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can priest tells of five-year stay inArctic
BRUCEFIELD - 1t was
reminiscing time at
Friday night's annual
dinner meeting of the'
.Iluron Historical
Society held at the
Brucefield United .
Church.
Rev. Arnold Ruskell of
Goderich, a retired
Anglican priest. told of
his experiences during
a five year stay in the
Arctic -from 1946 to
.1951..
Rey. ituskell empha-
sized at the beginning
of his presentation
which included excel-
. lent slides, that this
was his factual account
of his tithe in the Arctic
and it was a way of life
that no longer exists.
Ile travelled constant-
ly during his stay in the
Arctic. He estimates
'travelling each year•
from ,1,500 to 2,000
miles'by dog sled and
about 500 miles by.
boat. •
fsllsmere Island at
that time had more
pure Eskimos than
Baffin Island.
The Inuit language,
one of the six oldest in
the. world, is very dis-
tinct in itself without
any roots or.derivation
from' any other •lan-
guage.
He pointed out there
are differences in the
language which can be
interpreted in several
ways.
.In giving an example
of a possible mixup in
'speaking this language,
Rev. Ruskell told about
overhearing a.conver-
sation at one of. the.
Hudson Bay stores. A
lady complained about
not feeling well. The
store manager gave her
four pills • and told her
to take one every four
hours. She came back
the next night to report
she didn't feel any_:but-
ter: When asked .if she
had taken the pills as
directed, she said,
"Yes. 1 took one pill
and turned around four
times."
Slide of the construc-
tion of an overnight
igloo were very inter- •
Rev.Arnold Ruskell of Goderich spoke about a five-year stay in the Arctic at
Friday's Huron Historical Society annual dinner at Brucefield.At the left,
Society president DaveYates welcomes Rev. Ruskell. in the -centre is a past
president Joe Hogan of Exeter. -
Huron Women interested.
in Networking launched
HURON COUNTY. - The
work. place has changed
lot in the last five years
and there are many
indicators pointing
toward further changes.
Many women are
working as entrepre-
neurs or for a small
enterprise from their
homes.
The workplace of the
90's looks very different.
There are fewer people
on staff.
One of the biggest
things that many find
missing is, having some-
one with whom to
bounce ideas around.
There is no workplace
network..
To accommodate this
need Huron Women
Interested in Networking
- MIN is being formed.
It was formerly known
as Huron Women in.
Business.
WiN is a networking
group committed to pro-
motion and success of
enterprising rural
women. You hear about
some exciting endeav-
ours happening in
Huron County when,you
ask what businesses
women are involved in -
their only limitation has
been their imagination.
Huron County has a
number of •resources
available for those inter-
ested in getting started
in businesses of their
own.
The inaugural WiN
dinner will take place on
November 5 in Walton.
Bonnie Holliday, from
CKNX Radio in
Wingham will be the
guest speaker. She will
share some of the choic-
es she has made that
have been both chal-
lenging and rewarding.
For further informa-
tion contact the co-ordi-
nators: Deb Campbell,
Exeter, 235-1609 or
Nancy Snell, Clinton,
482=5990.
esting. It takes only 50
minutes to•build this
type of igloo, but they
can be used only, for a
one night stay. After
that, water drips
through because :of
heat from the inside.
Blocks for the igloo -
are made from snow
that has been -packed
solid by the winds from
one snowfall.'. ' •
Many beautiful flow-
ers were -show -n: Most
flowers grow very close
to the ground for two
basic reasons, the short
growing season and to
receive protection from
strong winds. -
Asked about cemeter-
ies, Rev. Ruskell said
burials are held in the
spring and graves are
very shallow. -due to
permafrost three feet
below the surface:
In the late 1940's
Hudson Bay stores
were a very important
part of the develop-
ment of the north. Rev.:
Ruskell added, "I had
heard some bad' things
about the Iludson Bay
Company, but i have
nothing but praise for.
the way they carried on
their business. Our
BSA
Changes to collection
in
HAY TOWNSHIP
Effective October
26,1998
ALL residents
in the
Township of Hay
will receive btweekty blue
box and tagged garbage
collection. There will be no
collection on November 2.
We -apologize for any
inconvenience that this may
cause and remind you to
place your blue box $ltd
tagged garbage at the curb
by 7:00 a.m. to ensure
uninterrupted collection.
mission would never
have survived without
Iludson Buy. I don't -
think they have nearly
as many outlets new."
In answering a ques-
tion about food, he
said, "The most unusu-
al .'delicacy' I was,
offered during a visit to
a Roman Catholic mis-
sion was whale
brains." .Jokingly he
added. "It looked like
worms, but was edible
thanks to some of the
wine the priest had *on
hand."
ltev. Ruskell has writ-
ten a book about his
live year experiences in
the north. It is entitled
"Breaking the Ice."
'Chairman for the din-
ner and program was
Huron Ilis.torical
Society president Dave
Yates of Gade..rich. -
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