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~t~· -;>.~~ ;(,f· \; <;.:..:·\.1 #7/F/f;p~~~~$:- r~/~ "'- ~~~r g~~e~h~i!l~i~~~Y Y:~~s 1 ~ ..,. _ ·c-· · 4..;.~::~ .Jt..:;- { ( of sacerdotal life , . /--:~;~ . :· ~· ~;:. ' ..· ./ .: ~: ... ..- /:~ · ~ ·. "' ~ #; / ]:/;..,• ~:;9i~.} ·.!·:~- :· '>·· _,· ~:. .-/1 Al~ th~ Oblates of the Ile a la ~:l . :~ ;:~ ~--_y·/ . ~) •.. .. G~ sse d2str2c:t came to congratulate ·-····-" :.>- 1'-i-:-v-•. -- - ~.:- >fh-eir beloved Senior. At 9: a.m. all gathered in the Convent Chapel' to unite with Father Rossi­ gnol as he offered the Holy Sacrifice. Reverend 1. Poirier, Provincial Superior, explained, in a most enlightening and touching way~ the beauties and duties of a ' Priest, the repre­ sentative and also the close friend of Christ. The Sisters' ~hoir accepted the invitation to sing during the _Mass. ~

At noon a banquet was served to the twenty Oblate~ present. :We joined in a brotherly way to hear the Voice of ' the Church~ the Voice of the Oblates, the Voice of France, \ and the Voice of Ile a la Crosse. The first spokesman, Reverend 1. Poirier, introduc­ ed to us the Voice of the Church: Reverend Father A. Cham­ beriand, Principal of the Beauval Residential School, pro­ cla i .me d the kindness of our Holy Father~ Pope John XXIII, who had sent a message of gratitude as well as his apostolic bles~ing to Father Rossignol. The speaker congratulated Fath~r Rossignol who has been, all his 1 life, a father to the poor, a priest of great faith and devotedness. He has had but ohe ambition: to teach the kindness of God in order to produ6e in the heart of his people a great love for their Creator so that they might be happy on earth and in heaven 4. Our Provincial Superior, gn ol s a i d a f ew words, all pe Reverend Father'Laurent-Poi­ meated with charity and thank rier, O.M.I. made us hear the fulness. He looked like St. voice of the Oblates . He told Paul amongst his di~ciples. of his admiration for the "I am very glad to s ee here devotedness , the activity of all my brothers, the Oblates our veteran in this mission of Mary Immaculate. You came field during sixty years . The here for me. Thi~ means that first eleven y3ars he spent we .do not only live together, at Pelican Narrows, from 1900 but we also love each other. to 1911 and since in Ile a la My last word in 'Thanks be to Crosse where he is still wcrk­ God'." --1. Courcy, O.M.I. ing f or the spiritual welfare of the population, by his life GRATITUDE AND GOOD WISHES of prayer and penance. Father Rossignol is known as the Old Martial Desjarlais was friend of all and a wise di­ not toe far from the truth rector for the young mission­ when he exclaimec in 1955: aries. "Ah, with Father Chaput here The Voice of France, made Ile a la Crosse will become articulate by Brother Auguste a city seme day!" Duclaux, O.M.I., reminded Every one knows that Ile everyone of the mother c~lntry a la Crosse has not become a of both Father Rossignol and city but it has acquired a himself, the little town of monument which will always be St . Victor and the farm where a tribute to the untiring the R~ssigncl family lived a zeal and hard work that Rev. peaceful life. After having Father Joseph Chaput put into met each ether at the Seminary the planning and completion of Vernoux, both came to Cana­ of the new St. Joseph's Hos­ da and they lived together in pital. Ile a la Crosse for 'hventy-five The 'Big Beoks' contain years . many figures but no mention Reverend Father J. Bourbon~ of the busy and long hours he nais made us hear the Voice of spent at them or at doing the Ile a la Crosse when he said purchasing, visiting the site how the people of the Island and the many tiresome trips are very thankful to Father to Saskatoon, Regina, Winni­ Rossignol who has been with peg and other centres in the them for fifty years. How interests of the institution. hard he must have wcrked to Father Chaput is devoting imprQve the standard of life himself at the Cathedral pa ­ of the p~pulaticn, by teaching rish of The Pas. It is a by giving advice, and building pleasure for the BREEZES to the church, the school and the convey to him both the gra­ hospital. titude and the g~oc wishes Then Reverend Father Rossi- of the Islanders. 5. GOD LOVE THEM NEWS BITS It would read like a de­ Mr. John Durocher spent lightful story: Once upon a part of his holidays in time .•.. but, let us step Prince Albert . down to a mere factual report Mr. J. Glass, District and leave it to you to sense Manager was on a routine call all the gracious kindness at the local H.B oC . post. that was in the gesture of Mr, Don Neilson, Agricul­ the persons of whom we relate ~ tural representative paid us several visits, ever as in­ On Saturday, March 29 ('58) terested and enthusiastic a­ the Sisters' Community room bout the agricultural projects was hastily cleared of super­ of the locality. fluous furnishings to make Alice Alcrow, Mr. and Mrs. place for extra sewing ma­ Edward Roy, Hrs. R. McCallum, chines begged and borrowed Elizabeth Murray, Mrs. Alber­ from our good neighbours in tine Laliberte, Mr. and Mrs. the Girls' Room and from the Albert Gardiner and Evelyn Hospital. The reason? A sew­ Lariviere spent the summer ing bee for the Hospital had working in a fish plant on been spoken of in jest and Lake Athabaska. had 'rung a bell' in the kind­ The following Islanders ly hearts of dear teachers, have been admitted to the God love them! With dear Prince Albert Sanatorium: Sister Superior and the two Edward Gardiner, Mr. George teaching Sisters, there were Kyplain, Mrs. Evangeline nine in all, and what a zeal­ Daigneault, Elizabeth Mal­ ous group! •. Bees, indeed! boeuf, Ernest Caisse, Norman The result ? Four large bas­ Durocher. To all these people kets of new linen marked or we wish a speedy recovery. made and ready for use, and, John Durocher, Francois better still, a total of thir­ Burnouf, Vital Morin, Harry ty hours of charity in God ' s Ahenakew and Miss Young have treasury of love: the contri­ purchased new cars. bution of our teachers whom During the Christmas sea­ we have affectionately (and son, Santa remained in Corpo­ prophetically ?) dubbed: the ral Smith's front yard for the Hospital Auxiliary. several days. Fine piece of GOD LOVE THEM! WE do. work, Corporal! Some of the homes in the --Sr. B. Bezaire, s.g.m. hamlet received the gift of light and heat during the sum­ ---Who does the best his cir­ mer~ electric lights, and hEt­ cumstance allows does well, ing by electricity or gas. acts nobly; angels can do no Jiwny Durocher, Thomas more. -- Young Morin and Armand Roy have 6. formed the nucleus of a lo­ Prud'howue , Mr and Mr s. F. cal orchestra known a s the Loiselle from Vonda, Mr. and "Sunny Island Ramblers n. The Mrs . C. McLeod from North 'Ramblers' make use of the Battleford, Mr. Vic Val@ntine two guitars and amplifier from Ottawa, Mr. Cadieux, purchased some time ago by M.P. from Meadow Lake paid a Harry Ahenakew. visit to Island r elatives or Many residents have built friends during the long week­ new homes or additions to end at Thanksgiving . their old ones: Vital Morin, Mr. Arthur K. Davis, head Andre Gardiner, Michel Dai­ of Research Centre for Commu­ gneault, Antoine Kyplain, nity Studies at the Universi­ J.B. M3urice, George McCal­ ty of Saskatchewan also paid lum and Stanley Gardiner, his first visit to the hamlet . Matilda Morin, Philippe Au­ bichon, F . X. Burnouf, Martin TRAGEDY Alcrow, Clement Morin, Ray Grann. Garson Lake Indian Settle­ The following business ment, three hundred miles establishments ha ve been re­ north-west of Prince Albert novated: Co-Op Store-- a new was the scene of a tragic plane extension and a filling sta­ accident involving the lives tion. HBC-- a filling sta­ of three persons: Pilot Don tion; .the F. X. Cafe has Deets of Prince Albert, his added a new juke box for the passengers Philip Laprise and Rock-'n-Roll fans. Mrs . Couronne Lemaigre, resi­ One new business has also dents of Garson Lake . been added: the Second Harld The Pilot, Don Deets join­ Store. The proprietor, Mr . ed the Saskatchewan Government P. Bodnar, is from Saska ­ Airways as a helper in Septem­ toon. ber 1956 and in May 1957 he Meadow Lake Air Services was hired as a pilot. · Prior has stationed a Cesna 180 to this he had spent five and with pilot Ray Grann at con­ one half years with the De­ trols here at Ile a la Crosse partment of Natural Resources The Marion residen~e is as a smoke jumper for the once again occupied by its fire control branch. proprietors, Mr. and Mrs. To the families of these L.Ivi. Marion. accident victims, sincere Pierre Durocher, Pierre sympathies are extended. Daigneault, and Amable Roy spent the early fall season -- He who receives a good \.Jorking at Churchill on the turn should never forget it; Hudson Bay. he \.Jho does one should never Mr . and Mrs. V. Grimard remember it. and daughter Jacqueline from --Charbon · =--___,....,~~-"'"'---'.....;..:...... :..!....;-::..-.. · !-t :. ~~:'!'--:·_.- -·-·...... :..._ .. .. . "'· -.·:-: .,.:. .. .;~

~-..,\ l I) ~'"i-f"~:;,fJ':Y .,~ 7· ., ;;Yi[l ~: , l "~ -.. _ !'i/!b¥f~·'H. ;,:-l<: ~\\' i, ·,;.;;>,'t ;.·~' .·;?->~/:\l,~ 0fTI'::_"'Lh l .. cs·c',- ::a---:._.·. ~{;/ ,;, -~-,~~\i: ~!1~'' \_,''>::0 ... c:.....__~,,\r (J' " ;::~ ~ ~~ - ~ ~ I "'/,. ~~ ~_.,; .., , /~;2.5;;~s1;t; ~~/'.)" %- ~ · ;; ,- ,._, < ·· - .,~·:: ~ Bishop Dumouchel celebrat- /}I#J:' i~c: ),_,:s :" :::fl ,; ~~o~ s ~ oz ~ ~; ~~~~op M~; ~d ~~~- -~- - · .. :·{J."-~~,;-:;...K -: , "J~ presided at the Throne. Af- t er the Gospel Archbishop Baudoux spoke in Fr ~ nch, OPENING Bishop Dumouchel in Engli :!.J. and Rev. 1. Poirier, Provin­ cial Superior, addressed the congregation in Cree, The Mass was followed by Jmgust 20, 1958 was a re- the blessing of the hosp'Ltal. markable day for Ile a la A banque,t was held at the Crosse, The sun gave out its mission for the guests; it warmt h and ther e was not a was served by the school e: l 01.H.1 in s ight. It was the girls . His Excellency Bi-- day f or the official opening shop Dumou e: h 8l \Jelcomed ATc. h­ of the new St. Jose ph's Hos- bishop Baud oux ~ Monsignor pital. McDonaugh, Reverend M ot ~~~ HarJ natives from t !'~.G sur--B. St . Louis , Supe ri or Gene­ rounding distric ts had arriv·- ral, Mother B. Dorais, Barsa r 2 d during the preceding week Gene ral, both from Montreal, a nd c3mped along the lake the Honorable Mini ster Erb, shore. His Excellency Bish-and all other s present . 0p P . Dumouchel O.M. I. Vi- In the afternoon the pea- car Apos tolic of the Keewa- ple gathered ogq in in front tin 7 arrived the previous of the Convent for the dedi-- evening by car. His Grace cati on ceremony. Rev. Father 1Lchb i:-3hop Baw1cu.x of St. Bourbonnais gave C\D. address DoLifa~o and Monsignor J. on the progress nchi eved by McD cm ::lg~. 5 Pr·e s ident of the t he mi.s sion through the ef- Ca thoJ:i. c: t:~ t c;.~:; i_o n 8 oc iuty ~ f ortc; and co :....lp '2r a t ion of the from T\-;.L ·..: 1 J:cl: o~ ar:r:Lved b y Depart ment o:!:' Puol:Lc Heo l t h? pl a ne on t ~1 -3 F•On1ing of tlw the L c.. :; t Ol' and th::: Crey Nuns, :.\) Lh . They 1JJ ;:: rn m::.~ L o t B_;e S.h cr -t ta lk ~> 1vs :::e c i ·von by L:;lm~ J b ;;r na :~ i ·c.:.-; cir · :· :L.1 •'J1 ~ 1., h cee n at }_ \70 i Jl£, :c~ JVlr . Iron in in c:-::]') Cfti _-L. 1 '-0:E'l U-J~'> 'l:-.r l1~_ 1e C':2 ce , Mr, G::G' :" j_n Chi p~ve yan, t l:-:;_o CJ:r: ..L · . : ~t ·l :;}\..':' p e~ .L.:; d ,j '!J .dl•i Mr , J.VkCsl lum in French . .CuJ.Jy c-p ;J 1. 1-.c o s::-; - ,·:~ -·gun,: Hun or .J 1Jl 8 H i n ~l.ster Erb c on-- o;:.· •.- .

8 , . .;. ,~ , , ..:· - - - -· .-· .. - new. Hospitar and expressed his Plans were prepared by Web· gratitude for the progress ster and Forrester of Saska~ made in the North. toon; construction was urider The group then proceeded the. personal supervision of to the front of the hospital, Reverend Father J. Chaput of just a few yards away, where the Ile a la Crosse Mission. Honorable Erb, assisted by No general contract was Bishop Dumouchel cut the rib­ let for the erection of the bon and declared the hospital building. Within the Oblate open to the public. He then Order are Brothers skilled in presented the symbolical gol­ many of the building trades den key to Sister A. Gamache, who, with local labour, did Superior. much of the structural work The people then were guid­ Some sub-contracts were let. ed in groups throughout the Mr. Joe Lunghammer of N. hospital. Battleford did the brick work To end a perfect day the and plastering; W. Maul of people enjoyed ice cream and Saskatoon, the plumbing and a colorful film out of doors ., installation of the high pres sure boiler; the Otis Eleva­ $400,000 HOSPITAL tor Company of Winnipeg ins­ talled the elevator, and An­ St. Joseph's Hospital was tonini and Sons of Saskatoon constructed for the Vicariate laid the marbelized terrazzo of Keewatin under direction floors. of Bishop Dumouchel. It is The exterior walls are of administered by the Oblate buff-colored brick; the win­ Fathers and operated by the dows trimmed with grey stone. Sisters of Charity. The basement contains, in ad­ The Hospital stands at the dition to the boiler room, centre of an imposing group lockers for patients' effects, of mission buildings situated record room, storage for sur­ in a semi-circular pattern on gical equipment, stationery, an arm of land extending into and general supplies, furni­ Lac Ile a la Crosse. ture room and repair shop. The building is irregular On the first floor are: in shape; the main section visitors' waiting room, nurs­ 131' by 44 1 ~ the front wing es' station, Pharmacy, Labo­ 40ft. by 3d ft.; the laund­ ratory, X-Ray room with a ne\v ry and sewing room 28 1 by 25' General Electric X-Ray Unit, In design, structural qua­ Operating room with attached lities and in appointments, scrub room, steam and steri­ the new hospital ranks with lizing units, two four-bed the best. It is a tribute to wards, one two-bed ward, two all who took part in its ful­ private rooms, staff quarters fillment. Doctor's Office and emergency room. Modern equipment pipes oxy­ containing a rapidly growing 9. gen to the operating r oom and population, now in excess of case room and to eight wards. 5000 people . The upper floor contains May this rnw Hospital ever a case room, waiting room be true to its purpose as premature section, formula formulated by Ron. W. Erb at room infants ' room and the dedication ceremony: children ' s ward as well as - -"The glory of God and the pati ents ' wards similar to alleviation of illness"!. t hose on the first floor . Both floors have nursing STATISTICS TELL FACTS stations and kitchenettes, The portable oxygen tent is The following figures tak­ kept on second floor. en from the records of the By using the brick fire­ year 1948 and those of 1958 proof portion of the forme r speak for themselves : hospital and some of the 1948 1958 equipment, together with the Admissions: ~ ~ large savings in labour costs New Born 51 102 the total cost of the new Ultra V. Rays 30 266 hospital is a bout $400 5 000 . Prescriptions 1744 2085 Its 1·eal value, at today ' s Dressings 1031 2790 contract pri ces would be Operations nearer $700,000. Major 12 24 The present Administrator Minor 17 44 is Rev . J . Bourbonnais, OMI. Lab Tests 330 2336 The op~ r ating staff consists X- rays 531 804 of Sisters M. Lewberg, Y.Cha ­ pleau, A. Rivard , R. Comeau and G. Dallaire, of whom 3 NEW POST.AL SERVICE are R.N.'s and two are nurs ­ ing A ssistants; the Misses Ile a l a Crosse has taken B. Alldred,R. N., I . Foster, another step forward : It now r' R.N . , R. Kuss, R. N. , H. Le­ has mail ser vice three days vesque, Nursing Assistant, a week r ather than two. The Anne Dumont, X-ray and Lab new schedule is as follows: technician, G. Suchy, book­ Mo nday: incoming-Brander Bros. keeper, Fay Foster and other Meadow Lake . non- professional employees . Tuesday: outgoing- Brander Doctor M. Hoffman, who Bros . Meadow Lake has been the resident Doc ­ Wednesday: incoming- Sask. tor at Ile a la Cr Jsse for Gov't Airways, P. A. a number of years continues Thursday: outgoing- S.G.A, in that capacity. Thursday: i ncomi ng- Brander The new St . Joseph ' s Hos ­ Brothers, Mea dow L. pital serves an area of ap­ Friday: outgcing- Brander Bros . proximately 100 mil es apart Mead.ow La ke. SQJ-LO OL

A very successful Track and Field Mee t was held at Beauval Indi an Residential Schoo l on Friday , Sept ember 26 with four schoo ls parti­ cipating~ Buffalo Na rrows, Beauval Village , Beauval Re­ sidential and Ile a l a Cr cs­ OUR SCHOOL se . Top honours went t o: After a three-day conven­ l) Cup to the school with tion in Prince Albert, clas~ the highest percentage of es were resumed in the Ile a its quota: Buffalo Narrows la Crosse School on September 2) Cup for the boys 1 soft ­ 2 , 19 58 • Our s ch oo l h as a ba ll ~ Buffalo Narrows staff of nine and an enrol­ 3) Cup for Girls' Softball: men t of appr oxi ma t ely 230 Beauval Village students. 4) Shield for the highest Miss Joyce Rowen -- Gr . I individual points~ Hung 11 Ca r men Ethier I Lee, Buffalo Narrows. 11 Adeline Buczulac II Congr atulati ons t o the 11 Lillian Hrick II-IV winners and t o the r est of 11 Ma rcella Young III us-- 11 maybe next year! 11 11 Lorraine Ma rtia n IV Mrs. Bern. Loiselle v Mr. I. Church, Assistant Sister A . Cyre IV Administr atorof Educ ation 11 A. Lar amee VII- X for this area, and Mr. J. McLeod, High School Superin­ The fir st major event was t endent, paid us a visit on the 4-H Garden Club Achieve­ October 1. Mr. K. C. Hendsbee ment Da y held on Sept ember Administr ator of Educ ation 10. Read about it r n page for Northern Ar eas visit edus 26 of this BREEZE. on Tuesday, October 28 when a ll the teachers showered Many thanks to the Bro­ him with troubles-- not to thers and all those who help­ ment ion the joys. ed with the new Volley Ball c ourt, swings, boards for Hallowe ' en ~rti es were in both the boys' and the girls' full swing in all the class­ skating rinks . . . and for the rooms on Friday, October 31. sidewalks ! Miss Ethier ' s Gr . ones march ~ 11. ed through every other room Cyre and Sr. Laramee took showing their costumes and their pupils skating . singing "The W it~h r 1 s Sohg ". Speaking of skating, Br o­ Softball i s always a fall ther? Mr. Loi sell e and the highli ght . Inter-room compe ­ boys do an excellent job of t i tion was keen and on many keeping their rink cl ean? as occasions, thanks to Cst. J . we ll as the girls' (sometimes) Johnson of t he R. C.MP. (now The smaller boys are form· s t ationed a t Me lfort) for ing a Pee Wee hockey team. coaching the players bi g Who knows -- some day they may and small. end up in the N.H.L.

11 lVIr . I. Church 1 Assistant "M stands for rrumps and Administrator 1 dropped by a how they do like to stay in second time in the first term Ile a la Crosse. We like and right behind him came Mr. having visitors but not that Aitkin? Fire Inspector. New kind! fire exti nguishers are on hand. The teachers have gone ------south on several week ends One of the msin events of and for the Christmas holi- the school i s the annual days . School closed on Dec. Christmas Concert. This year 19 and re-opened on Jan . 7. it was he l d on Sunday, Decem- The students gradually re- ber 14, in Tache Ha ll. The turned from outlying points. program consisted of a Wel ------come by Lorraine Ru iter and In December, In Tache Ha ll Eileen Norton , a skit 1 "Dr . the local detachment of the Dum-Dum" by Thomas McCallum R.C . M.P. , Cp l. Smith and Cst . and Ma rtin Jacobson and The M. Be lhart, showed colored Chri stmas Pageant by appr oxi- films on police work and po­ mately e i ghty students. The lice dog training and the Ha ll was filled to capacity voyage of the R.C . M.P . ' s St. and was beautifully decorat - Roch. From the staff and ed for the cccasion. Fat her students~ THANK YOU! Bourbonnais gave a short addr ess at the conclus i on of t he programme and wished ---If thou· would ' st be borne everyone a joyous and happy with, then bear with others . '~. holi day season. -- Fuller - 0 - Christmas parties were held---If a man take no thou ght in every cl assroom. All the about what is distant, he will r ooms we r e beautifully deco- find sorrow near a t hand . rated and each had its own --Confucius crib and Christmas tree. Sr. - 0 - 12. TRIBUTE TO MR. T.H. WAUGH It is to be held at Ile a la Crosse . Problems such as H stands for HELP so unceas­ events, age groupings, method ingly given; of scoring, and ball ·games A stands for ANCHOR when on were met, after discussion rough waters drive1.1.; decisions were passed. The R stands for READY to meet business part of our insti­ all our needs tute came to a close at five R stands for REASONABLE from o'clock. which respect leads After a short intermission Y stands for nine YEARS of a lovely banquet supper in­ good works and deeds. cluding turkey and all the trimmings was served. Dr. W st-ands for WEATHER he M. Hoffman and Mrs. Hoffman braved at each call joined the group for the ban­ A stands for APPRECIATION quet and the social evening from one and from all which followed. A few of the U stands for UNDERSTANDING, nurses also invited for the he gave us full fold supper took part in the even­ G stands for GUIDANCE to ing's enj oyment. Father A. have and to hold ~ Darche from Buffalo Narrows H stands for HEARTFELT THANKS and Father G. Hupe from La from young and from old. Loche put in an appearance just on time for lunch. TEACHERS :MEET Niss L. Hrick planned the entertainment for the evening On January 30, teachers Skits, contests and a sing­ from Beauval~ B11ffalo Nar­ song were enjoyed by a ll. A rows and Ile a la Crosse delicious lunch was served gathered at Ile a la Crosse and the evening was topped for a half- day institute of by a fish-pond whose parcels the Churchill Sub-Local. brought many a laugh. The meeting was called to On behalf of all the tea­ order by Sister A. Laramee. chers I wish to extend our Elections for a new Chair­ thanks to Reverend J . Bour­ man and Secretary took place bonnais, Director of the Mr . M. Sadlowski, Principal Missions, and the Sisters for at Buffalo Narrows was elect­ the supper and the pleasant ed as Chairman and Miss K. evening. Brown of Beauval as Secretar~ Joyce Rowan. The main topic for discus ­ sion was the organization of --A laugh is worth a hundred the 1959 Field Meet. It was groans in any market.--Lamb. discussed at length and a --Earth has no sorrow that tentative date for the Meet heaven cannot heal. was set for May 29, 1959. --Thomas Moore _:. ;;·.;,:1:~;';:~~,~;,~ ,,,~¥'mJ~ ' ¥/• '' · 1-J' I " •r ·• J J t) ~ ~ S~, ;~'c~,tl? Pop ~) :~~n XII ~ !: ;·~ bru3ry -'10 adv anced f:L- .' ~i'-"'C.:.•, I : the cause for beatification of Mother d 'You- :,' :;:~~-~~~1-·~.i~- ~~ r_:_~-~-~~. ~~l;~ th~~~~f~:s ~u ~ii~~~ i~~e;f N~n~ e~;e: 0~;r~:; ... 1j, .• _.:" _ - · ~--~.· __ ._·_- ~-ff_.. _1. r_-'_ ,;;__... 1 .11 miracles, it has been reported from Rome. ·: {it ~~ · . · '-·""'1¥~. 1 Verification and acceptance of mirac. as ( l-1,;~·;·~/-._~~:(~v>:_f: ; authentic is the essent ia.l step in the bea- ~ ', V~--' .:..::..':;,.-:-. ~,'-.:1 ;-\ ~ ' tification process. · . n i('J I· • v. ... The session of the Congregat ion of Rites ~-~~~~'![ ~~~e :m~m~:~~:!~e ~~~~~!~~m;:h ~~::umdt~~ sion 'f~:j0~·~f./~~',::1\~\··-.- fJ~'•'I '.~-~~~~~t, . /J:f. :,::.fJ'. D~{eM~~ t~~e~~~~a~a~~~-~~}i~a~ ~ ~~~~;~l~~en ',';HM~, \ ~1\ ~r /·',y::.'".:" announced~ May 3rd 19 59. ,)?~>.;.,tt_' :;:~·:.:;.~ Mother d'Youville was born on October 15. ''"'"'·:·\ \, ,, ,\,. 'if ~· · · , r~;~~: •'. · ~~~~~ j~~f:~1:~~F*~~~::~~~~~ ;;::::~:;:~:~~e- buville, who died in 1730 1 ' l eaving h er with two sons who la­ ter became priests. Four other children had died iri infancy. She devoted h erseif to every form of char£ty, es­ pecially towards the poor, the aged and the sick; other pi­ ous women joined her. Thus, gradua lly, she founded the Ins­ titute of the Sisters of Charity, commonly known as the Grey Nuns. She died on December 23 , 1771. The Sisters of Ch arity were formally established at Monnea l in 1738, dedicated to works of charity and edu­

1 cation. From the 1-i,:;ntl eal establi shment 1 five branches have developed : at St . Hyacinthe, Ottawa, Quebec, and from the Ottawa Branch 1 at Philadelphia and Pembroke. The Grey Nuus have members working in the N. \-.J. T. , Brazil, Haiti, Antilles, Japan and S . Afric a . They were al­ so in China but have been expelled by the communists. They now number 7000 professed members . They have 325 houses including Hospitals, kindergartens , soci;ll ser­ vice centres, mission centres, grammar and high schools and colleges 5 schcols of nursing, Indian schools , and schools for the blind 9 the epil eptic, and for music. HOHE AGAIN Aft er putting the 'finish­ ing t ouches' t o the new h os­ pital, Brother Courcy set out f or the East on Oct ober 13 In early August, the Oblate in search of a well- earned Fathers and Brothers of the r est. His soj ourn in Quebec West Side spent a week in City purposely c oincided with deeper prayer and rec ollec ­ a r etreat, or series of spi­ tion under the direction of ritual exercise s wh.ich he Rev. Vict orien Benoit, O. M.I. f ollowed . Of the r emn ining It was the first time that time he spent part in Hospi­ these exercises were held in tal and part with his close summer and on the island. r el ative s. The unusually Evidently it was not such a severe we ather hast ened his bad expe ri ence~ it is t o be r eturn t o the 'milder' r e ­ r epeated in 19 59. gions of Northern Saskatche ­ As a f ol low-up, an "Oblate wan. Thus Br other wa s we l ·­ Day 11 is held every three c omed 'home ' f or Christmas. months . For the inauguration on Thanksgiving Day, Rev. J. HAILS FROM CALGARY Bourbonnais, Director of the Mission, and Rev. 1. Levas­ Wh at a jump Sister V. Vio­ seur, then pastor at Buffalo l .ini made wh en she was trans­ Narrows, were the speakers. f erred fr om Holy Cr oss Hospi­ The second "Day", held on tal, Ca lgary, t o Holy Family January 20th, grouped nine­ School in Ile a l a Crosse! t een Blackrobes--Fathers and Neverthe l ess the Islanders Brothers, headed by Rev. L. f ound her enjoying the expe­ Poirier, Pr ov incia l. The rience and the change above c onfer ences were given by a ll. May y ou always be happy Rev. 1. Poirier and Reverend with the y oung l adies of St , Ros-aire Rho. Ther esa's Room, Sister! By its central l ocation, Ile a l a Crosse is naturally -- Prayer is the spirit of designat ed as the meeting speaking truth t o t r~th~ place. May these reunions --Bailey a lways prove fruitful! 15. THIRTY D1~ Y S I N OUTER SPACE of great joy which sha ll be to a ll people ; for there has vfuile nations break each been born to you today in the other's r ecords in launching town of David a Savior, who missiles into space, some of is Christ· the Lord. 11 All of the Grey Nuns are allowed to us use thi s message in con­ spend a whole month of soli- densed form \vhen we . say tude with the Mas ter of the "Me rry Christmas"· Universe as they follow the Spiritual Exercises of Saint WISH COME TRUE Ignatius of Loyola. Rev . Sister A. Gamache, The popularized slogan: Superior of the l ocal Convent "Put Christ back i nto Christ­ ~ considered herself greatly mas! 11 was put into effect . ~ privileged to have been one The blue and silver glow of those chosen for the Oc- of the Church Crib, the tober retreat. The experi- daintiness of the Chapel's ence is a great blessing and representation of the Beth­ many are anxiousl y awaiting lehem scene, inspired added similar favour. piety to those who saw them. Sister Superior left in Attracting the attention of mid-October and returned on all who came to the Mission December 7· Accompanying were the n~ar~life-size fi- her for the welcome home gures portraying Jesus, Ma ry were Reverend Sister E. Mo - and Joseph, with Angel and rissette, Provincial Assist- lambs, ox and dcnkey, all of ant, and Sister J. Laporte, which, cut out of plywood by Provincial Bursar . The lat- Brother Dionne and Charles ter two were here on bus.:iness. Malboeuf ,_ were artistically All are happy t o have Sister painterJ.- by-· Sister V" Violini. Superior back at her post. This set-up, insta lled near the new Hospital, on the Con- THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE vent side, was visible from the Rector y and the front yard. Reverend L. Poirier, OMI, Quite an effective reminder Provincial, ex- Director of that Christ belongs to Christ­ the Mission, substi~uting as mas and that Christmas belongs Pastor during the Christmas to Him . festivities, sang the solemn ______- Midnight Mas s assisted by --Minute events are the hinges Rev. J. Bourbonnais and Bro. on which magnificent r esults Courcy as Deacon and Sub-Dea-turn. In a watch the smallest con .. I~ his sermon, Fath~r link, chain, ratcher, cog, or ProvlnClal gave a substantlal crank is as essential as the explanation of the Angel s ' main ~pr i ng itself. If one message to the shephers~ fall out the whole will stand "Behol d ,I bring you goodreYIS still. 16. SYMPATHY CONDOLENCE Sister C. Leduc was called The Smith Family of Pine on a mission of charity and House was severely tried la sympathy when her brother~ summer when an une:ktinguishe, Rev. Father G. Leduc~ O.M.I . campfire, pushed by the wind, passed away very suddenly in reached the tent -where Mr. 0. Westminster~ B.C. in early Smith and his three youngest __ December . The blow VJas a sons (out of Ile a la Crosse ·;; heavy one but Sister was School for the holidays) wer¥ greatly consoled by the fact sleeping ." They awoke and all/.: that she could bring to her but Peter made a safe-enougr,f. .(,f loved ones--mother~ sisters get-away before the tent o&_Jk..::::~ and brothers- - the balm of lapsed. As a result, Pete±<~:.,)t'~ her heartfelt sympathy and was found severely burned; 3"'~lr. that of those who know her there was nothing else to ct> ,· here . She also brought the but to get away from the fir e· assurance of prayers for the but the smoke blinded them -- - deceased and the bereaved. so that they had no notion of which way to direct their - -Grief is a stone that bears escape. Unfortunately, seve­ one down, but two bear it ral trials were unseccessful lightly. --w. Hauff. and the victims suffered se­ vere burns on h ands, arms, ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS shoulders, face, feet and legs before they found a way Electrical rewlrlng of out. the convent, the boys ' re­ Then came the long wait sidence and Tache Hall was for the ambulance plane. A completed by Brother George stretch of twelve hcurs is a and E. Corrigal. It was a long time to endure torture. heavy task but it is well Only Peter-- who was hope­ worth while. There are other lessly burned-- seemed not conveniences too, for instan­ to f eel the smarting of his ce, more plug-ins' are avail­ wounds. At long last the able on and around the stage boys and their f ather found in Tache Hall. The sur ­ thems elves being cared for rounding missions also need at Victoria Hospital in Pr. similar alterations; thus Albert. The next day, Peter Brother George's schedule is was taken to University Hos -­ really heavy: presently Dn a pital in Saskatoon for spe­ re-wiring tour of Dillon~ Bu~ cial treatment but t o no a ­ falo Narrows and La Loche, vail. Within a f ew days his Brother will be welcomed back soul h ad left his suffering to the hub-Island before the body. For him prayers were end of February. offer ed as well as for the 17. recovery of Frank, William The main characters in "The and Mr . Smith. Robe 11 are Marce.llus (Richard William is now back in Burton), Di ana (Jean Simmons) school but Frank stayed at and Dimi trius (Victor Mature) Pine House to help his dad . The scene takes us to Rome Let us joi n with them i n where slaves are bei ng sold . thanking the Lord that at Caligula i s present at the sale; least 3 l ives were saved . Macellus outbids him and buys Dimitrius; this angers the SISTERS I N & OUT haughty Claigula who has Mar ­ cellus ordered to Jerusalem as It came like a thunderbolt a puni shment . Marcellus arri v­ out of a clear bue sky at es in Jerusalem just as the the beginning of May. What? events preceding the passion the news of Sister Irene La ­ of Jesus are taking place. r amee ' s nominati on as Supe­ Pilate orders Marcellus to r ior at the Beauval Residen­ crucify Jesus . After the tial School . And there was crucifixion, followi ng their nothing that coul d be done tradition, the Roman sol diers abou t i t but let Sister F. gamble . Marcel lus wi ns the Gaudet and Sr . I. Charti er Robe . He believes the robe is take her away shor t l y after. bewitched and seeks to des ­ The girls of the senior room troy i t . His s l ave , Di mi ­ fe l t very sorr y to l ose t rius helps him to understand the one who had been their the truth and finally Marcel ­ "bi g sister" since Ma r ch 1949 l us becomes a Chr i stian. When but once agai n "our 1 os s vla s Ca l igula finds this out he Beauval's gain" . May belss­ sentences him to death for i ngs i n abudndance acc ompany treason. you , dear Sist er Irene ! There are many interesti ng incidents . Everyone enjoyed FORWARD STEP it. Thanks to Father Rho for obtai n i ng this show. Now The third week of Februar y that Ci nemaS c ope has come in br ought a hub- bub of exci te- we have h i gh hopes for the fu­ ment to the hamlet . For the ture concerni ng show business. fir st time, a mov i e wa s to be --Emilia Gard i ner Gr X shown in CinemaScope her e. A larger screen was put up and Re : SISTERS I N a special lens or dered since these were needed. By t he Luckil y, when Sr. I. Laramee end of the week the necessary left for Beauva l, Si ster Y. Gin­ thi ngs were up and ready. gras who had a rrived shortl y b ~ "The Robe " was seen Sat ur­ fore coul d assume t he char ge of day, Sunday and Monday; each the sen i o~ girls until the end t i me l arge crowds att ended . of the year. ----, •.-~ 1 .. ' ; . ~ . '\ \ i; ' '-- ! l ~] I f \ i I . ' j ! - \ '\ : . ' -- \"II "'· I .~;::~;.:,.;8~ ····' :;,:~.--·t:' J t1·:~·~,,~~~··· I :;;!- """!" ~~ .. ~--· ,.. • l ;I -:__I_ \ ' I ·-:.· ___;;:__-: ;;__, -: - ::..... ~ ·- ··· . ,~ ~.;~·... ,; ... • {~ ~' Jj ;;7 .~, . ' t{'CI ~ ~~ I.' ; Jt / " '· ······· ,"' ,':.~ \.{~ r· ,~:J. ;~ < .----· ··\::.-· ,?--I ) ' l~"?<.j _:'-' ,.. ''""··· . ~) / ·''/,•' .~ . . x:·,-~:·_v ' 1;;/·<,4-i ~ J ~l~i~?t.;:/ ~d:~~~~:=:~~!n~:~~~~!:~~ ;.•;•:: .. :- ~ ?: l :•:·,~:: . .,. quarters at Ile a la Crosse , ·:'·~~"~-';~ : l ! 01· ;~ : ;1..~i::" R .C. M.P. July and August were high- -.·_ ~ - . -~[~ 'o""· 1958, Constable ~~~~;:~k~Yo~n~o~~s~h~i;~~s~o i~e"~i18' ~~ ~Tr*~~=s t~~;~~~rii~ ~~~~r f~~e t~!!r~~e~a~;e~f t~~e during t lie ~bsence ·of Consta-men from Ile a la Crosse and ble Peterson to Uranium City. Beauval were employed to com­ est. Petersen was temporarily bat the large fires which ra- in charge at Uranium City, vaged the Patuanak area. A from early October until re- long, dry spell of weather turning to Buffalo Narrmvs and an electric storm with­ on December llth. Cst, John- out rain was the cause of son was posted from here to the fires . The men were ham- Melfort, Saskatchev.ran. pered for a few days by stroDE Cst . M. Hart, after twenty winds, which made the work months of ·service in Ile a la of extinguishing the fires Crosse was transferred to difficult and dangerous. Island Falls, Sask., in charge We sincerely hope that of the detachment at that these conditions will not re- paint. He was replaced by cur in the too near future . Cst, Mel Bielert who was post- Several staff changes have ed here from Melfort on No- talmn place in the past few vember 19th. months. In August, Mr . Earl Mrs . Smith's parents, Mr. Shannon was granted a leave and Mrs. W. Kapphahn, spent of absence so that he might a week in Ile a la Crosse, pursue a higher education. during the latter part of Earl and his wife Ruth are September. They motored presently in Regina where from Prince George, B.C. Earl is completing his High Cst. Bielert has taken on School Education, at Regina the duties of Scout Ma ster College. Earl will probably with the newly organized Boy be remembered best by the Scout group in Ile a la Crosse. sincere and understanding --C.W. Smith, R ., C. M.P. manner he has shown in deal- 19. ing with the peopl e ' s pro­ to assis t us i n our work. We blem s i n Ile a l a Crosse . had a busy week and all bene ­ In October, the Nee ly' s fitted from the Cour s e . were transferred from La Lo­ The t enth Annual Trappers che to Ile a l a Crosse, Don Convention was held in Prince will assi st T.Tornquist with Albert, January 22 - 24 . Repre­ the work in the Ile a l a sentiDg the Ile a l a Cros s e Crosse District . He brings trapper was Vital Morin, de ­ with h i. m his wife Anne, and l egat e , and Abraham Daigneault a young son, Cr a ig . They a s visiting del egate . From were a t La Loche for two Patuanak, Geo r ge Black, and years , so can hardly be Franc ois Mc intyre att ended. classed as newcomers to the Canoe Lake wa s representd North . by Daniel Iron. Quite a number of local --Don Neely, men have been employed by the D. N.R. Field Officer Department of Natural Resour­ ces this winter, under the WEDDINGS Nor thern Access Roads pro­ gram. Nap Johnson and crew Since Easter several cou­ have been working on a road pl es have pronouced marriage to Primeau Lake while George vows. A whol e a ccount of Murray and crew have just re- the ceremonies would be too cently completed a tra il into l ong . . . but do meet the cou­ Glansberg Lake , Wes t of Pa - ples: tuanak. At Be auval, Ambroise Antoi ne Durocher and Victo­ Durocher has been i n charge ria Roy; Tony Laliberte and of a crew which is cutting . Marie Rose Daigneault; Fran­ a trail to Pine House . These cois Bouvi er and Elizabeth r oads will primarity be u sed Ca isse; Napoleon Bouvier and for bombad ier t ravel, so the Monique Mcintyre; Jean Bap- only i mprovement work being tiste Ra tt and Cecile La li- done is tree removal. berte . During the month of Ja- To a ll these newly-weds ·· nuary, the f_i e l d staff of the the BREEZES convey sincere Northern Affairs Br anch vrere wishes for many years of Hap- called to Prince Albert for py we dd ed life . a Training Cours e on Commu ­ nity Development. A high­ THE ROAR I NG GAME light of this cour se was a t a lk given by Reverend L. Le­ Forty miles to Buffalo vasseur, O.M.I., formerly of Na rrows , forty mile s b ack, Buffalo Narrows . I n hi s t a l k and several hundr ed miles Father Levasseur indica t ed of s eeping in between! Ask some of the work being done the enthusi astic curle rs of i n Buffalo Na rrows and sug­ Ile a l a Crosse. . . . "We gested i dea s and techniques wouldn 1 t mi ss a game ! 11 was left overnight. After the farewell hymn, we move on to the next residence as ' schedul~d. Tbere, a special pl ~ _Q.e- -Ra-s been prepare& f6r the statue. It is taken from its ark and s e t up between the two angels among flowers, candles and vigil lights. Once the la~y OUR MOTHER of the house has set things as she desires, I don the sur- .th th b · · f plice, we sing the hymn es- w.l e eg1nn1ng o · 11 d b· F th 0 t b. th · ·t f th pec1a . y compose y a er c o er, e VlSl- d to th e N • Gu 1- 11. oux. we th en r e c 1· t e s t a t ue 0 f Ou r J:a Y 0 e the rosary each decade is .homes of the Vlllage was preceded by the singing of started . I~ l~ept on then the particular mystery pro­ to the fam111es scatter- J)Osea for meditation. The ed around the Lake. Be- Rosary is followed by another cause of my prolonged popular hymn, night prayers and repeated absences and the Ave Maris Stella in at Canoe Lake, the tour Cree. My blessing brings the will probably be compl~ devotions to a close. The ted only in March. people appreciate this type Similar visits h ad b een of devotion and are faithful made by Rev. G. Beaudet to in joining with their neigh- whom belongs the honour of bors at the appoint ed hour. initiating this particular Between twenty a nd thirty, Marian devotion. The people and sometimes e ven forty fondly remember the first persons are present, accom- visit of Our Lady and a re ha~ panying the statue of Our py to welcome Her once more. Lady on this tour. Undoubtedly, from Heaven she It is impossible to men- bestows bless ings upon them. tion a ll details here, but The people of Ile ~ la during these visits the Cros se have a profound de- thought of the t enth plagu e votion towards the Blessed of Egypt has often occurre d Virgin; I am certain tha t to me . The Israelites were God will forgive them a host spared be c ause the y had fol- of things because of their lowed instructions and made love for lVfary, His Mother. a ma rk on the i r doors with Here is what takes place the blood of a l amb .... Ma y upon a visit: First we go these visits bring a visible to the home visited the pre- protection of Mary to the peo vi oU:s day, where the st.a tue ple of Ile a l a Crosse, and 21.

, .. • .J: dispel all calamities which her warnirig ~: /and aband~ n ol.,lr- . can be expected in these trou­ selves to her protection iti ­ bled times. everything we do. She cannot Many have taken this op­ fail us, she will watch over portunity to speak to me about us and she will obtain the the Blue Army which was re­ striking and lasting victory cently organized here. The which she herself has promis­ Blue Army is the answer made ed. to Mary's request at Fatima Rosaire Rho, O.M.I. that Christians amend their lives and contecd against the HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Red Army of Satan. Even though more than fifteen mil­ We had six birthday par­ lion Christians have signed ties so far this year. There the Blue Army pledge~ it is is still at least one coming perhaps still too few to halt for all the Grade .sevens. the flood of Communism which For Annette Bujold, Emilia filters through everywhere. Gardiner, Alice Alcrow and In Ile a la Crosse more than Louisa Couillonneur, the one hundred signed this pled­ parties were held in the eve~ ge and their names have been ning, in our classroom. For sent to Fatima to be placed Theo Ruiter and me~ skating on the very spot of the appa­ parties were held instead. ritions. Of course we had our birth­ Every First Saturday of the day cakes along with some month we have the Mass, Com­ other goodies for lunch. All munion and Meditation for the the parties were very enjoya­ members of the Blue Army. ble, even though all were There are approximately 100 different. At the evening Communions made in reparation parties we played games and here, in union with the mil­ dane ed a bit. lions of others in the Catho­ We are all waiting for the lic World. other one, knowing it will be If the Lord has not yet perhaps even more fun than chastised the world as He has the others. We thank Sister the right and the power to do, and all others who helped the threat remains. However to organize these pleasant it is permissible to believe evenings for us. that it is the Blessed Virgin Mary, with her children of --Laura Bouvier, Gr.8 the Blue Army who, each first Saturday, calms the just wrath of the Lord. His heart was as great as Summing up: let us have a the world, but there was no great devotion to Mary . Let room in it to hold the memory us answer her requests, heed of a wrong. -- Emerson IID :'l (D)

The series started with took a little while to get a bang in September~ On the started but sang two greatly lOth in view of raising prize appreciated songs . . . Johnny money for the Achievement Day Cash couldn't have done bet­ On the 26th--to purchas e more ter! Ovide and Victor Des­ text -books and work-books for jarlais also were applauded the various classrooms. for the tasty ptoces they The School Board also need- offered over the mi crophone . ed funds to pay the new chain After tho l unch? Father swings that were put up on Bourbonnais was presented the grounds: October 27 f ound the proceeds of the evening: a fairly good crowd together. $3 50 which will be a help November 24th was a cold in paying the church expen- day.Nevertheles s a fair crowd ses. showed up for another school Father L. Poirier? Pro-­ Bingo tor eplenish the supply vincial and Fr .Bourbonnais of scribblers and other neces-having given a New Year's sities. Blessing to the people? the The New Ye ar's Eve get-to- customary hand-shake was ex­ gether is the one to which changed and everyone ma de a all the parishioners look bee-line for ho3o . . and a forward. Everything seemed brand new year! fine until a 60-mile an h our gale came across the hamlet. BINGO AND PIE SOCIAL In spite of it a large num- ber showed up? frosted to A monstrous bingo and pie the tips of their whiskers social was he ld in Ta che Ha ll and shivering fr om the i n- on Tuesday? Feb. 10. Lmvrenco tense cold. Luck ily it wa s Daigneault did a very good warm with a good fra ternal job of calling t he bingo and spirit ins ide. Laurent Roy of au8tioning the Along with t he ·cu stomary pi e s . What htddi :n r; ! Not or: l_y Bingo and basket sal o ? the was f ishing g o0d a t t he Fi sh shor t progr am \v a s put on . Pond, but i:.h c i 1 p : ~ e b:=dt 1: at- . Some of ,the youn .~- v il la g e~-: s ~ :r 1.c t ed rn ny u t c,) pr :\_::>J np ­ Jlmmy Dtlr ocne:r and Tnomas Mo -- pet.i.te, TheP '3 ;rtc•::' t be so:-rL" rin entertai ne d t he cro \v c~ ex co l l e ~l.t ccc.·,:::; :i :rl :r:1s ic und s i neing . Ed'AT o.rd m]. rl night sr.:t :{1; J ~·u o:. .: YLl r· I L,fc:r· ~ i1. ? u '}Gr ~r good s Gl .o4 s ~i ~ :~ ·- :: : . ::. ~-: ~:, ~-~ :: :: ~ - 23. HOCKEY NE14S the hall makes s erving of r e­ freshments much easier and "He's coming down centre the Bingo pl ayers and movie ice, only the goalie to beat; seer are most happy when thEy he shoots; he scores !!" and can get somethi ng to munch the crowd goes wild with ex­ on during the evening . citement . Such is hockey in All in all Tache Hall has the North. Some of the games really been transformed. Co~ played during the winter are gratulations to the respon­ as follows: sible parties! Dec. 14--Ile a la Crosse at Buffalo Narrows with Buffalo STUDENTS HOSPITALIZED Narrows victorious. Jan. 18-- Ile a la Crosse at Not too serious but bad e ­ Beauval with Beauval the vic­ nough were the incidents that tors. br ought Louisa Couillonneur Jan. 25--Beauval at Ile a and Emilien Janvier to have la Crosse with Beauval again a taste of hospital tech­ the viet or s. niques~ Feb. 15--Buffalo Narrows Louisa fractured her leg at Ile a la Crosse with Buf­ as she was returning to the falo Narrows on top. room after skating a while . Cheer up, Ile a la Crosse, She wore a heavy "white boot'' your day is coming! until after the Christmas holidays . Emilien had his FACE-LIFTING appendix removed . He now feels better than ever. Thirteen years without a Thanks to Dr. Hoffman and coat of raint accounted for his capable staff! Tache Hall's sombre, dismal look. No wonder the effect ACKNOWLEDGE.tv!ENTS of the white paint set off by maple colored trimmings, WHISPERING PINES, The is so greatly appreciated . GREAT PORTAGE, the BEAUTIFUL The new benched, painted VALLEY ECHO, The VOICE OF THE in grey, the work of the NORTH, and MOCCAS I N TELEGRAM ever-active Brother Dionne from Green Lake, La Loche, helped by Charl es Ma lboeuf Beauval Village, Beauval Re­ and Etienne Corrigal, vary sidential and Blue Quills at in height so that it is ea ­ St . Paul, Albert a, respec­ sier for all to view the stage tively, bring interesting and s creen without impeding accounts of life in those the vision of the back neigh­ l ocalities . Many thanks! bor. The stage floor also got De keep the BREEZES on your a 'lift i ng ' in linoleum. "exchange list"! The booth at the back of 24. PROJECT AHEAD hubby to return north without his better half. Mr. K.C. Hendsbee, Adminis­ Two weeks later, taking trator of Education for North­ Bernadette back to Ile a la ern Areas, accompanied by Mr . Crosse, Laurent's dejected­ Lindskog, paid a surprise vi­ ness had worn off ... But, sit to the Island on February whatever happened on the 20 -21. The trip was a follow­ Canoe River Bridge? The car up to the June 24th meeting skidded off the icy planks when His Excellency Bishop and pressed uncontrollably P. Dumouchel, Apostolic Vicar against the railing then of the Keewatin, the Honorable plunged head-long into a deep W.S .Lloyd, Minister of Educa­ dug-out from which the Loi­ tion, Mr . A. McCallum, Deputy selles, Miss Hrick and Miss Minister of Education, Hr. T. Ethier crswled, shaken up H. Waugh, then Adm. of Educa­ but unharmed. The car how­ tion for Northern Areas, and ever was a bad wreck .• Tough his successor, Mr. K.C. Hend­ luck isn't for the insane! sbee met with the local school Board to discuss the advisabi­ OTHERS ON SICK LEAVE lity of building a new school at Ile a la Crosse. Miss Martian went South The plans for a 4-class­ on sick leave in October ~ room (four more to be added something wicked wouldn't next year), lavatories and allow her voice to come staff room are being drawn up through when it should have. by the Department of Public She is steady on the job now. Works. These are expected to Miss Young had a hard time be completed as soon as a getting rid of a very bad suitable "high" site is found. cold at the beginning of Possibly more details will be September. It took a few supplied when Mr . Hendsbee days in the new St. Joseph comes back for the Annual Hospital to do the trick. Meet ing on March 3. Miss L. Hrick was also a patient in the Hospital at A LONG WEEK-END ..• BUT the beginning of November. Miss Ethier underwent an Pupils and teachers very appendectomy-- emergency -­ happily rode off to enjoy 4 on January 24th. days of freedom from November Sister Cyre was hospital­ 8 to 11th. But the holidays ized from Feb. 11 to 21st. were none too pleasant for With wishes of Samsonian Mrs. Loiselle (Bernadette), strength to the weak, thanks who developed Jaundice on the are extended to Laurent Loi­ way home. The prolonged ho­ selle and to Mrs. C. McLeod, liday necessitated by this (An toinette Roy) for their obliged a rather dejected yarr.g willingness to supervise the various rooms when needed. DENTAL CLINIC H . B • C . I\1EWS 25 Dr. P.J. Kuling of Lash­ The local post has r egis­ burn, Saskatchewan is a wel­ t er ed quite a number of per­ come visitor to Ile a la Cros­ sonnel changes: Ke n Duthie se. He came to see us l ast came in July. Wh en Annette spring and again last fall . Gardiner discontinued on ac­ While here, he checked, ex­ • ount of ill-health in Au­ tracted and filled our teeth gust, Emilia Gardiner took o­ We don 't like the drilling ver for the thr ee weeks that but how nice it is not to rema ined before the end of the have a toothache .. and to be holidays . Na ry Johnson and able to show a set of pearly Antoinette Desjarlais beth white t eeth. j oined the Staff in Sept ember Thanks to Dr , Kuling and as clerk and post- mistress r es­ we hope to see him again be ­ pectively. Mrs. Florence Du­ fore the end of the term. rocher r e sumed her position Thanks also to the Junior in December after a three Red Cross for making it pos­ months l eave . sible for a dentist to come Mr. G. Parsons, a ft er being to our northern village. Manager in Ile a la Crosse for over two years, l eft the Bay. VISITORS He and Mrs. Parsons now r eside in Buffalo Narrows; Gerry has Visitors are always wel­ joined the Co-Op Movement. come at Ile a la Crosse Relief Ma nager from Decem­ School. On Wednesday, Jan. ber to January was Wally Ma ­ 28th , Nr . I. Church, Assis­ duke. The new Ma nager, Mr. tant Administrator of Educa- Roy Simpson with Mrs. Simpson J tion for Northern Areas be­ and daughter took up residen­ . gan an official · visit of ce here in January. Since Mr , the classrooms, and carried Simpson was previously sta­ through until Friday, Jan. tioned at La Loche , the fami­ 30 at noon. Sister A. Cyre ly is already inured to life Mrs. Loiselle, Miss Rowan, in Northern Saskatchewan. May Miss Buczulac, Miss Martian your stay in Ile a la Crosse and Miss Hrick had Mr . be a pleasant one ! Church in their classrooms for a period or two each. All were sorry that Mr. I. ---He is a good man whose in­ Church was unable to stay timate friends are all good, for the teachers' meeting and whose enemies are decided- scheduled for that after­ ly bad. · no(n and for the gala sup­ --Lavater . per and social evening for -- How far that little candle the northern teachers and thrcws its be ams! so shines a a few of their frien~s. good deed in a naughty world. C~me again, Mr. Churchl --Shakespear e ACHIEVEMENT DAY This year our Club had its achievement day on the lOth of September.. Our · ·judges . were Mr. Herb Clark and Mr. Neil McLeod. Mr. Neilson was busy with similar work on the East side of the province. Close to dinner . time 9 we qll assembled in the Senior clas3room for a test and ac­ tual judging of vegetables. On account of a storm the On August 6th at 10:30 I previou5 days, several of the left for Prince Albert with veg·etables from across the the bus. The trip was a lcng lake had not been brought in. one ••. I was sick all the way. Mr. McLeod kindly offered to We stopped at Beauval to pick get them. We were very grate­ up some girls and boys, then ful for this kind deed. we had our dinner at the forks Our display was set up in Then we went on to Green Lake Tache Hall. The evening pro­ where we took some more boys ~ram began at 8:p.m. A fair and girls. At Big River v:re crowd turnec up to see the had a little lunch. From display and tc join in the there we drove directly to Binge afterwarcs. Before the Prince Albert. We stayed games began, a few slides there for three nights and were shown ty Mr. Clark and two days. On Saturday we Mr. McLeoc. I'm sure every- came back. I rode in almost one enjcyGe them. This was everything I could at the fqllcwec by the distribution fair. We went tc the grand- of the prize mtney to the stand on Thursday and Friday successful gardeners. night. The first night we The rema!ndBr of the even- heard old time fiddling; it ing was spent at Bingo or at was really nice. Coming the Fish Pond which attracted back, I missed the fair but a crowd until the extinction I felt somewhat glad to be rtf the 'fish'. coming back because I was a Remembering our past Achie- 1itt le lonesome away from vement Days, this is consider- home. I'll never forget a- ed the· best. Let us hope bout the fair even if I ne- that the future will bring ver get to see it again. The still better ones so that our holidays this summer were Club will keep growing 9 to the nicest and happiest holi- the pleasure of all 4-H-ers. days I ever h ad . --Emilia Ga rdine r Gr X Laura Bouvier, Gr. 8 L L L L L L L L L CLUB HOUS E be seen in the next while . The Club House is open Sun­ Looking ahead toward the day afternoon and evening and winter season kept many peo­ every evening Tuesday through ple busy remodelling the Club Friday. House . During the summer, May your skating be just Brother Dionne and his crew that more enjoyable this year! did an excellent repair job to the roof and walls, enlarg­ WELCOME ALL! ed the lunch room and moved in a box- stove and a g ood old- Reverend Mother M. Laforce fashioned kitchen range. 0 - made two greatly appreciated ther volunteers put the finish-visits to her island mission­ ing touch. . Many t hanks go aries, one in September and to these. All agree that the then in November . Her jolly job was well done. comapnion, Sr. J . Laporte, For those who haven 1 t had Provincial Bursar, has . given time to come to the Club great help to the book- keep- House, here are just a few keeping and management of of the many things done: The the Hospital, on two other ceiling and walls h ave a new visits . coat of paint, the lunch room Sister St . Genevieve be- has a semi- circular counter came acquainted with the donated by the hospital, a norther n missions while ac- pantry, and drapes in the companying Mother Provincial . windows. The place is very Another welcome guest was inviting especially with the Sister Marie Lar amee who came coffee percolator on and hot- for a couple of days but ran dogs, cup cakes or doughnuts, into a job ' pr o tempore ' -­ tasty and fre sh .. . Prices are replacing Sister Yvonne Be ­ low too~ 5¢ each -- 3 for 25 zaire away on r etreat . oh ! oh! To these and all others Business has not been so who made visits to the mis - good thi s year but neverthe sion, the BREEZES whisper less the profits were great ncome Again! n enough to pay for a few pai rs of new skates, to re­ COMFORT FOR CANOE LAKE pair and shar pen the old ones purchse four dozens of hockey Brother Dionne and crew sticks and equipment for the are really making a -name for lunch room. themselves. A whole set of However the season is not new pews and kneelers left yet ended so, the welcome mat for Canoe Lake by cat- train is placed before you all! Let on February 26 . us see how many new faces will ------28.

A VILLAGE RESPONSIBILITY SASK. HOSPITALS CONVENE The leadership of the 4-H For the fir~i tim ~ · in his­ Club has been transferred to tory, the local hospital had Ovide Desjarlais and Pat Du­ representatives at the Annual rocher. May they harvest General meeting of the success upon success in this Saskatchewan Hospitals~ held worthwhile project! on October 15-17 at the Bess­ borough Hotel in Saskatoon. AT THE OLD FORT Reverend Father J. Bourbonnais O.M .I., Administrator of St. Minks are valuable but can Joseph's here, Sister A. Ga ­ be delicate of constitution mache, s.g.m., Superior, and as Rene Lavoie experienced Sister Y. Bezaire attended. when his got sick by twos and After taking active part in threes. However, thanks to that Convention, they stayed Vet skill and competence, he for the beginning at least of was able to save the greater the Catholic Hospital's Annu­ number. al meeting which took place At about the same time a the following day. new member came to join the Lavoie family: Baby Raymond Judging bJ the comments, was welcomed even by Maurice the experience was a pleasant who is just about ready to one, and it will be repeated become Daddy's assistant on in the future! the mink ranch now!

MORE CHANGES -- It is well worth while to learn to win friends the The new names in the Hos­ right way. Show those wor­ pital staff indicate that thy of your friendship that other people have gone to you desire nothing more than different fields~ Sister Y. their welfare; oblige, with Bezaire has joined the Edmon­ all your soul, that friend ton General Hospital Sisters, who has made you a present while Sister J. Drapeau left of his own. for a more distant corner of --Socrates the Lord's vineyard: the Grey Nuns' Hosp.ital at St. John, Province of Quebec. Thanks to .both for the -- He who has a thousand great amount of work done in friends has not a friend to the old and the new Hospital spare, and he who has an ene­ and good wishes to bpth of my will meet him ever~Jhere. them! --Ali Ben Abu Taleb '•