Historic sign to be unveiled June 24

At 10 o'clock Saturday morning, June 24, Minister of Culture Horst Schmid and Consumer Affairs Minister Graham Harle will unveil an historic sign to commemorate the Estonian settlement around Linda Hall around 1903. The sign is located on Highway 56 at the junction with Linda Hall Road south of Stettler.

Following the ceremony, a light lunch will be served at Linda Hall. An oldtime Estonian picnic will take place in the afternoon with the Estonians taking on the World in horseshoes, nail driving, tug-o-war and ball. Other festivities will take place in the hall.

Estonians from all over the province will attend, and it is hoped the Stettler Community will be out in good numbers. The convener is J.J. Tipman. Following is wording on the sign:

Estonian Settlement
"Oppression was theirs in the old country, freedom and land in the new. The first Estonians to settle in Alberta were the Kingsep brothers, who homesteaded north of Red Deer in 1898. Several settlements sprang up around the province, the largest being at Eckville in the Medicine River Valley and in the Linda Hall district south of Stettler. These prosperous farming communities proclaim the diligence of the Estonian pioneers, their culture and their faith."

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