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Delegates at the 1957 General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches convention in Yarrow, B.C.

Aron and Olga Rempel picking raspberries. According to GAMEO Aron Rempel introduced raspberries to Yarrow. During one his business trips to Everett, Washington, he purchased a few raspberry canes for his farm in Yarrow. Although his neighbors felt this was a foolish investment, Rempel persisted and soon was known as Raspberry King of Yarrow. It was by the cultivation of raspberries that the emerging Yarrow community was able to establish a solid economic foundation.

The eight daughters standing in front of their house. Left to right : Ruth (Rempel) Klassen, Edith (Rempel) Simpson, Hildegarde (Rempel) Krahn, Charlotte (Rempel) Shier, Joan (Rempel) Pauls, Anne (Rempel) Dyck, Olga (Rempel) Peters, and Marlene (Rempel) Penner.

Olga and Aron Rempel standing in front of a stone wall. Both are formally dressed. Olga is wearing a corsage on her outfit.

Four Rempel children in the field. These are likely the four youngest children of Aron and Olga Rempel.

Staff and Student spring assembly in the gym. Left side of the aisle row l (left to right): Henry Penner, 1. I.J. Dyck, 2. Ernie Block, 3. ? Martens, 4. David Wiens, 5. Peter Fast, 7. unknown, 8. unknown, 9. Walter Sawatsky. Third Row (left to right) : Walter Unger, 10.unknown, 11. unknown, 12. ? Klassen, 13. Arthur Bartsch, 14. Victor Martens, 15. David Plett. Fourth row (left to right): Peter Hamm, 16. Peter Ratzlaff, 17. unknown, 18. unknown, 19. Henry Esau, 20. George Baerg, 21. Bill Voth, 22. Walter Friesen.
Fifth row (left to right): Hugo Friesen, 23. Frank Dyck, 24, unknown, 25. unknown, 26. Ernie Bergmann, 27> Roland Sawatsky, 28. unknown, 29. unknown, 30. Helmut Janzen. Sixth row (left to right): Jake Friesen, 31. unknown, 32, unknown, 33. Ben Unger, 34. Dave Geddert, 35. Bill Teichroeb, 36. Jake Abrahams, 32. Pete Neumann, 38. Peter Funk, 39. Menno Unger. Seventh row (left to right): 40. David Rempel, 41. George Fast. 42. John Janzen, 43. Frank Friesen, 44. John Dyck, 45. Harold Dyck, 46. Harry Hooge, 47. David Epp. Eighth Row ( left to right): Susie Funk, 49 Annie (Peters) Nightingale, 50. Susie Epp, 51. Linda Bartsch, 52. Betty (Krause) Voth, 53. unknown, 54. ? Klassen, 55. unknown, 56. Frieda (Epp) Unger, 57. unknown, 58. Betty Unruh. Ninth row (left to right): 59. unknown, 60. Marthe (Epp) Enns, 61. unknown, 62. unknown, 63. Mary (Kliever) Bennett, 64. unknow, 65. unknown, 66. unknownj, 67. Hilda Walde, 68. Helen Siebert, 69. Stella Unruh, 70. unknown, 71 unknown, 72. Jake Penner, 73. unknown, 74. unknown, 75. Ben Schmidt, 76. Jake Kaethler, 77. Jake Geddert, 78. Peter Heinrichs, 79. unknown, 80. John Friesen, 81. unknown, 82. unknown, 83. Peter Harder.
Right side of the aisle Row 1 (left to right): 1. Johanna (Loewen) Enns, 2. Ann Boldt, 3. Louise Koop, 4. Elizabeth Rediger, 5. unknown, 6. Pearl (Klassen). Second row (left to right): 7. Helen Konrad, 8. unknown, 9. unknown, 10. unknown, 11. unknown, 12. Elfrieda (Hooge) Friesen, 13. Dorothy (Epp) Martens,. Third row (left to right): 14. unknown, 1. unknown, 16. Helen (Block) Nickel, 17. Margaret (Ewert) Wall, 18. Irma (Neufeldt, Sawatsky), Epp, 19. unknown, 20. unknown, 21. Mary (Wiebe) Unger. Fourth row (left to right): 22. unknown, 23. Martha (Isaak) Janzen, 24. Bertha (Loewen) Balzer, 25. unknown, 26. Agnes (Klassen) Thiessen, 27. Erna (Epp) Lenzmann, 28. Lydia (Martens) Isaak, 29. unknown, 30. Mary Isaak. Fifth Row (Left to right) : 31. Peter Andreas, 32. unknown, 33. unknown, 34. unknown, 35. unknown, 36. unknown, 37. unknown, 38. unknown, 39, unknown, 40. ? Siebert Sixth row (left to right): 41. Leona (Rempel) Baerg, 42. Mary (Goosen) Wiebe, 43. Sarah Matthies, 44. unknown, 45. unknown, 46. unknown, 47. Annie (Kroeker) Brandt, 48. unknown, 49. unknown, 50. unknown. Seventh row (left to right): 51. Anna (Schellenberg) Kienzle, 52. Anne Neufeldt, 53. unknown, 54. Mary Klassen, 55. unknown, 56. unknown, 57. Margaret Heinrichs, 58. unknown, 59 unknown. Eighth & Ninth rows: (left to right): 60. unknown, 61. ? Fast, 62. unknown, 63. Lillian Koop, 64. Elizabeth (Derksen) Kornelson, 65. Martha (Klassen) Martens, 66. Rosemary (Harder) Braun, 67. Rita Langemann, 68. Elma (Sawatzky) Hide, 69. unknown, 70. unknown, 71 Margaret (Bergen) Kornelson, 72. unknown.

First barn in Yarrow. A hollow tree stump constructed by William Rempel situated approximately in the area of the tennis court on Central road.

Children from Majuba Hill elementary school at the Vedder river fishing while on a picnic.

Majuba Hill school children on a hike crossing the BC Electric Bridge over Vedder river. The girl on the far right is Vivian Siddel. Her parents Bill and Ella Siddall provided postal services from the Wilson-Yale Road junction until 1948, when Bill Siddal built a new Post Office east of the Yarrow Elementary School in downtown Yarrow.

People walking on Central road facing east in Yarrow. There are buildings on both sides of the street.

Students of the Elim Bible School with their teachers. Back row (left to right) : Frank Sawatsky, Frank C. Peters, Jake Derksen, Corney Giesbrecht. Second row (left to right) : unknown, unknown, Ann (Enns) Loewen, Ann Friesen, unknown, unknown, Nettie (Esau) Peters, John Abrahams. First row (left to right) ; Rudolph Boschman, Sylvester Dirks, Johann Toews, C.C. Peters, George Sukkau, Jake Epp, Peter Epp.

Klassen family. Standing in the top row (left to right) : John Langeman, David Klassen, Anne Klassen, Agatha Klassen, Cornelious Regehr. Sitting (left to right) : Elizabeth (Klassen) Langeman, Susie (Martens) Klassen, John Klassen , Katharina Klassen, David Klassen, Henry Regehr (standing beside David Klassen), Katharina (Klassen) Regehr, John Regehr. (sitting in the in the front left chair is) John Regehr, (standing beside Susie Klassen is David Klassen, (sitting on the right chair in the front is) Margaret Regehr.

Dyke building with heavy equipment and a truck standing below and people at work.

A family of six in front of the house.

Pupils from the Yarrow elementary school on Central Rd.