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acton connections challenges in frobisher bay outlined in pastoral letter the christmas letter sent by the rev douglas dittrich and his wife from frobisher bay is of interest to acton friends of the family and church groups which have become connected with his work anglican mission box 57 frobisher bay nwt christmas 1965 here wc until october 6 the end of a very rewarding experiment we welcomed in august canon douglas whitbread his wife and three children from spence bay where canon whitbread has been stationed for the past 10 years he will be travelling to some of the smaller settlements which do not have ministrations of the church regularly while in fro- fourth christmas newsletter from frobisher bay by riow we have stopped apologizing for not being in- closer touch with our friends and trust that you understand our lives seem to be increasingly busy as the months go by sending- ourbisher bay canon whitbread will by the we in april jean and ruth we0t to pangnirtung about 220 miles north of frobisher bay it was their first trip in a small onc-en- gincd aircraft and first landing with skis on sea ice they went with the bishops party going to panenirtung for a conference and they had an enjoyable eight day visit as guests of st lukes hos pital while the bishop went far ther north to visit settlements and pick up other men for the conference pangnirtung is a much smaller quieter and clean er place than frobisher bay it is also very beautiful being on a fjord almost surrounded untilins influx of visitors during may because of conference at pangnirtung had what seems to have become an annual influx of visitors bi shop and mrs marsh were with us at which time a class of 75 candidates was confirmed this included over 30 of our older teen agers archdeacon clarke of fort chi mo canon gurdener of cape dorset who also spent some time with us in january and gwen williams of the pangnirtung hos pital were here too lucy tel- lord of the hospital who accom panied us lo frobisher bay in 1962 spent a week with us before returning to pangnirtung it was a privilege to have all the diocesan eskimo clergy vis iting us being the revs gideon vkitsuaiik of gjoa haven noah vlasook of igloolik armand t-a- goona of eskimo point and paul- osie kakasilk of clyde river the latter being delayed several weeks at frobisher bay awaiting transport home he stayed with akeeshoo our canechist and as sisted in parochial activities winter carnival a new event for frobisher bay a winter carnival took place for a week in early ivlay tuniktyme as it was called alter the famous eskimos ol that name was op ened by the rt hon john die- fenbaker and featured such ev ents as seal skinning skidoo rac ing sports and hunting as well as beard growing and baking having built a greenhouse in september of l4 with materials obtained locally we had our j first experience gardening in the arctic this past summer we started seeds in the house in ap- j ril and plaiifectin the greenhouse j which is about 10 by 6 leet in j may by may 31 we were eating lettuce and later successfully grew radishes parsley swiss chard cress tomatoes a lew car rots and potatoes and lew flowers j in june and july there is verv i little darkness at night and with mostly sunny weather the plants grew quickly unfortunate ly some insects appeared and i because of the postal strike the vnig killer we wrote for was dc- laved thus we had some lost and damaged crops august was not good growing weather but we did have some tomatoes ripen on the vine the remainder ripen ing in the house by using a small oil heater in the erccn- house hr part of the lime we were able lo keep it in operation federal proposal splits halton in three sections he assisting in the parishlhc-has- becn helping doug with the morn ing radio talks teaching in the schools directing choir practices and teaching a class in ihe eski mo syllables the arrival of another family has necessitated the building of a second house in august we were faced with the job of moving 25 tons of building supplies and food which arrived on the annual supply ships from the beach to the new site four miles away ca non whitbread whowith his fam ily has been temporarily accom modated in a government house attended general synod in van couver in september on his return we began con struction of the new house many of the men from the parish have put in long hours of volunteer labor by the time you read this we will probably have mov ed into the new house it is at the base a little over three miles from apex hill our home for the past three and a half years the whit breads will be living in the apex hill house near to the new house wc have erected a parish hall it is a sectional building ov er 80 feet long and was purchas ed locally it had to be dismantled moved a half mile and reerected the hall is not vet in use as the i to die our readers write dog control has acton gone to the dogs one would tihink this to be true to see the number of dogs run ning at large in many parts ot the town they invade our property and ruin our trees and scatter our garbage just as they please they come in groups from near and far and show jio respect for the wheels of our car we come out of our house to chase them away they snarl ait you as much as to say give me vour garbage and donlt delay they finally leave in groups ol three to sniff around the nursery trees acton pays for dog control which has now become an annual dole it is not our right these dogs to kill so we will just rename the town dogville when the pet convention rolls around we will invite the dogs iroin out- oftown just spray your shrubs with dog skiddoo and practice how to sidestep too disgusted ruth seems very pleased with redistribut r little sister and likes to hold y agodecemb r and help take care of her wiln vestry plans to make improve ments to the interior in the com ing year new baby for us the most newsworthy event was of course the arrival of our second dughter chris tina on october 18 she is a good baby healthy and growing quick- lv ruth seems he- he jean carries christina on her back and asuth now hasa ir- ka like jeans to carry her doll they go for walks with their babies dougs mother mrs laura dittrich of acton visited us for a month to take care of things while jean was in hospital and getting back on her feet it was very nice having her with us for a while and helping us to wel come christina canon whitbread baptized christina on october 31 the sunday before her grandmo ther went home for church at- apex hill the womens group has made a beautiful seal skin mat for the chancel aisleand i now making sealskin kneeling cushions for the whole church they also made robes and hats i or thewomen i n t heehoirthef inside of st simons church was painted last summer apd piw lights installed the women at ikaluit will be making choir rob es and hats in the new year it is hoped that the interior of st judes church will be redecorated soon alter some carpentry work has been done our sunday schools involve considerable work as lessons and activities have to be translated in- eskimo each week and notes tated to the teachers this is felt lo be very worthwhile and at- j tendance is steadily increasing i we now have 14 teachers for our flrskimo speaking classes and five for our english speaking pupils with a total of about 250 i children each sunday i first council doug has been busy in com munitv activities serving on the j boy scout group committee which sends some of the eskimo i boys south to camp each summer i and on a committee which organ- 1 ized the election in november of frobisher bays first community j council whose 13 councillors in- i elude eight eskimos jean is treasurer of the girl guide com- 1 mittee she is kept busy with our two little girls and does quite a bit of sewing for herself and them many challenges still face us and we value your prayers lor the churchs work in the north we give thanks for the things which have been accomplished through gods help the need for a lull lime catechist and an ordained man fluent in the eskimo lang- uage have both been met and we are grateful that many new tasks have thereby been undertaken gradually we are training and guiding eskimo people to accept more responsibility in the life ol the parish we try to play our parl in helping them adjust to the new lite of a town an adjust ment made so much easier lor those who share the new life god revealed in the saviour whose birth we juylullv celebrate at this time douglas and jean dittrich a new federal electoral map which splits halton county into three sections was presented to parliament members now have 30 days to protest the previously- announced redistribution the present halton county wjl become part of three diflere federal ridings halton halton wentworlh and wellington if the recommendations are ac cepted standard population the electoral boundaries com mission was set up by parliament burlingtdn nassagaweya acton arid the uppermost 10 lots of es- quesing township the second riding would be called oakville and would include oakville mil ton georgetown and the lower 22 lots in esquesing members continent the changes were first an nounced last june dr harry harley haltons mp received no complaints from constituents dr harley said the redistri bution seemed fair and added that burlington and oakville but ion legislature ai wo now too large to be toge- decembor to form con- j iher in one riding u ppy of george kerr haltons mpp 70365 without varying more said redistribution lhan25ercntupordown ruses ihe issue especially after the halton county nding provmcial rcd would retain its name but change acton tionpro- in area to include milton oakvilje georgetown and th townships of esquesihg and erin the present riding consists of milton acton oakville burling ton georgetown and the town ships of esquesing and nassa- gaweva the new population would be 72254 new riding the proposed changes would create a new riding of welling ton which would include guelph paris and the townships of nas- sagaweya guelph eramosa pus- linch beverley and south duf- fries arid would have a popula- j lion of 68612 a new riding of halton went worth would also be lormecp to include all of bur- linton dundas and the town ships of east- and west flam- borough with a population of 73099 the recommendations of the el ectoral boundaries commission a nonpolitical commission would result in the disappearance of 43 of ontarios 85 federal constitu encies andv would create 46 new ridings or a total of 88 ridings the commission is headed by jus tice e a richardson ol the on tario supreme court recently a provincial voting re distribution plan was announced that would split the present hal ton riding into two pieces one with the suggested name of bur lington riding would include under the revised provincial el- ecloral boundaries proposal hal- ion riding is split on an east- west rjasis now you have four ridjngs including the presen pro vincial and federal ones and the revised ones said mr kerr no peel the riding of peel will disap pear completely under the revis ed electoral boundaries to be re placed with two newly created ridings peeldufferin and peel south czefeeacton free press thursday february 3rd tv66 personal notes of actonians visiting outoftown points and of visitor in acton homes harold coulson chairs halton fire prevention captain harold coulson a member of the milton area fire department was named 1966 chairman of ihe halton county fire prevention bureau at the groups annual meeting held re cently in milton fire hall he succeeds insp wes miller of oak ville who held the post lor the past yeacand a half william hyde ot georgetown was named vicechairman peter campbell of oakville is secretary and harry wilson of oakville was returned as treasurer the bureau also named six members lo chair committees covering the various aspects of its warround lire prevention pro grams chief a e clement ol ylilloh was named public rela tions chairman chiefs m holmes ol acton and e lewis of george- town are in charge of blitz inspec- j lions glenn stringer of milton is i poster contest chairman the christmas campaign will be hand led bv district chief george wright of oakville and oakvill five accidents continued from page one ij on monday of this week the constable investigated an accident on mill st reel involving an east- bound car owned by tyler trans port and driven by ted tyler sr and a westbound car driven by douglas collins waterloo dam age to ihe tyler vehicle was es timated around s300 and the col- chief douglas wilson chairs the tins car around s150 constable i literature committees auditors campbell charged mr collins i are w miller district chief with lading to leave half the road- i wright and william beck all of wav free i oakville caroline nurseries garden centre and flower shop artistic designs by caroline west of acton on highway 7 south side member of ufc wire service cupid says ijndfiowersl valentines day february 14th telephone 8532980 anytime open 7 days a week 8 am til 7 pm edwand how is it the nursery is so much cosier than before georgetown plant begins with a bang a dynamite blast was used in ceremonies at georgetown thurs day to mark the star ol construe tion tor a 150000squareloot plant that will mifnulactuiv business furniture and equipment the plant is being built by the den oral llreprooling company youngs town ohio largest is niiihtlacturor ol of i ice lurnituro three bltieials pushed the plunger thai del on a led the charge at the groundbreaking ceremonies on the 45 acre site they are the hon stanley 1 ran dall ontarios minister ol kcon- omics and dcxelopmcni joseph gibbons mayor ol- georgetown and john a saunders president of the general fitvprooling com- j pan v i mr randall ym an address to 100 guests at a luncheon follow ing the ecivmnny said that the company was making a signiti cant move to capitalize on a grow- j ing canadian market according j to the canadian business liquip- nient manufacturers association he said sales of office furniture for 1965 in the dominion amount- ed to an estimated 38 hiitlion with ontario alone accounting lor about 17 niilliuu i electric heating you doll s got a chilly nursery adding a new room you can make any room warm and livable with electric heat ing its simple and inexpensive to install and oper ate you can add eleetric heating without disturbing your present heating system awl it will cast you less lo install than it would to extend your present system flameless eleetric heating is the quietest safest cleanest heating system ever devised acton hydro electric electric heating information centre the special ist at your hydros klevtric heating information centre can give you complete information on the type of unit best suited to your room installed rost operating costs and help in arranging installation ill i now electric heating information centre commission 3 el9in sl n miss jean mcdonald young st has been a patient in guelph gen eral hospital mrs fred turner arthur st has been a patient at guelph hos pital friends are sorry to learn mrs fred kinpsmill is a patient in guelph general hospital mr john mann is home after an operation in guelph general hospital mrs robert algie returned last saturday after a two month holiday at the home of her daughter and family at philadel phia and later at florida s larry holmes j3ye3rold son of mr and mrs allen holmes was hospitaliz m serious eye injury he was treated in guelph general hospital peter homer received his grad uation diploma thursday of last week during graduation exercises at king george school in guelph mr homer completed a 10 month special commercial course spon sored by the department of edu cation he attended acton high school swims office swim laboratories of canada formerly of acton and presently of richmond hill has opened an office in the del rex building in georgetown one of the three brothers in the business cyril swim lives still in acton and two other brothers in georgetown the plant is still at richmond hill they sell in canada to drug houses and export pharmaceutic als and vitamin products the scottish rite annual ban quet and- dance was held friday evening in the elizabeth room of tile royal hotel guelph at tending from acton were dr and mis a j buchanan mr and mrs r 1j elliott and mr and mrs c l lognvaldson mr s snowrmaster of the lodge was at the head tables bill coats bridge instruction class concluded tuesday of last week his graduates this time are mrs jim ledger mr and mrs reg hoare mrs hartley coles mrs c ashley mrs chas rcrrv mrs v bristow mrs shadboltmrs c l rognvaldsn mrs a nolan c renwick da vid lidkea of acton t marsh and mrs l potter milton and mr and mrs h greig george town too many 5s two typographical errors oc- cured in last weeks report of the nassagaweya township council meeting in a statement byallan ackman he referred to a super ficial zoning plan costing far myre than s5900 not far more than 55900 as appeared in the paper a statement by reeve william coulter referred to 45000 acres in the township not to 455000 as was reported we regret any in- fccjnvenience these errors may have caused thirteen piece- in a bakers dozen originated when king louis of france warned all bakers who gave under measure that they would be beheaded more comfort firmness value for your money fred a hoffman optometrist 58 st georges sq guvlph out telephone 8242071 about this time those jackets car coats dress coats sweaters and skirts all show winter wear and soil to keep your clothes in top condition and to keep from being bored with them about this time of year send them to us for repair and refreshing custom cleaners same day service except saturday in by 10 am out by 5 pm cash and carry main st n phone 8531180 extra firm quilt supreme a n95 49 mtttrosi of boi sptinc full or iwin ma beautiful gold damask cover designed by anne 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