Balfour Technical School - Beacon Yearbook (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)

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Rent an Underwood from the Manufacturer UNDERWOOD LIMITED 2512 Eleventh Avenue Phone LA 2-3452 APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING Our province needs skilled tradesmen to keep pace with its economic expansion. Saskatchewan is becoming industrialized and its mineral resources are undergoing tremendous development—and to take full advantage of these resources, we need expert tradesmen. Our Trade School offers train¬ ing in the following trades: • welding • plumbing • pipefitting • bricklaying • sheet metal work • motor vehicle body repair • motor vehicle mechanics repair • electronics • carpentry • barbering • electrical • beauty culture This program is financed jointly by the Federal and Provincial Governments. If you wish to become a skilled tradesman make your plans now. For further information contact our Apprenticeship Branch. 7 afefere ttice today t6e ofatted t ' lade atcui fontwuuv SASKATCHEWAN Hon. C. C. WILLIAMS Minister DEPARTMENT OF FRANK ELLIS Director of Apprenticeship LABOUR H. S. ELKIN Deputy Minister 36 Balfour Beacon

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A1 7 Wifi to- Calijp-nsiia HAVE YOU ever panned for gold, or have you ever seen the buildings that are used in western movies? I have. Come along with me on my trip and I will try to create for you, the same experience that I had. To me, California has always been asso¬ ciated with movie stars, romance, towering buildings, numerous cars, taxis and buses dodging in and out of long, steady lines of traffic. Of course, I ' m way ahead of myself so I will go back to the start of our trip. We left Regina, in the wee hours of the morning, 5:00 a.m. to be exact, travelling by car. It was a beautiful morning, an ideal day for travelling. Our first stop of interest — Custer Na¬ tional Monument, the site of Colonel Cus¬ ter ' s famous last stand in Montana. The graves are scattered about with the head stones covering the exact spot where the soldiers fell in battle. Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico was a most beautiful drive. We followed the highway through mountainous ranges. We travelled right along the base of craggy cliffs. For the most part, New Mexico is a rolling, very arid country. Surprisingly enough, there are numerous fruit stands along the road rather startling until we dis¬ covered that there were orchards of all sorts bordering the many turbulent rivers. Small villages which dot the countryside, consist of low, one-storey homes called adobes. They are made of mud which is baked solid by the sun. For the most part, the towns were dirty and crawling with flies. Despite the filth, there was beauty in the quaint old-fashioned churches of Spanish design. Indian villages, hundreds of years old, called Pueblos, are built under the overhang of cliffs. The pueblos are three, four, or even five storeys high with step-ladders leading from one storey to another. In Albuquerque, we visited what is known as Old Town, a portion of Old Mexico preserved for tourists. It is quite a place to wander through, with its old town plaza, narrow streets, dining rooms and small shops set back off the street. In Arizona, we deviated from the beaten track to visit a Meteor crater and oh, what a scene! According to history, it was discovered in 1871. The crater measures three miles in circumference, 4,150 feet in diameter and is 570 feet deep. It was formed by a meteor which struck the earth with such an impact that it threw out nearly four hundred million tons of rock. I m sure glad we weren ' t there, when that happened! In Sedona, Arizona, we visted the build¬ ings used by film companies. Was I ever surprised to discover the buildings were only false fronts. The movie Broken Arrow was filmed here. On entering the state of California, we travelled for miles through oil fields. There were oil pumps and derricks stretching out as fas as the eye could see. The Los Angeles Freeway led us to the fabulous place of Los Angeles. It covers many square miles making up numerous smaller communities, such as Hollywood, Long Beach, Pasedena and many others. Unfortunately, in Hollywood, visitors were not permitted to visit the move-sets as the producers do not wish to have a disturbance while shooting. We satisfied ourselves by driving around the stars ' homes and ogling everything as typical tourists do. We saw Graumann ' s Chinese Theatre re- knowned for the concrete casts of movie stars ' handprints and footprints. We drove up and down Hollywood and Vine and Sun¬ set and Boulevard. How impressive Los Angeles is with its numerous theatres, fancy restaurants, gift shops galore, and of course miles of highways, streets, avenues, and those fast Freeways teeming with traffic! Disneyland is an enchanting story-book come to life. It was built and supervised by Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, Pluto and many other comic strip characters. Main street is a recreation of a typical American town of the 1 900 ' s. Tomor- rowland is a preview of the world of the future; Fantasyland is a very colourful dream world of imagination; Frontierland, depicts the adventurous spirit of pioneer people moving west; Adventureland, the ro¬ mantic and exciting wonderworld of nature ' s own design. Disneyland is entirely man¬ made, including the rivers, tunnels, rail¬ road and animals, so life like, it makes you feel as though you really were in Africa or some such place. Our next stop is Knott ' s Berry Farm not very far from Disneyland, a real old, fixed-up ghost town! Here you will see old fashioned hotels, jail-houses, a knife-makers shop and a gold mine where you can pan for real gold! Another fabulous and colourful place is Las Vegas. We visited some famous gambling places such as The Golden Nugget and Las Vegas Club. We also visited a few large hotels, such as the Dunes and the Tropicana, reportedly to have cost twenty- seven million dollars! We saw such named stars as The Gaylords, The Four Lads, and Betty Hutton. It was extremely warm in Las Vegas, 105 degrees above to be exact, so we stayed in an air-conditioned motel during the day and wandered about at night. Even at night, it is very warm and some drive-inns have large air-conditioners outside with long flexible hoses which are put into your car. Cold air is forced through to keep you cool. Las Vegas is a very expen¬ sive place and thrives mostly on gambling. While in South Dakota, on the last leg of our trip home, we stopped to view the grave of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, two characters of the Old West. I hope you have enjoyed the trip. People say that it is possible to actually fall in love with that ever growing city of Los Angeles. Don ' t laugh! It was love at first sight for me and perhaps it will be for you too. Ella Namisnyk, 4B QivinCf a at a feancjjii z a WHEN I attempt to speak before a grou; n of people I get nervous and tense. The face e: of the people, eyes all turned toward ms ol make me feel like crawling under tt c nearest chair, or table rc I knew that when I was asked to malt al a toast at the company ' s banquet la week; but like an idiot who ' s afraid he’ lose his job if he says No to the boss ‘ c I accepted. The setting was a large table with seen iz ingly MILLIONS of people around it -w big people, little people, short people, ar st fat people — all talking at once. It re minded me of some confused scene at a untimely accident. to I stood, clasping my damp palms tc m gether, ready to give the toast to M | Bigdome, our most honoured guest of th evening. I tried clearing my throat un: I was almost hoarse, but it was to avail, as Mrs. J. P. (Boss ' wife) was tellir ar all about her recent operation. There wer Qr too many oh ' s and ughs which drowne my efforts. sn I finally got the attention of my audientwl by creating a freakish accident. My sleet had brushed against the water pitcher an as I reached over to steady it, I clippeck the lady next to me on the nose. After th screech from her and an angry sputteriirtir from the other side of me, I could hotou heard a pin drop. The water had spille°E after all, when I had reeled around to apoif ogize; and sure enough, it just HAD to b I our guest who was sitting there — now so; ping wet! av gr After the commotion had subsided, orf u everyone had accepted my stumbling apokJ| gies, I started the toast. By then I wq c so unnerved and rattled I made every miQ n take in the book. I had completely forgcho ten all I had mapped out. One bluid; ac was to call Mr. Bigdome, Mr Bigshot. ou no one heard that but Mr. Bigdome, w i muttered a feeble apology under my breol and began again. Finally after a stuttering attempt, I fi e ished the toast and made a quick e it 5C had completely lost my appetite and fe n0 sure it would never return. I ' m willing to bet that my speaking dm are over — and maybe my working da too! LaVonne Imbery, 4C 7a He ZafLectedt All clattering and sparking, All double, triple parking, Not on a street or thoroughfare, Right here, where people have to bear Laughing, kidding, tussling, in Through Balfour ' s halls a-bustling, as Text books strewn, lockers wide— And my goodness, what ' s inside! When recess is over and done, cu¬ lt ' s then the Maintenance has its FUN. le Discarded wrappers, cartons scattered As if a cyclone the halls had battered Hi The Council has commented, it does in de£ nc lament it. But, even Houdini could not prevent it Randy Lorenz,4B Balfour Beacon ' 5 a 38