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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 05, 1951
Page
2
The Icelandic community in Western Canada plays a key role in the region and a chair of Icelandic language will be established at the University of Manitoba. The post aims to preserve the culture of pioneer settlers who came seventy five years ago to settle around Lake Winnipeg, farming and fishing.
About 15,000 people of Icelandic descent live in Manitoba making it the largest Icelandic population outside Iceland and a cultural center for the diaspora. The Manitoba community has raised 155000 of a proposed 200000 endowment to establish a chair in Icelandic literature and language at the University of Manitoba.
The University of Manitoba will establish a chair of Icelandic language and literature to honor Icelandic contributions to Canada. The courses aim at advanced English and classics students and Icelandic descendants seeking native language and literature studies, reflecting the blending of cultures in Canada.
A vintage pattern notice from the Household Arts Department advertises Pattern 7149 with charts and directions. It invites readers to mail twenty five cents to receive the pattern and mentions a 1951 Alice Brooks Needlework catalogue with crochet knitting and embroidery patterns.
A farm dog attacked a bull to defend a farmer near Neepawa Manitoba. Peter McNab, a middle aged farm assistant on Bob Davidson’s farm seven miles southwest of Neepawa, suffered a broken collarbone several cracked ribs bruises and shock from the mauling.
Regina reports that Superior Oils of Canada Ltd General Petroleums of Canada Ltd and Bata Petroleums Ltd launch a joint drilling program in west central Saskatchewan. Superior Oils boosts its Saskatchewan stake by 4214 percent to 491000 acres including 133000 CPR lands and 368000 crown permit lands. General Petroleums holds 42 percent Bata 15 percent.
Dr A J Andries Weyburn sub district veterinarian federal department of agriculture says rabies in United States skunks could spread into southern Canada. He notes increased skunk sightings and eight dead along highway 39 near North Portal and Estevan. Authorities circulated warnings to veterinarians and officials within 50 miles of the border. Canada mines 80 percent of the world's nickel supply.
A collage of light jokes and quips spans a Scottish parent, a desert irrigation student in Arizona, a piano dispute in court, and a prison governor’s remark. Banter touches on age, advice, weather, manners, and wages with playful twists and regional flavor.
Four year old Joyce Oviatt of Calgary fell from a second story bedroom window and struck a farm dog asleep on a concrete sidewalk below. She suffered a broken collarbone while the dog appeared little harmed.
A St Louis correspondent discusses how weather lore persists despite science. Signs like smoke from a chimney, moon halos, and even cats nibbling grass are weighed against modern radar, barometric shifts, and animal behavior as people seek reliable forecasts amid a climate of superstition and progress.
In Prince Rupert, British Columbia a winter long school will open next fall teaching fishermen to cook their catch. The program is sponsored by the education department and planned by the Fishermen's Co-Operative along with other courses.
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