Goldeye: A Family History

Beginnings Alex McCalla Dick Schroter Arnold Platt

Plans To Create A Jr. Camp

Original Camp Committee

Original camp committee Farmers’ Union & Co-operative

Development Association, (FU&CDA) Recreational & Leadership Training Centre

Fundraising

Farmer’s Day June 12, 1959

Fundraising problems

Pinehill Memorial Cabin(Cabin 1, 1960)

New Faces

Clover Bar Local Cabin(Cabin 2, 1961)

The First Camp 23 Students

Fundraising Problems

Early Staff Gerald Schuler Morley Bradley John Melicher

Funding shift Federated Co-operatives

Ltd. Co-operative Fire &

Casualty Central Alberta Dairy

Pool Northern Alberta Dairy

Pool Canadian Co-op

Implements Ltd.

UFA Co-operatives Ltd. Alberta Wheat Pool United Grain Growers.

Church Hoppins Memorial Building (1965)

George Church UFA Co-op Pres

1945-1961

Wilfred Hoppins UFA Co-op General

Manager 1951-1963

Goldeye Co-operative Teen & Youth Camps

Goldeye Co-operative Teen & Youth Camps

Goldeye Co-operative Teen & Youth Camps

“Boy, you really have to work to make democracy function!”

Sweet Charlotte – County of Lacombe

Costs Estimates Rising

$78 000

Centennial Celebrations

Birth of Unifarm & REDA Farmer’s Union of

Alberta Alberta Federation of

Agriculture Unifarm

Farmer’s Union & Co-operative Development Association, (FU&CDA)

Rural Education & Development Association

Director of Country Programs and Goldeye Jack Muza

Jr. FUA Discontinued

Blunden Manor(1973)

Year Round Activities (1978) $120 000

Birth of Foundation Charitable Organization Tax Receipts Annual Membership Fees

Jacquie Jevne Board Campaign Co-ordinator $2 000 000

Comfort Memorial Award (1980) $25 000 Co-operative Exchange programs

Changes Aplenty Hay Memorial Cabin (1982) President’s Wing The White Cabin Jack Muza Building Betty Pederson Boardroom

Youth Program Managers John Melicher Richard Stringham Marg Langford Diana Petrovic Joanne Hedstrom Allan Bartolcic Liane Courchesne

Attendance 1997 – 181 Participants 1998 – 330 Participants

A Few Current Sponsors UFA Co-op Stores & Associations Agricultural Societies Rec Boards. Calgary Co-op The Co-operators Credit Unions