Opening of the Mennonite Educational Institute in Altona in 1908. Photograph shows some children with a crowd behind them and the school building in the background.

Altona

Altona

Altona

P.E. Braun, Fred Justus, and Susie Loewen as teachers, Altona

G.G. Neufeld surrounded by students from his Grade 8 class in 1922. Left to right, back row: Tina Gerbrandt, Susie Unger, Mary Penner, Susie Kehler, Annie Nikkel, Lena Goodman, Eva Dyck, Nick Neufeld, Henry Wiebe, John Roscoe, and Dave Fehr. Second row: Ruby Vogt, Tina Penner, Annie Unrau, Rosie Vogt, Susie Voth, Otto Hamm, and John Kehler. Third row: Mary Dyck, Ben Wiebe, Frank Harder, Ed Sawatzky, Pete Fehr, Diedrich Epp, and Henry Striemer. Front row: Jake Dick, Bruno Roscoe, and Erdman Fehr. Mr. Neufeld was a teacher at the MEl in its early years, from where he moved to the Altona public school as its principal from 1918 to 1925. He then became the principal at Gretna and subsequently was appointed an inspector of schools by the provincial Department of Education. His jurisdiction included all the schools in the municipalities of Rhineland, Stanley, and Pembina and the towns and villages inside their borders.

this photo is of Altona school teacher H.H. Hamm posing for a photo with his students inside the classroom. A large group of children ages ca. 5-13 stand around the teachers desk. Victoria Day is written on the black board behind them. In the foreground is an abacus. The students are well dressed.