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PAGE J18, WEDNESDAY, AIJ GUST 23., 1978, WHITBY FREE PRESS CLASS VOLUNTEE ,RS NEEDED TO WORK WITH, PEOPLE UNDER EMOTIONAL STRESS. TRAIN ING,& SUPERVISION PROVIJDED.1 INTERESTED?, ATTEND AN INFORMATION, SESSION, 1:30 ,P.M. WED. SEPT. .6TH. WHITBY COMMUNITY CARIE OFFICE' ST. BERNARD'S SCHOOL 220 DUNDAS ST. W. 668-6223 ATTLN»lIO-N FARMERS!!1 WH Y YMORE?__ SAVE ON PREMIUM QUALITY ,GAS. DIESEL FUEJÎ MOTO R OIL Prompt Delivery IOut of town please alcte. ~ ~DXWHITBY N~x 668-3381 DTHAPAR Denture Therapist 214 Dundas Si. E. Whitby 668-7797 /, HOU RS Mon. - Sat. & Evening-. By Apporntment OnIy Many young' men have dreamed of going tb sera, but few ever gel the opportunity, and the hard work that goes with it. one young man who has, undertaken.,.a summer of adventure in Canada's far« north is, Tom Tompkins of Whitby who is a messman' and cook's helper on a supply ship for ou-l drilling rigs in the: :.eaufort Sea. At "the e nd' of May, Mr. Tompkins joined a collection. of cooks, messmen, oilers, riggers, deck hands, capta i, mates and' engineers from across., Canada-, at Edmonton,, ýprior to taking a plane 10' Tuktoyaktuk, in the North West Territories, in the, Mackenzie River delta area. Sofar. I seemü to be the. only 'Rookie', "lhe siad in a recent letter to his parents. "We are now- living ona fleet of drill ships and supply tugs frozen into five feet of ice until possibly mid-July . "The drillships will, cover, last year's productive- wells and drill for new ones across the Beaufort Sera. Uiopn his arrivai, Mr. Tompkins found that the work he had undertaken was flot easy and the ýhours were long. "During the last two and a haîf weeks since we arrived, my shortest day has been il hours," he reported. "The f irst few until *'I fit into the pateern of my job as.->mess- man, cook's helper, 1 worked, 15 bo 17 hours. 1 1 .<1 "Neyer have I seen such vast amounts of'ý food devourerd in such a short period 0f time," he told his parents. "We are feeding 18 to 24 men, three meals a day. They go through' two dozen eggs, three loaves of brea.d, 15 to 20 pounds of bacon, ham, sausages, two jugs of juice and six quarts 0f milk (when we haver it) for break- fast alone. i I peel 40 t0 50 pounds of spuds, make six gallons of coffee, 'sweep and mop thé falley and mess three or four times and empty nine bo 12 bags ofgarbage each day," mr. Tompkins- reports. "Each Sunday 1 change ahl bunks and Wash and dry and fold , dount and store 'al sheetsand towels in betWeen Sunday meals. Sunday begins as usual at 6:15 a.m. but due 10 laundry day, don't finish until 10 - il p.m., Other days I usualy finish about 7 to 8 p.m. If I really hustie can get an hour break in the morning andone,. and a haîf hours in the afternoon. "While in port we challenge Base Camp personnel to pool champion- ships' and soccer games,". saysMr. Tompkins. "'Twicè a wéek we bus to the Town of Tuk 10 a local school gym for a few games of basketball1, and volîcybaîl with the local Eskimo* kids. . ,'ýTuk is a community of 800ý people living in wooden and'I metal shacks and pre-fab trailers, scattered pattern-ý less around a sheltered bay, 80 miles north of Invunik and, a littie farther east from. the mouth of the Mightýý Mackenzie River. 1"Afler we sail, our crewý will beCaptain, Second Mate, Chief Engineer and Second. Engîneer, Oiler, five deck hands, messman and cook'J.. said mr. Tompkins. "That's" a solid crew". "Floating in and out will be drillers, riggers, photoý- graphers, reporters, environmental personnel and company officiaIs. We are on the "Canmar Supplier V", a 150-foot-long tugboat with-'four decks 'and the bridge with wheelhouse. "'We have bunks for 20 men. Our job will be to supply the. drillships with food and personnel through-, out the season which 'may hast vnti] -December. The drillships are 200 to 300 feet long and will -be anchored at point for the entire season." Mr. Tompkins, reports that temperatures are usually about freezing, but in mýid June at 10 p.m. il was balmy and beautiful at about 20 degrees C. "We have two zodiacs- twin--hulled life rafts, with 20 horespower outboard engines, and a dozen air pressurized inflatable bubble type rafts each capable of carrying 10 people in a pinch,"' says Mr. Tompkins. "We've, been fighting f ires w e set out on the ice--burning tires and debris and having a firedril with w ater hoses and several different types of 'extinguish- ers. «"lt's an education walking into a pile of smokey flaming tires downwind coughing and spitting, crawling almost on your belly bo breathe and put out the whole mess. If apy- thîng.,happens. (Heaven forbid) at sea, we'llbe ready t0 figbt a ,ny type- of Ifir e rather than abandon the ship to let the flames do thousands of: dollars of damage." Mr. Tompkins says- every Saturday night the crew has a fruit- punch party and listens tb eight-track tapes. They can gel only CBC on the television',, but it is hookerd up to a video mach'ine ,which will show movies delivered in cassettes. Despite the long hours and hard work, Mr. .Tompkins finds the isolation 0f the far north can be depressing. hie would like to hear from any of his Whitby friends who attended school with bim tetters may be addressed. to Tom Tompkins, Tuk Base P.O. 350, C/0 Canmar Supplier- V, Tutuoyaktuk, North West Territories. From the sound of his cÇomments in bis first letter h'ome, he is living a life that few-Canadians get a, chance to experience, and reports "It's a good education to be sure." Vi Halyes. A 1ii erstaff member at, tbu Wýhitby Psychiatric 1lOS)i .1, 'Viole t Evelyn i laye-s, 205 Crawforth Street, died Aug. 14 at the Dr: J-. Ruddy Hospital at the agËeof 72.- A daughter of "the' laie Adam Calder and 'Ellen Terry, she was born FeIL 24, 1906 at Epsom, England.ý' 'Mrs. Hayes served'for 25 years in the civil-servie 0ôf Ontario àat the: New Toironto, Toronto and Whitby Psychiatrie Hogçita1s, before retiring 10 years ago. She was a memfber of the Quarter Centry Clùb fof the Ontario Civil Service. , Mrs. Hayes was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 'in Whitby. She is, survived by her liusband, Frank Hayes, \v boxTi she married at T.ýoronto July 5, 1930; one, son, William of Whîtbye,,,two daughters, Mrs. Clarene Moore (Florence,) of Whitby and Mrs. Robert Villeneuve (Sheila.) of Oshawa, .and. il grandchildren. She is, also survived by One, brother, Robert Calder of Caithness, Scotland;, and one- sister Mrs. Aif Bilyard, ofý Londo, England. The funeral. was held, at W. *C. Town- Funeral Home, Aug. 16, REv. Frank Conkey officiating, and was followed by cremation. If desired, contributions to the Canadian Heart Fund would be appreciated. Local man gets scholarship * wwu *~w u u w ilanA. Reed, 610 King ct Street, Whitby has received Ut the Wheeler Scholarsbip l'rom MeMaster University THE NEARL Y N-EW SO i Hamilto is 131 Brock St. S. 73 Cojl ? t ai the rate Of fees for four Wh itby, Ont. 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