THIRD GENERATION

13. Ernest Alexander Maunu was born on 19 Jan 1914 in Loreburn SK. He was a in Farmer. He was a in Carpenter. He was in Luthern. The folloiwng notes from Terry Mannu

Ernest was born on the family's first farm west of Loreburn on January 19, 1914, he grew up on the family's second farm on the west side of the South Saskatchewan River near Dunblane.

As a young man he helped his father farm. Other work that he and his father did included digging dugouts for the PFRA in teh PFRA Pasture located in the elbow of the river east of Bursay and grading roads and ditches by horse and dragline for the Municipality when the grid roads were built.

In the days before refrigerator became commonplace, Ernie and Alf Hackinen cut tons of block ice from the river in the wintertime and after it was built, from the CNR Dam Resevoir. This ice was hauled to Dunblane and sold to the Globe Cafe and Hotel run by Yip Loy, to Charley Caarey's Hotel, cafe, and store, and neighbouring farmers. The ice was placed in subterranean "ice houses" to keep food stuff stored there from spoiling. As much as 10 tons of ice per day was cut by hand with an ice saw by Ernest. Alf would help him fish the ice out of the water and load it into the back of their farm truck. While Alf hauled the ice to the customers Ernest continued to cut more ice for the next haul. A good days work was 8 to 10 hours long after which a hockey game was often schedualed.

Ernest started playing hockey with a group of Finnish farm boys on the CNR Dam Resevoir in 1929 ar the age of 15. he tried playing forward but was too slow and his ankles were too weak for him to be good at his position. He choose to play the position no one else wanted, goalie. The boys called their team "The Flying Finns" after the popular name given Finland's Olympic Hockey Team. Some of the members of the team were the four Kumpula boys, Hugo (also a goalie), AArne, Alf, Alvar, and Bill hackinen; Helmer, Art, and August Simonson; the two Christianson boys; and Art Miller, Ernest Tapanila, Fred Pelto, Frank West, and George Rapakko. They had enough members to form two teams, which played each other, as well as other teams from local towns. They travelled to towns such as Dunblane, Birsay, Lucky Lake, Loreburn, Elbow, and Strongfield by car or in the back of pickup trucks in the frigid Saskatchewan winter weather that could easily each -40 degrees to play hockey in open-air rinks. The Flying Finns werea good team and won many tournaments.

Like some of the Finnish boys on the Flying Finns team, who lived near Dunblame, Ernest also played for the Dunblane hockey team. This team featureed such players as the seven Bent brothers, Clooney and Ken MacPherson, Harry and Osser Valila, and the two Lysak boys. In 1940 when some of the local boys enlisted in the airforce or army to train for the war in europe the Flying Finns disbanded. ernest was exempt from service because fo poor eyesight. He then played for the Dunblane team until 1955 when he hung up his skates at the age of 41. he proudly states that in the twenty-fie years that he played in goal he was never hit in the face with a hockey puck.

He married helmie Niska, from the Strongfield District on November 1st, 1942. He built a home 1/4 mile west of his father's place and helped farm the family's land. Their first daughter, Beverly Maxine, was born on july 5th 1945.

In 1945 his father retired from farming and Ernie took over the farming duties. On January 18, 1946 Sander died while spending the winter with his daughter Mildred and her husband Buster, in vancouver, BC. From the time on his mother, elizabeth, lived in Vancouver with Mil and Bus and returned to the farm for extended visits on several occassions. ernest farmed his own land and rented and farmed his mother's land. he farmed a total of 2-1/2 sections of landat the time essentially by himself which was a relatively large farm in those days.

On November 27, 1948 their son terrance Deloinne was born and on October 26, 1952 their second daughter, Beryl Alexis, was born.

In 1962 his mother sold her land to Alvin Howell, whose own land was purchased by the P.F.R.A. for buffer land surrounding he areas to be flooded by the gardiner Dam, which was under construction at the time.

The family moved to Saskatoon on August 2, 1962, where Ernest worked as a carpenter and Helmie worked at the University hospital for several years.

He was married to Helmie Francis Mineabel Niska on 1 Nov 1941 in Glenside SK. The following from Ernest and Terry Mannu

Ernest Alexander Maunu

Ernest Alexander Maunu was born on the family's first farm west of Loreburn on January 19, 1914. He grew up on the family's second farm on the west side of the South Saskatchewan River near Dunblane.

As a young man he helped his father farm. Other work that he and his father did included digging dugouts for the PFRA in the PFRA Pasture located in the elbow of the river east of Bursay and grading roads and ditches by horse and dragline for the Municipality when the grid roads were built.

In the days before refrigerators became commonplace, Ernie and Alf Hackinen cut tons of block ice from the river in the wintertime and after it was built, from the CNR Dam Reservoir. This ice was hauled to Dunblane and sold to the Globe Cafe and Hotel run by Yip Loy, to Charley Carey's hotel, cafe, and store, and to neighbouring farmers. The ice was placed in subterranean "ice houses" to keep foodstuff stored there from spoiling. As much as 10 tons of ice per day was cut by hand with an ice saw by Ernest. Alf would help him fish the ice out of the water and load it into the back of their farm truck. While Alf hauled the ice to the customers Ernest continued to cut more ice for the next haul. A good day's work was 8 or 10 hours long after which a hockey game was often scheduled.

Ernest started playing hockey with a group of Finnish farm boys on the CNR Dam Reservoir in 1929 at the age of 15. He tried playing forward but was too slow and his ankles were too week for him to be good at this position. He chose to play the position no one else wanted, goalie. The boys called their team "The Flying Finns" after the popular name given to Finland's Olympic Hockey Team. Some of the members of the team were the four Kumpula boys (Hugo Kumpula was also a goalie); Arne, Alf, Alvar, and Bill Hackinen; Helmer, Art, and August Simonson; the two Christianson boys; and Art Miller, Ernest Tapanila, Fred Pelto, Frank West, and George Rapakko. They had enough members to form two teams, which played each other, as well as other teams from local towns. They traveled to towns such as Dunblane, Birsay, Lucky Lake, Loreburn, Elbow, and Strongfield by car or in the back of pickup trucks in the frigid Saskatchewan weather that could easily reach -40 degrees Celsius (40 below zero Fahrenheit) to play hockey in open-air rinks. The Flying Finns was a good team and won many tournaments.

Like some of the Finnish boys on the Flying Finns team, who lived near Dunblane, Ernest also played for the Dunblane hockey team. This team featured such players as the seven Bent brothers, Clooney and Ken McPherson, Harry and Osser Valila, and the two Lysak boys. In 1940 when some of the local boys enlisted in the airforce or army to train for the War in Europe the Flying Finns team was disbanded. Ernest was exempted from serving because of poor eyesight. He then played for the Dunblane team until 1955 when he hung up his skates at the age of 41. He proudly states that in the twenty-five years that he played in goal he was never hit in the face with a hockey puck.

He married Helmie Niska from the Strongfield district on November 1, 1942. He built a home 1/4 mile west of his father's place and helped farm the family's land. Their first daughter, Beverley Maxine, was born on July 5, 1945.

In the fall of 1945 his father retired from farming and Ernie took over the farming duties. On January 18, 1946 Sander died while spending the winter with his daughter Mildred and her husband Buster, in Vancouver. From that time on his mother, Elizabeth, lived in Vancouver with Mil and Bus and returned to the farm for extended visits on several occasions. Ernest farmed his own land and rented and farmed his mother's land. He farmed a total of 2-1/2 Sections of land at the time essentially by himself which was a relatively large farm in those days.

On November 27, 1948 their son, Terence Deloinne was born and on October 26, 1952 their second daughter, Beryl Alexis, was born.

In 1962 his mother sold her land to Alvin Howell whose own land was purchased by the P.F.R.A. for buffer land surrounding the areas to be flooded by the Gardiner Dam, which was under construction at the time.

The family moved to Saskatoon on August 2, 1962 where Ernest worked as a carpenter and Helmie worked at the University Hospital for several years. Helmie Francis Mineabel Niska was born in Stronfield Dist.. Ernest Alexander Maunu and Helmie Francis Mineabel Niska had the following children:

+25 i. Beverly Maxine Maunu.
+26 ii. Terrance Deloinne Maunu.
+27 iii. Beryl Alexis Maunu.