Used in CM 12-26-9. Two photos (negs for both) from the Sunday evening youth mission service at the Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference annual conference. In the first photo, Abe Giesbrecht of Winkler directs a sing along with the mass choir behind him. Seated are: Jake Froese, chairman (far left) and Harvey Barkman, guest speaker (2nd from left). Second photo (16.5x10) shows youth and others in the audience (2 negs for the latter). This series continues to 2010-14.434.
Additional larger copy, 11x7.5, and neg. Young people of the First Mennonite Church Greendale, Choir, at practice. The clothing (typical of the 1950s) of the young women in the front row is of note.
Negative also. Young people of the Crystal City choir & their conductor, at right (& his wife?). Choir outing? Taken in front of lodge at Clear Lake, Man. Not used in CM. See notice of song festival in Whitewater in CM 4-30-6.
Used in CM 13-24-3. Seven students (at front on the platform) graduated from WMC. Ceremonies were held at First Mennonitechurch, Wpg. The school choir, on the platform, performed.
Used in CM 18-23-8. Joe Cacciola, Ken Doran, and Churck Rapp for a trio in the Up with People musical group that was touring Man. communities for the provincial cenntennial.
Negatives also (2); top neg, enlarged? for use in the CM 9-17-10. Tom Rees, British evangelist, speaking at the Morden Bergthaler Church Choir seated behind the pulpit? Bottom neg. similar but from a diff. angle. See also 14.3289.
Used in CM 11-39-9. The teen-age girls' choir of the First Mennonite Church in Saskatoon. The conductor, Mrs. June Dyck is at the far right. Written on the back: "To- Rev. and Mrs. Thiessen, for being so good to us." Given for his 25th anniversary?
Used in CM 5-43-3. The mass choir at the 25th anniversary of the Ont. MB Cf. held in Virgil, Ont. The choir was directed by John Goerz of Kitchener & John Derksen of St. Catherines.