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Port Hope Simpson Diary
August September October November December January February March April May
June July
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a Port
Hope Simpson historical trail
The Journal of Ernie Pritchard, Voluntary
Service Overseas 1969-70,
Port Hope
Simpson,
1. August
the boat journey to Port
Hope Simpson
2. poor fishing season
arrival in Port Hope
Simpson – first impressions
September
3.
bad tooth decay
4.
eagerly looking forward to the
mail boat and getting stuck in to life out here!
5.
classified nobody
works here on Sunday
6. Dealing with some problems
7. Clive arrived last night
i think …
8. needs self-control…not to say anything to him
9. he did the same for me.
the first combined
school trip
10. I must not forget the
sleeping bag
more details about the combined trip
recording some local expressions
Christmas planning and more time spent reflecting
11. mind you, it has been good…
12. coping
13. grade 3: Patsy Paul, Lester Penney and Gordon Ward;
14. funeral today
the funeral I mustn’t forget
15. timetable at school
16. pressure brought to bear
my mid-day meal today was this
managing ourselves and the children we teach
17. Greta’s learning. I knows that.
18. intend to try and learn
lights! …before Christmas
19. December
thoughts about the food
20. effects of the weather
21. late
22. cruising
23. supper
24. midnight
25. there is a lot to meditate on in this book
putting up Christmas decorations in the school
26. where I am staying is very cold
27. you, it was slightly nerve racking…
28. parade
29. Boxing Day
“the play", "the time" and "the show"
January
30. the mail plane arrived today.
31. paid for what I like doing.
“getting lost” and getting back to Port Hope Simpson
32. Mary’s Harbour by
Don Campbell and two others
tackling problems along the Labrador coast
contrasting Mary’s Harbour with Port Hope Simpson
33. maliciously
the effect of Claude’s reprimand!
34. destroyed by lice
foot bitten by Peter, the pet husky dog
35. Scott’s house. There is a… quiet atmosphere…
a little miracle, my nose almost dropping off and a frozen hot water
bottle!
36. Bullet put down
talking about work or doing something?
37. be quite a bad complaint…the ‘flu
ice hockey result: Port Hope Simpson 8 Mary’s Harbour 4
38. welfare assistance
self – knowledge and getting on with the people
39. here. I’ve just had a scattered ride on a skidoo…
the mountie is in about the theft of my money
40. asked for $10 per day
February
41. Sunday
Telephone Connection for Port Hope Simpson
42. My Beaver's Tail has gone!
Medical Assistance Arrives for Port Hope Simpson
43. Was spent very nicely
44. I hope she’ll be OK
Trying to Prepare a Seed - Bed
45. Losing that "Monday Morning
Feeling"
“The Daughters of Mercy" and Jim Penney's Wound
46. Out here
More and More Sealskin Scraping
47. Claude Kippenhuck caught about one
hundred and twenty.
Fed - Up with Sealskin Scraping
48. I chopped a hole in the ice
49. Travelling at about 25 m.p.h.
Port Hope Simpson's Valentine Day's Custom
Drawing a Sketch Map of Port Hope
Simpson
50. Snow is being drifted
by a strong wind
How
do you get a porcupine from its hole?
51. Just finished my dinner of meat, turnip, potato and bread pudding with
tea and biscuits for
afters
Port Hope Simpson's Telephone Lines Improving?
52. wedding went off today
The Promise of a Whale's Tooth
The Coldest Day Since I Arrived
In on Friday to wire the School
54. It’s the first offer I’ve had made since I’ve been here. Loaning somebody your skidoo in Port Hope Simpson
is almost the same as hiring out your wife!
55. Working My Way Home on a Wood
Boat?
Wiring up the School at Long Last
A Game of Football with the Boys