Pupils of Pine Grove School (Waterloo Township, SS 4, Pine Grove) outside of the school. Writing on slate says "Pinegrove 1940." The school was located near the junction of Highway 8 and Pioneer Tower Road. Bob Oberholtzer is holding the slate in front row. On another copy of the photograph (not kept), Bob notes that his great-grandfather, Abraham Oberholtzer, built the school in 1875.
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Sunday school building, Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church
Sunday school building, Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church
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Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church sanctuary
Construction of Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church building on Maple Avenue. Fresno, California
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Dedication of Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church parsonage
Dedication of Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church parsonage
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Sunday school students, Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church
Sunday school students, Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church
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Location where Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church met while its first building was under construction
Building was on First Street, north of Shields Avenue.
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First baptism at Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church.
Ceremony took place in an irrigation ditch on the corner of Shields Avenue and First Street, April 11, 1943.
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The barn Stanley Sauder worked on
Stanley Sauder did carpentry work on this barn on the Reid farm during an Alternative Service assignment
Sauder, Stanley
Construction of Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church building on Maple Avenue
Construction of Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church buildin on Maple Avenue
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Alternative Service workers Irvin Bender (Baden, Ontario) and Orval Yantzi (New Hamburg, Ontario) with icicles. Date on back of photo is 1941, but they are on the list for the winter camp of 1942-1943.
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Stanley Sauder and friends at camp
Alternative Service workers, including Stanley Sauder, pose for the camera inside a tent
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Musical performance at Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church 50th anniversary celebration
Musical performance at Bethany Mennonite Brethren Church 50th anniversary celebration
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Martin and Elisabeth Fast with their daughter Agnes in Scottdale, Pa., ca. 1903-1908
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Large group of men in uniform. Jacob Peter Krahn from Rosental is second from right in the back row. He is the father to Peter J. Krahn and grandfather to Melita Penner. The Russian word at the bottom left of photo is M. D. Elman (name of the photographer). The Russian word at bottom right is VOZNESENSK, the name of a Russian town most likely where the photographer lived. The stamp in blue on photo reverse is the photographer's mark. It gives name and town and the top word is Photographer.
Elman, M. D.