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srriiya_rds, Un Aberdeen Angusbreedefr for more than g years, died Saturday in ARVA - Funeral service wa eldat‘Sl. John the Dis vin 1glican Church in Arva toda [or T, ' Alexander Ed- (ir/rss, owner bf Anoka Farms. Ma, and one of Can- ada's (op bpof cattlemen. 7 T. ALEXANDER EO. ' WARDS - - .. buried at Arva He was a former director pf the Royal Winter Fair, the Western Fair and a former di- rector and president of the Ctr. nadian and Ontario Aberdeen Angus Associations. ' 'Mr. Edwards had s'hown at tho Royal Winter Fair every year since its s . l in 1922 and during that {11% showed 15 grand champion' bulls and nine reserve grand champion bulls. Mr. Edwards was also " judge at. numerous exhibitions and shows throughout Canada and the. U .S. Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit. He had been semi-retired since 1961 when he sold most of his)wrd. But in the seven years since the dispersal sale the herd had built up again to about 140 head. He is survived lay his wife, the former Marion Kaiser: daughters, Misses Sharon, Vir.. mum, Alexandra and Chris.. tene, a“ at home; a sister, Miss Florence Edwards, Wal- ford; two brothers, Donald, Watford, and Frank Lambeth. Honorary pallbearers were: Warren Bicknell, Cleveland; 'l'lr.“».}ohn Coles, Arva; W. B, G r a n e e r, London; Senator,; .Harry Hays, Calgary; Tomi' Hays, Oakville; G. T. Moore,' t Arm; William R. Poole, Lon- 'Ctiou; William Schlegel, Thed.. ford: A. E. b1edelbau er, Lon- l don; Chester F. Stevens, Lon, _ don: Jack H. Stevens. Arva: I William A. Paterson, London; l Maj. W. A, Rafferty, Morocco, _ , Ind.; W. P. Watson, Toronto;,' 1 Col. D, B. Weldon, Arva; Dai ', vid B. Weldon, London; R. W. tRobertson. London; A. Kirkv -'iuacDonald, London; George A. Mitchell, London: Dave Canning, Staunton, Va.; John J. Tolan, Springfield, Ill. Burial was in St, John the Divine Church C e m et e I' “y, Arva. I Active pallbearers were: John C. Lee, Arnold Rae, Lan- ny Holden. Howard Brand, Jim ' wards, ‘ckall, Danny Ed- The name Jiihn Pasman may not‘pe familiar to many London and district garden- ers, but his: handiwork is well. known and admired far be- yond this areal John was the head gardener Jar the Lon.. don Life and, the .lawn that surrouMs the "building 'is iamo)s. V _ _ . We have" used thd word "was" :peea'use on the' bisf of last month John retired and; 35 years of gardening creativ- ity, spring,. summer} and fall. John is a native of Markelo, in east" central Holland, and learned gardening from his father, a horticultural super- visor of a large estate owned by a wealthy Dutch count. It was assumed. that this young lad would follow in his father's footsteps, but wanderlust took hold and John set out 44 years ago to tour Canada. He didn't get too-far,choyever., for ar- {riving in London, he liked what he saw, and went to work Her Tom Sanderson on Western llioad. , What's the secret to that beautiful London Life lawn? Well it's a number of things, but most of all it's just an aw- ful lot of tender loving care. The lawn is a mixture of bent grasses, most of which have been discontinued by seed houses. There is some south German bent, velvet bent, Rhode Island bent and New Zealand fescue. Grass is cut at a height of 3A of an inch, usually once a week in the summer' and as often three times a week in the spring. Applications of 10-6-4 ferti- lizer are made'in the spring and summer and, if needed, another in the fall, but this time once such as 4-12-4 which _ is low in nitrogen is used. John feels that often lawns get too much nitrogen which he believes is at least partly responsible for the excessive winter kill of lawns in recent years. ' Because of the very thick turf, the lawn has been. both- ered very little by grubs or weeds, and John makes cor- rective applications only when needed. He recalls very vividly the time of the outbreak of sod web worms about 10 years' ago, when he came close to losing'most of the lawn. _ “I couldn‘t even weak Eng- :lish when I first arrived," John recalled, "but everyone was so helpful -that London soon became home." He join- ed the London Life staff in -1933 when the new lawn in ltront ot the Dufferin Avenue fbuilding was newly planted, and his“.first big challenge be- gan. As. the company expand- ;ed, John watched much of his work being torn up, but in- stead of being dismayed it presented only another chal- lenge to work on again. “If you love gardening the way I do, it's no work at all," he replied,._ . V By Ken Smith' SIng most of the law. "We watered, and t small "People seem to care about the lawn and most go to great pains not to litter 01:,cxren step called, "apd the tiny grubs ate the lawn to bits." They got this situation under control with applications of arsenate of lead. white moths flew up like snow falling the wrong way," he re- John keeps a close Watch on "his pride and joy" seeing that the lawn gets prompt at- tention at the slightestindica- tion of trouble. r" Ft.1it)1y:.?r2.'ii".fie?:'. 'i'?Wy?jP'i'iiiii'y:"i'i:ir; By Don James of the Free Press John Pasman and his famous London Life lawn. : 35,. AN', (sffx3jfi?;i's?,?sTi', w. . in" ""eT .1, ‘sxm«~> .. 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I'm content to retire and leave my work to others, but I know I'll miss it for _ awhile." - _ oniit,” said John, "but there are always a few who can't 'resist the urge to take off their shoes and run across it bare- foot. Many passersby would stop to compliment me on the lawn, and then get around to asking for advice for their own," he added, "and I was always glad to give suggeS- tions I thought might help." Retirement doesn't mean the end of' gardening for John, for he now hopes to have more time to putter around his own garden at 107 Base Line Rd. W., and give more attention to his favorites, a fine collec- tion of Brimroses. 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