Used in CM 5-51-3 at Council of Boards meeting in Newton, Kan. David P. Neufeld (left) from Rosemary, Alberta (smiling) reads a periodical while Leo Driediger (right) from Osler, Sask. looks on. This photo was together with 1998-14.108-111. Neufeld was chairman of the CMC Board of Christian Service. See his photo in CM 2-5-8. A formal headshot photo of Leo Driediger is in the CM 5-27-5 when was appointed dir and sec. of the GC VS program.

This photo is of participants at the Mennonite World Conference in Newton, Kansas posing for a photo on the steps of a Memorial Hall. Three double doors are open at the top of the stairs. Front row (l-r): J.J. Thiessen, C.F. Klassen, David B. Wiens, ?, ?, Harold S. Bender.

The delegates at the 1936 conference planned a 4th Mennonite World Conference (MWC) to be held in the United States in 1940. World War II prevented this. Christian Neff, the conference pioneer, died in 1946. In 1948 Mennonite Central Committee, at the urging of the General Conference Mennonite Church, took the initiative for planning and convening the 1948 Mennonite World Conference.

2 negs. & 6x6 photo for one of them.Discussion at meetings held in Newton in connection with the GCMC Council of Boards? See 1998-14.66-67 & the following entries. The photo shows August Epp? standing, leading a discussion. Bill Gering, young people's leader is are among those seated in the group. Other neg. show men & 2 women seated in a cirlce in discussion.

District representatives at the Young People's Union Council Meeting in Newton in December 1954. Used in "Jugendseite." See related photo in 2010-14.86.

Negative also. Used in CM 4-48-7. Dr. Walter Quiring, editor of Der Bote, interviews Rev. Wm. Stauffer of Sugarcreek, Ohio, member of the B. of Christian Service, at the annual meeting of the GC Council of Boards in Newton, Kan. Richard Blosser was the photographer; see him at work in 1998-14.67.

Used in CM 4-32-9. Edna Ruth Mueller, assistant treasurer, works at her desk in the GCMC offices.

Negative also. Not used in CM with the rest of this series of photos. Edna Ruth Mueller, asst. treas., stands at the desk where A. J. Richert, treas., is seated in the GCMC offices. Both point to a chart entitled "Comparison" on his desk.

Used in CM 5-51-3. GC Council of Boards meeting in Newton, Kan. l-r: Eldon Graber, Newton; P. R. Harder, Arnaud, Man.; J.S. Schultz, Bluffton, Ohio of the Program Committee. Through the window the Bethel College Mennonite Church is visible.

Used in CM 4-32-8. Elmer Ediger, exec. sec. of the Board of Christian Service, sits at his desk.

Two photos and neg. Negative #3 was used in CM 4-32-8. Elmer Ediger, exec. sec. of the Board of Christian Service (at right), looks at Wilfred Unurh, mutual aid assistant and discusses mutual aid promotion with him. In unused photo both men look at the camera.

Negative also. Not used. Similar to 1998-14.4 except here the group consists of more people (over 20). Employees and administrators of the GCMC office headquarters in Newton, Kan.

Used in CM 4-32-7. Negative also. 17 of the employees and administrators of the GCMC pose outside in front of the GC Mennonite Headquarters. See 1998-14.5 for the larger group of more than 20.

Negative also. Cropped for use in CM 13-18-7, SSCM May 4, 1965, p. 5. Entrance to the Prairie View Hospital building in Newton, Ka., a mental health facility. Also used in CM 5-29-3.

This is a photo of the First Mennonite Church in Newton, Kansas in the winter.