This photo shows the plaque which was awarded to John Schellenberg dated 4 Jun 1984 "for the study, interpretation, and processing of planning schemes, variation orders, conditional uses and subdivisions and oodles of other related materials. . . [as] Secretary Treasurer, Rural Municipality of St. Francois Xavier, Province of Manitoba."
This photo shows the plaque which contains a pioneer ox cart and engrave plate given to John Schellenberg upon his retirement as Secretary-Treasurer for the R.M. of St. Francois Xavier in Manitoba.
This photo shows John Schellenberg sitting at a table with a trophy and 5 other men around him, mostly likely those men he worked with while he served as secretary-treasurer for the rural municipality.
This photo shows John Schellenberg (third from the right) standing with 5 other unidentified men outside in front of the building with a sign reading "R.M. of St. Francois Xavier".
This photo shows a plaque with a number of engraved plates given to John Schellenberg for "dedicated service from 1976-1984" at the R.M. of St. Francois Xavier. The plaque includes separate plates with the names of individual reeves and councilors engraved.
This photo shows the original chair and two replicas of a chair that was made of North American materials, handcrafted and wedgework construction. It was made by the Falk family who were pioneer settlers in Southern Manitoba in 1874, and handed down to Anna (Falk) Braun, to Anna (Braun) Schellenberg , to John Schellenberg who is seen in the photo with his hand on the original. John C. Reimer, former curator of the MHV is also on the photo. The chairs and research have been donated to the Mennonite Heritage Village in Steinbach.
