Mennonite Archival Information Database

Mennonite Churches of Cambridge 200th Anniversary photograph album

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15-17 Sept 2000

Album of photos taken during the 200th Anniversary celebrations of the Mennonite Churches of Cambridge (Wanner and Preston Mennonite Churches) from September 15 to 17, 2000.

The weekend began on Friday night with a banquet and program at Fairview Mennonite Home. Saturday featured a picnic and program at Linear Park. A portion of this park was on this day was renamed Settlers Fork Park. A commemorative plaque was unveiled for the stump of an old elm tree at the park, and clocks made from the tree's wood were presented to representatives of the Preston and Wanner churches. This was followed by tours of the Pioneer Tower, Sherk homestead, Blair, Hagey, and Wanner cemeteries, and Preston and Wanner Mennonite churches. The weekend concluded on Sunday with a joint worship service and finger food lunch at Preston Mennonite Church.

Hagey, Sherwood

Davlekanovo Railroad Station

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Entrance to Slutschewski Park, Ufa

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Ufa

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North Street, Davlekanovo

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Davlekanovo Zentralschule

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Home for orphans and the elderly near Hillsboro, Kansas

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Delegates to the Mennonite Brethren South American Conference in Bage, Brazil, outside of church during lunch break, February 1956

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1956

South American Mennonite Brethren Church leaders at South American Conference sessions in Brazil, date unknown

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l-r: K. Voth (Friesland), Tobias Foth (Uruguay), Jacob Penner (Clevelandia), Gerhard Schartner (Bage), Martin August (Orloff), Gerhard Rosenfeld (Sao Paulo), Peter Janzen (Guarituba), Peter Hamm (Curitiba), G. Balzer (Fernheim).

Preston Mennonite Church cornerstone laying, 1953

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12 Oct 1953

A man speaking at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new Preston Mennonite Church on Concession Road, October 12, 1953. The original church building (known as Hagey Mennonite Church) had been destroyed by fire in February of that year. Also seen in the photograph are Pastor Howard Good, Bishop Ben Shantz, Eugene Langs, David Bechtel, Rev. Merle Shantz, Rev. Roy Koch. George Hagey, and Bruce Witmer, as well as another unidentified man in the foreground.

Aftermath of the fire at Hagey Mennonite Church in Fenruary, 1953

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19 Feb 1953

Hagey Mennonite Church in ruins after being destroyed by a fire on February 19, 1953. This was the second fire that took place at this church, the first one having been on January 15, 1950.