complete route of proposed Highway 41 from Em­ Spence Goddard, Edmonton, special projects director; Don press to Czar. Mr. Taylor states that while no construction is likely to take place on Macpherson, Hanna, district agriculturist; H. H. McVeigh of this route during 1965, he and the Ministers concerned thought a complete map of Spokane, representative of the Crippen Manufacturing Co. Mayor and Prominent Craigmyle Citizen, the proposed route would be of interest to residents concerned in knowing where The contract for constructing the* construction at a later date would be carried out. plant was awarded to Ed Anderson of Edmonton and machine con­ Museum Meeting tracts went to Simon-Day of Cal­ Next Monday John Henry "Jack" Phillips Laid To Rest gary. Application has been made Liberal Assoc. to the Village of Oyen to purchase Ferg James, president of the Mayor of the community, and a I Mayor of the community. He was j Susan, age 11, at home. He is also a site north of the Pool Elevator. Ilanna Pioneers' Association, re­ highly esteemed citizen for many I also a member of the Hanna j survived by two grandchildren, AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS: Still under consideration are the minds all and sundry of the meet­ years, John Henry '-Jack" Phillips I Branch Royal Canadian Legion, | Other immediate surviving mem In Acadia Bills purchase of a treater and a de- ing next Monday night, March 29, of Craigmyle, passed away in the and was on the board of directors j bers of his family include five bro- OYEN, March 23 — Employees of the town utilities, Nlek aad bearder. whereby plans for a Pioneer Mu­ Col. Belcher hospital, Calgary, on of the Sunshine Lodge for Senior titers: Jim at Red Deer, Robert and Stettler Meeting Frank Bosch are experiencing difficulty with the freezing and brent-tag seum will be discussed and at­ March 21, following an illness of Citizens' at Drumheller.