- FOR” “FATHER “POULET

On September. 3rd, Community members,

' Protestant and Catholic joined at a dinner
party, in the Community Centre to wish
Father Poulet, Godspeed, on his journey to
Ft» Nelson. It was a time for reminiscing
and tribute to his 8 years of service here
in Cassiar.

Ceremonies several persons spoke in tribute
to Fre Poulet. Jim Murdoch reviewed
Father*s work in the North, pointing out
that the last occasion much as this was
when they celebrated his 25th Anniversary
as a Priest, and that at that time it was
noted that 24 1/2 of those years had been

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Fre Poulet started his Northern ministry!
' at Lower Post and was there during the
building of the Alaska Highway and the war
years with their airlifts across the North,
a little known fact was that he was __

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airmen who had crashed in the bush during |
that time, for which he received an award
from the U. Se Government. When Cassiar
first opened-in 1952, Fre Poulet would |
come in to say Mass for the conmunity.
those days Cassiar Road was not the road
it. is today, which. in. comparison isa.
‘xegular. freeway, and of..course, the ine _
6. comment. atet. treats. it

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ae Poulet was transferred to aeons:

City, where he remained for a short time

: before coming to Cassiar. At that time,
only the basement of the church had been
completed and it seemed as though the
perish would be content to let it semain
that way. However, Fre Foulet sparked a
building drive and withthe help: of vole
unteer labour on the part of the men, and
dinners and drives put on by the CkKL to

' raise funds, and a great deal of enccurage-

 ment,from Fre poole. the. Church was ccne

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For Fre Poulet, ‘however, by way of work

and exhortation, the building was not com=

_ pleted and as Sate as the last week of his
. ministry here, he was seen putting finishe-
ing touches on the window of the new study.

{> Poutes had “Gane: ‘a (great. job. in: this.
- Comunity, and hoped that Fr. Nelson.
* would appreciate-hin as muchas the -

somes iy. Casslar, euch, gf. the,

__ proposed a Eoasto:

,-and the company withed nim every success
in his ¢ ndeavourse a4 ;
in ve eplying to the speekers, father
Foulet said he would Fill in between the j

to do and things that could be said, “but”

pecple s£ Casslar. In view cf the Eek.

‘that che area was much larger than this

ones and he would have wore services to
perform, he would present him withe — |
momento in the form of a cartoon. This |

-Gerpicted a clergyman on a motorcycle, his

gown flying, and a bystander coumenting,
With five services a Sunday, we call
hin, the fastest gown in the West ?.

Inasmuch as the cartoon nad been pree .

“sented by an Anglican. lady who reads the |

United Church news, where she got the
cartoon, it was felt that the gift was
aporvopriate to Fr. Poulet’s ministry here.

Mrse Forbes, representing the Celule,
reviewed his work with them, and thanked
hint for nis advice and guidance, in sick+«
ness and in health. She spoke of the

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helfard Yund that hed been established in
1963, when itt seemed that such was needed :
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exe, Since the inception of the Liens

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the Welfare Fund has been taken overt: ‘by
them and the balance of this fund has now
been turned over to the Lions Club.

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She presented Fr. Poulet with a cheque |

in the awount of $367, a gift from members}
of the community, as a parting token and

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Ce Es. Brondon,’ “speaking on. Ee.
ssiax Asbestos: ‘Corporation, expressed

| "the apprectation of the company for the

co-operation given in may Lastences by
Fr. Poulet, and pointed out that it was
cften a case of mutual assistancee fro
Pouiccts move to Forth Nelson brings to
gkese. he said, soed associlatiscn

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lines, pee doubted whether he did drive
as fast as they inferred. He felt that
the Fact that the truck was red made it
only appear to be going faster.

fe reviewed the years ané felt. they had ¢
been good. There were things he had- “hoped

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