Friendly Manitoba [antikvár]

< Tom Barrow of Swar) River reads the /am;7y s treasured old Bible, printed in 1620, a valued heirloom. A Vo!,;ageur for several years, Gérard Prer^ovault of St. Boniface wears the garb of his historical counterparts. The People Manitoba's population is a fascinating collecton of individual people. More in Manitoba than probably anywhere else in the world, they hold onto their heritages, proud of their distinctive old-world backgrounds. In 20th-centutv Canada, Manitobans live in the middle. Manitobans are a lovable lot. They are fiercely proud of the traditions their forefathers handed down to them; vivacious; sometimes cantankerous; politically opinionated; and friendly. They have carved for themselves a lifestyle that is both Old and new. Picture a bearded Hutterite with a name that dates back to the 16th-centuty Reformation, who on Sun- day sings hymns as old as his name, but who Monday morning, climbs into his perch atop the most modem combine to harvest a field of golden grain that is planted, nurtured and cut according to all the latest research he has studied. This man is just as much a Manitoban, just as friendly and hospitable if you take the time to go out and meet him, as the bank manager living next door. The people of Manitoba have all the occupations of every other province or state in the world, and many of them are lucky enough to be working at jobs they really like. Sure, they complain. They constantly gripe about the weather and they always wish, six months after an election, 19