Helen Toews (left, in wheelchair) being presented a basket of fruit by Katie Dyck. The setting appears to be her room in a care home. She was the founder and first president of what became Ontario Mennonite Women in Mission.This presentation was possibly made in conjunction with a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Ontario Women in Mission at Niagara United Mennonite Church in 1972, or might have been a visit at Christmas.
A quilt on display, possibly at a meeting of the Ontario Mennonite Women in Mission. This is a "friendship quilt" with embroidered names of women on each patch. A label attached to the quilt indicates it was made by a ladies' group of a United Mennonite Church, possibly Niagara United Mennonite, probably for one of its members. The last date visible on the quilt is 1975.
Past presidents of Ontario Women in Mission, in about 1979. Front (left to right): Margaret Dick (not a former president), Helene Toews (founder and first president), Mary Harder. Back (left to right): Margot Fieguth, Katie Dyck.
The "Maria Martha Verein" in the St. Catharines United Mennonite Church kitchen making wareneki for the annual Silver Lake Smorg fundraiser for Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
The "Maria Martha Verein" in the St. Catharines United Mennonite Church kitchen making wareneki for the annual Silver Lake Smorg fundraiser for Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
Women selling watermelon and rollkuchen, a Russian Mennonite food tradition, at the Ontario Mennonite Relief Sale. The sign above them reads, "Your watermelon missing their rollkuchen?: A thrilling taste sensation!" The booth was run by members of St. Catharines United Mennonite Church.
Betty Puricelli, commissioned by the Conference of the United Mennonite Churches of Ontario to work with Latin American refugees in 1984, sits with a group of Hispanic children. Ontario Women in Mission supported her work. Photograph by Bill Bryson.
An Ontario Women in Mission planning committee gathered around a dining room table at the home of one of its members. Left to right: Betty Penner, Helen Funk, Alma Guenther, Anne Huebert, Irma Kaethler, Vera Boldt, Anne Bergen.
Two women at a stove in a church kitchen making soap, probably at St. Catharines United Mennonite Church. On the back of the photograph is written: "Soap Making, New Hamburg." The project is probably for the Ontario Mennonite Relief Sale. Left to right: Agnes Neufeld, Susanna Lammert.
A group of women outside, probably at St. Catharines United Mennonite Church, making soap. The project is probably for the Ontario Mennonite Relief Sale.
