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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1977-01-20, Page 4THE HURONssEXPOSITOR, JANUARY 20, 1977 Nun describes ristmas in intivi A VERY COLD TRAIN — It was freezing cold Wednesday night when a CN train,: consisting of tVio engires,, a caboose and snow plow was derailed a mile and a quarter west of Mitchell. Larry Dillon of Seaforth was -there taking photos of the digging out and repair work and left at 1 a.m. when his camera got coated with ice. The ON tracks in Seaforth-still ytteren't plowed Friday. (Pbtpto by L a rry Dillon) •. • eather-not improving ...-Beechwo00'sfarts winernc~kin~: club At some time, everyone,. has , sampled home-made wine. Usually it is a "fence post" reciPe• - crushed grapes or other fruit, lots of.sugar 'and a prayer. The result is frequently a syrup - thick, sweet liquid, or a, rotting. -pulpy -mass. Nowadays, a little knowledge and sone .inexpensive' materials yield consistently gOod wines, ranging from dry to sweet, with little risk. The amateur hasall the technical advantages of modern wineries and ean s.produce wines eanparable to the best dornesti0.7 and-imported varieties. Rob Tetu and Addy McPhee,,of Beechwood Pottery, both avid vvinemakers, ate forming alocal wine club: They plan a ,program for beginners, including a course in the basics of winetriaking, and' a step-by-step analysis of different varieties. Mbre advaneed:"iktitOrtali.rs can enjoy discussing, past experiences,, , recipp$ and. exclufte trade secrets. All Materials will be available from tieechivood , Pottery, which presently staki a full range of e - Art supplies mid concentrated fruit, and grape Made Members Of the dub can get inontly newsletters, accessible adviee-froin professiimal$, Ours of wineries and breweries,, and films shoWing winemakindOpera- tions from 'around the world. Rob Tetu describes the amateur winery as a stimulating economicalhobtly. He says that a bottle of Liebtraumil'ch, a light, medium-dry Austrian wine,' can be made from a concentrate for only 55 cents a bottle, He claims the finished product-is equal or superior to. .a bottle of commercially prepared and imported wine, selling at the L.C.B .0. , for- $410. Rhubarb wlee;:ce:ade from(sarden stock in the spring mades'-an acceptable dry wine .for only 15 cents, a bottle. Many wipes are• suitable for 'drinking within a car or two of bottling, and some are quite good ,after only 6 Months, MOst home winetnakers agree that - the temptation to sample 'the bottles early is too great to resist, but aging nwilows the wine and improves the flavour. Rob and Addy ,hope that the local club will find many nekv Members bt the Seaforth area, and invite intereSted,readers -to call them at 3454184 for father itifeematioe: CREATE LI FEBRUARY4 p lAvz 4x,fr d Manpower acid Immigration Bud Cullen Minister Main—dteuvre etmIrnigratlon • Bud Culkai • N . Miniatre AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION SERVICE VI* f 27 -From Ydur boor To and Froth TORONTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT .• PASSENGERS • PARCELS o-AIR EXPRESS 4.PREIGNI in clirr;ofecottitrOlied comfort SEAFORTH 527-1222 or enquire at your Intel travel agent , itaimasumiimmiloopionommommin (Editor's note: Sister Rita Coyne, Who has been serving in' the Northwest Territories for , two years, is a sister of Lerris Coyne of R.R.2, Staffa.,) ! I — in St.Colurnban The-restoration of historical buildings, the construc- tion of a fire:hall, the replacerrient of an outdated water system, If 'you stop, and,think about it there are probably-many good projects that could create. jobs and be of great benefit to your community. This year, a new job creation program'Called Canada • - 'Works will,heip fight unemployment by providin-g fundS to groupS and organizations includ ing private. businesses, for worthwhile community projects. If you have a project-that can provide & minimum of five jobs for unemplbyed people-in yourat:ea4.sul:?: mit your application' to, Canada Works,, But do.itt-now,Ttle-cleadline for applications is February 4th. Right now, your Canada .Manpower.Centre has application farms and a Canada Works "Guide to Applicants" that describes the program and how to apply Visit your Canada Manpower 'Centre today. , Canada Works: 'Make it Work in tour community, . , This year I bring you greetings from lnuvik, N.w.T. I purposely did not send cards. at Christmas because I wanted to share with you my experience in the far North. But first let me start, in • Yellowknife. This y ear was one of the most beautiful Autumns that Yellowknife has known in 21'' years says an "Oldtimer". We had a little-Sneyv in October but that disappeared ofitil„NoVember , 6. Since then We' vehad ' abetit - three • or fonr inches. December was cold, 'around - 38 to 40 C for about ten days. Christmas was • just beautiful, around zero. ' Again on Christmas Eve we had a Family Mass at 7 p.m,. at which Weh ad to close the doors at 6:50 as the church was jammed. The children from Grades Five and Six sang. There were also a' Youth Mass at 9:30 and one at 'Midnight as well as one at eleven in the morning. At 11:30, p.m. we had a slide presenation accompanying the Christmas Carols. It was very impressive. One wonders where all the extra people come from on such occasions. However many non-catholics like to participate in • our Christmas Liturgy. They really feel, -they want, some celebration of Worship on Christmas and their own churches do not provide this for them. • Christmas at the Indian Village' was just as beautiful. Sister Mary Josephine worked very hard-with her Native People to create :a Christmas Spirit in keeping with the 'Liturgy. The crib took the form of a tent with spruce bows for the straw; a wee coal oil lantern and a candle replaced the electric lights. As the Indian People say "If Christ were born in the North this is the type of a shelter He'd have". It was unique. The New Year's • celebration was the usual Mass, .-home --evening.-feast closing with the Drum Dance that ended at 8 a.m. just in time for the Sunday. Mass. School closed here December 17, 1976. Many teachersieft that - evening by charter for places South ; East and WeSt :as far as Halifax- and Vancouver. -The majority going to Lando,. Hamilton and Oshawa. On Monday, Dec. 27 four of us, • Sister Mary Lillian went to . LOndon, boarded the. P.W.A: for Inuvik. The flight was delightful. We went dowrn at N orman Wells. It was here I was to make sure I saw the Rockies- and I did. We • ar .rived in Inuvik around -2:30 p.m. and were met by the Grey Sisters With whom we were to be gueSts for the rest of the week -- and, guests we were! , Inuvik had mere snow thad we had bpt not-all that much. It was 43 below zero when we arrived but since the town is in a valley there was no, wind and as a result we did not feel the •cold.. We went , prepared for cold 'weather. I never wore so many clothei ih ray life - - Parka, -.Wind Pants, Mukluks - you name it and •we had it. were pleasantly surprised and left a.few of the extras off as there was a -drop in-temp. to :25 4to -30. _ . COrrespondent nicely and expects to return to Vincent Lane ,Marian Villa soon. ' 45-2716 ' Mrs. Marie Melady • is recovering from a serious. Qp,eta- tion in University Hospital„. London. We :hope to see her around again soon. Schoolhere Monday was an on again,. off again si'tu'ation as the buses were unable to make it on Snowdrifting roads. 'gotten aroundlo-visit, .-lbg -neighborhood ladies due to weather and walking conditions, but with the price, of cof fee going up, I had better make it soon. Coming into the deep freeze __here -Sunday- it 'would be-like Father O' said to us when, the furtTrice failed ,the first Sunday after we moved here,,, "We gave you a cool 'recePtion''. Talk 'about breaking: CceordS, can anyone heat this'? We have a ..:neighbour in the hamlet who got • 'storm staved over Monday night Inuvik a lovely little town of 3300 - Government Employees, Eskimo and Indian. The 100 bed hospital was immaculately clean. They have built.. for tt4 future hehce , only one-third , is - in operation. The school is huge - 30 classroom teachers; 3 remedial, 2 French and I Resource Teacher. Sister Theresa Chaput, a Grey Sister; teache s Religion in the school but of course receives no salary from the Government, such" are the sacrifices of our Sisters. Everything is • Government owned. The Alexander Mackenzie El. School is KG to Gr. Six with about 625 students. The Samuel Hearne High - 7 to 12 has. 500 students. All the Settlements of the area send their children to Inuvik. Grollier Hall owned by the 'Government but administered by Father Ruyant OMI and seven Grey Sisters look after all the boarders ranging in age from 5 to 20. We were sorry we missed the students as they were sent- home 'by the Government for Christmas..Sonte will not return to finish their year but will come back a ext•year after Christmas. It's quite. the life up here. The Catholic Church was built in 1959 by Father Adam OMI who . has spent 41 years in the North. An Oblate Brother designed the building in the shape-of an Igloo. . Architects front all over have come to examine the,building and could not comprehend how one man with n o paper qualifications for building could build such a fabulous and intricate building with no tittle print. The_ Tabernacle is alsoin the Shape of an Igloo. The Stations of ,the Cross were painted on the Whitby an Eskimo, girl ,who is deaf and ' dumb. She lives in a little log shack near the church. When she was 17 Father Adam receignized, her talent and encouraged her to. develop it,,, Now she makes her living by selling her pa4ntings. Her work is magnificent. Father Croteau OMI had it on 'display in the Parish Hall.' , There are no foundations under any of ' the homes eNeept the church, which has a cement one. The buildings are well insulated so there is no 'complaint for,,cold. All sewerage pipes, oil, gas etc. are incased in metal compartnients-_; that run all through the town. The new Dampster Highway is to be completed in two y This road will connect the North with the rest of Canada. Peel* in the North will be, able ,to.,drive across the North to Whitehorse and Skagway. and south-to.-.other parts of Canada. This will be a • great boomfor the North. We, ere disappointed that the. lee Roads were 1,16t result we •were not able to visit Pa-044 at4Tnktoyaktuk. These dre Eskimo Settlements. But we-. did get, to Atilayik;. fifty miles from, the Arctic OCearl.- Father Croteau OMI chartered a plane for us. It Was a -twenty* minute trip mile's by air,'70 miles by ice road. We.travelled in a-Push and Pull Plane (engine in back and front) going with seating capacity44 ,7 six. Our return trip was in a Push-Only, with a seating capacity of five. It, was ,quite an experience to sit up beside' the 'Pilot and see everything. Going we.", travelled- at 1'500 feet, returning we were 1009feet...As a' result we wer'e able to view mum of the baryon lands. The snow was very scarce in spots. Both rides were extremely stheath. There is just a runway in Aklayik. It is a village of ' 820 people, 'EskiMe Indian and - white. Father Adam OMI took us on the Royal - tour.. After lunch with the SiSters we saw Father's Ice Sculptures. In October when the ice is formed he begins sculpturing the Nativity scene in life size. It Certainly is a' work.,,of, art. The ice is crystal clear. The many coloured lights bring out the delicate features on. the figures. After seeing this . work I could readily see how he assisted the Eskimo girl in' lnuvik to develop her talent for painting. The village is very small but food prices are very high: One pays 70c for one grapefruit. Here I. must tell you an interesting story about prices. When I left a Man asked me to buy him. a. muskrat hat in Inuyik. When 1 went shopping there were none left but was told they could order me one from Aklay.ik for $81.00. I thanked-them and left. In Alclavik I went shopping again for my hat: There was one :left price ..$40.00. In lnuvik for the same I would have paid $81 and in Yellowknife it would have been $110.00 for the same hat. How do you like that for inflation! The poor Native in the beginning probably got $10 or 15 at the Most. The tourists really get caught hardind fast. This is the same for Tr-towel, the Native Craft Work.' TheY put a great deal of work into producing their work which is a .work tof art. The sun in this part of the world never rose while we were there..that_is it'never came-above' the horizon. They would see-'it Jan. 6 for about ten minutes. However there was daylight, from l2!30 noon till 2:30. The amount of brightness ' depended upon Whether the day was'elear or 'not:', One, great difficulty about this darkness is nobody wants to get up in the morning. Of course from May to August theyhaVe 24 hodrs of daylight and ,nobody goes• to bed. .This Northland of ours is a great place. I suggest you should-, come up and see• for yourself'. I am more intrigued than ever now that -1 -have- been 'north of the. A retie. Circle and. only 50 mimes from the Arctic Ocean. The skyline, sunset, call what you will" was out: of t ts ()rid in beauty. Only @'o could' could present-such: beauty. The Rockies, were much more visible ,here and caught in that skylMe wa5 something else to behold. 1 could hot help thinking' iffhis is so great, how great must God realty': be. Well Iler_thtrujay we headed halite. _What a glorious,-holiday one to be remembered.; and , one that _makes 'you' proud to 'be a' . ,Canadian. gne that 'makes -. you proud to beshosen to work in the Northland: . • The Oblate Fathers and the Grey . SisterS . are doing . a "marvellotis job in bringing the " Goo'd New's of Christ to the Native people of the" North as well' as to our own White people. I hope I can imbibe some of their -great Faith and gen'erosity, M 'ost of 'these -men are from France and theSisters are front Montreal,. Many thanks all who se me greeting's and gift$ at, Christmas , I appreciated every one of them. 'In 'return' you were, all given a special mention in my 'prayers .during the Christinas Masse's that I was privledged to offer: After,all 'who knows our, needs more than He does, and it is He who can best fulfill them. , May your New Year. 1977 be tilled with all God's goOd thing's' for each of you-. Peace to all. Sincerely in Christ,. • Sister Rita Since writing my last column, the weather has not' improved, in fact it's colder and the snow{ has piled so high aking the highway from 4ny window I can only see the tops of cars. Monday the only vehicles that were moving were large trucks and it was so dusty you could hardly see them at-times, Our car is having a good rest, and I have, had a good chance to get shelves and cabinets built so.th at My 'wife has everything out OTboxes. The pressure is• off for the Moment .at. least but I am advised there's more to come, but I think I 'can safely say -we are all ,settled' now and very happy to be. here. Personals Barry Lane and Gord Carnoban !eft-Wednesday for Calgary. They Were-followed by Louis Arts and Allen. M.u.tray. They have phoned froM Saskatoon that sofartbey had no problems, less snow thaif heyeaand while it's cold. ',they don't feel it the same as here; Mr. and Mrs. Don Coyne. tiltnOnton. are presently visiting with -Ida parents Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Coyne and other relatives here. • Louis O'Reilly, ••Hibbert, who has undergone surgery at Victoria Hospital.. London. is-':nOw 'doing Cromarty' WMS The • W.M.S. of Cromarty. Presbyterian' Church met Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Calder McKaig, Mrs. M: • Dow opened ,the meeting with a,„:. New Year poem. Scripture.' readings from Johiti . Gospel, • Genesis-and Corinthians, were, read, .followed by prayer. The offering was,„ taken and, dedicated . ,13Y Mrs-M. Dow. • A New Years reading was given by Mrs. 'Doliglas and all repeated the Aposiles Creed.. Seven members answered the roll call with a New Year's- wish. 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