Used in the CM 7-30-3. Two photos from the Youth Retreat held at Loon Straits on Lake Wpg. in Man., a station served by the Mennonite Pioneer Mission. Shown are: 7 girls beside the girl's dorm; 2 boys in front of the boy's dorm, with the retreat speaker, Bernie Wiebe, in the centre.
This photo shows Monkman and a group of "Winklerites" - construction men - looking on Mennonite Pioneer Mission children's camp at Loon Straits. "On the right is Margaret Harder (right) and Marian Enns." Volunteer help came from Mennonites in Winkler, Lowe Farm and Steinbach to help build the Brandt's new home in the summer of 1958.
Mennonite Pioneer Mission missionary Vic Funk (left) playing baseball with locals. He is playing back-catcher behind a young man readying to swing a baseball bat.
Jake and Trudie Unrau, missionaries with Mennonite Pioneer Mission at Matheson Island, dressed in the Sunday best clothing in their motorboat. Children: oldest to youngest are: Pat, Hedy, Larry, Mabel and Phyllis. Matheson Island is on Lake Winnipeg.
This photo shows a white woman with several aboriginal children on the beach in Northern Manitoba. The women is probably a Mennonite Pioneer Mission worker.
Negative also. Used in CM 7-16-7. Transportation for the MPM: pilots J. Gerbrandt & Henry Berg stand in front of 2 small airplanes. To their right is Larry Kehler, Mi., with the missions snowmobile. C.f. 14.4258. A 2nd similar neg. for photo, one with a full view of the snowmobile and one of the men in front of it. Also, 2 negs of the pilots, Gerbrandt and Berg (at left) with H. J. Gerbrandt from Altona next to them and a 4th unidentified man (at right), all standing in front of the planes.
Three men standing in front of a small frozen bay. The ice is either breaking or forming. The men might be involved with a Mennonite Pioneer Mission producer's co-op initiative.
Malcolm and Esther Wenger stand in front of a building with a group of children. Malcolm is standing in the middle of the back row wearing a white shirt and a tie. Esther is standing next to him, wearing a white blouse.
The Unrau family at Matheson Island, Manitoba. Front row (l-r): Mabel, Larry and Phyllis. Back row: Jake Unrau, Trudie Unrau, Pat and Heidi. They are standing outside on a sunny summer day in front of the door to their house.
This photo shows five children of Jake and Gertrude Unrau at Matheson Island with their dog. They are (l-r): Pat, Larry, Mabel, Phyllis and Heidi. They are outside on a sunny winter day.