World War, 1939-1945 - Civilian relief - Mennonite Archival Information Database

CA MAO XIII-2.15.2/14-009
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[194-]

Part of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church glass slide collection

A boy making a delivery with a bicycle, probably in connection with the Stirling Crusaders program. He is probably James Shantz.

Captain DaSilva of the SS Plymouth Victory

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.280-9
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Mar-Apr 1947

Part of Joseph Vale photograph collection

The Plymouth Victory was used in 1947 to transport horses to Greece to replenish livestock depleted by the Second World War. Volunteer livestock attendants, called seagoing cowboys, accompanied the animals on ship.

Carl B. Miller, seagoing cowboy

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.280-10
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Mar-Apr 1947

Part of Joseph Vale photograph collection

Miller was one of the volunteer livestock attendants, commonly called seagoing cowboys, that tended the horses on board the SS Plymouth Victory. The horses were bound for Greece to replenish livestock depleted after the Second World War.

Clothing gathered for war relief

CA MAO XIII-2.15.2/14-022
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[194-]

Part of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church glass slide collection

Clothing and toys arranged in a Sunday School room, gathered for wartime relief distribution

Collecting for a paper drive

CA MAO XIII-2.15.2/14-007
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[194-]

Part of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church glass slide collection

Kenneth and David Witmer collecting paper for the Stirling Crusaders program

Collectiong for a paper drive

CA MAO XIII-2.15.2/14-008
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[194-]

Part of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church glass slide collection

A boy with a wagon loaded with newspapers collects for a paper drive. He is probably Neil Litwiller.

Couples from Ontario at the 1993 Plymouth Victory reunion

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.280-21
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1993

Part of Joseph Vale photograph collection

Left to right: Ken and Marie (Cressman) Shantz, Joe and Sarah Vale, Mahlon and Marie (Seyler) Shantz. The reunion took place at Five Oaks.

"Cowgirls" at the Plymouth Victory reunion

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.280-19
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1990

Part of Joseph Vale photograph collection

Caption in album: "Cowboys better halfs referred to as cow girls." Pictured are wives of the men who went as seagoing cowboys to Greece on the Plymouth Victory in 1947. The reunion took place at Refreshing Mountain Camp in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Crusader corn field

CA MAO XIII-2.15.2/14-011
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[194-]

Part of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church glass slide collection

A field of "Crusader corn" grown to raise funds for mission and relief efforts. This is possibly the "Shantz Brothers" farm.

Crusader group harvesting

CA MAO XIII-2.15.2/14-043
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[194-]

Part of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church glass slide collection

Young people on a trailer being pulled by a tractor. This is possibly a potato digging machine. They are probably a Stirling Crusaders group gathered to harvest potatoes.The farm could be the Edwin Eby or Clayton Moss farm.

Crusader group harvesting potatoes

CA MAO XIII-2.15.2/14-003
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[194-]

Part of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church glass slide collection

Stirling Crusaders young peoples group harvesting potatoes in a field at Edwin Eby's farm

Crusader group harvesting turnips

CA MAO XIII-2.15.2/14-006
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[194-]

Part of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church glass slide collection

Four boys in a turnip field at the Orpah and Vernon Woolner farm with a sign saying "Crusader turnips."

Crusader group harveting turnips

CA MAO XIII-2.15.2/14-005
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[194-]

Part of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church glass slide collection

Boys and girls in a field at the Orpah and Vernon Woolner farm, harvesting turnips for the Stirling Crusaders program. A sign in the field says "Crusader turnips."

Crusader group in turnip field

CA MAO XIII-2.15.2/14-004
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[194-]

Part of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church glass slide collection

Four boys pose in a turnip field with a sign reading "Crusader turnips." The turnips were grown and harvested as part of the Stirling Crusaders program at the Orpah and Vernon Woolner farm.