- CA MAO III-25.2/21-3-31
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- 8 Jun 1969
Family groups at dinner.
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Family groups at dinner.
Family groups at dinner.
Educational wing opening ceremony - the audience, including Milton and Elizabeth Bechtel in the front row.
This stone and plaque were installed in 1929 to commemorate one hundred years since the establishment of a union meetinghouse and school in 1829. The plaque reads:"On August 8, 1829, local citizens of Waterloo Township selected this site for a community meeting house, school and burial ground, the first school in this vicinity. The land was donated March 15, 1830 by Samuel Bechtel. He and John Baer were appointed builders, Abraham Witmer and John Groh, the first trustees. Tablet placed by the Waterloo Historical Society 1929."
Wanner building committee, 1938
Six members of the Wanner building committee in 1938.
VBS 50th anniversary celebration, 1983
50th anniversary of the Wanner Vacation Bible School. Drama program. Scene III: "Report of the Secretary."
VBS 50th anniversary celebration, 1983
Fiftieth anniversary of the Wanner Vacation Bible School. Drama program. The 1933 staff returns to sing with the drama's characters at the front.
Plaque unveiling for first Sunday School in America
This plaque was erected in 1963 to commemorate the first Mennonite Sunday School in North America, which was established in 1840. The speaker is J. C. Wenger. The plaque reads: "First Mennonite Sunday School. The first Mennonite Sunday School to be established in America was in Waterloo County, in 1840, in the Wanner and Bechtel, now Preston, meetinghouses. In October, 1941, der Deutsche Kanadier reported, 'The Sunday School started last year and begun anew this year which has been held interchangeably in the Wanner and Bechtel meetinghouses --- is enjoying good progress. The number of children is increasing and amounted to seventy-five last Sunday.' Erected in 1963 by Wanner Mennonite Church and Waterloo County Historical Society."
Sod turning ceremony before church service on August 11th, 1968. The ceremony celebrates the first day of construction on the educational wing of the Wanner Church building.
Educational wing construction - the crowd awaits the cornerstone ceremony.
Educational wing construction - the crowd awaits the cornerstone ceremony.
Educational wing construction - the crowd at prayer for the cornerstone ceremony.
The Friendship Circle sets up tables for the Thanksgiving meeting.
Sod turning ceremony before church service on August 11th, 1968. The ceremony celebrates the first day of construction on the educational wing of the Wanner Church building.
Sod turning ceremony before church service on August 11th, 1968. The ceremony celebrates the first day of construction on the educational wing of the Wanner Church building.