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Used in CM 8-33-1. 12 young people (6 men, 6 women) attended the B. of Christian Service orientation in Newton, Ka. The men are in alternative service. See CM for their names & where they served.

Negative also. Used in CM 6-16-4. A young man doing his alternative service at the National Inst. of Health at Bethesda, Md. undergoes a test as a control patient. in a scientific experiement.

Used in CM 4-7-7. A young man serving as a CO in Denver, Col. mops the floor in a hospital. Caption explains that Mennonite I-W men are known for the cheerfulness with which they do menial tasks.

Used in CM 14-38-2. 14 of the 16 men, Coaldale Cos, stand in the forest in Jasper National Park at a reunion. Photo dated Aug. '66.
See CM for all names & where they are from.

Negative also & 9x9 copy of photo. Used in CM 4-7-6. Building of the (Old) Mennonite Church, erected in 1948, which was the center of I-W activities in Denver.

5 men at a Canadian camp for Conscientious Objectors (Alternative Service) during WW II. At right 2 sit on some crates, one holding a dog. At left one man receives a haircut, another looks on.
Place not identified, no date given.

Inst. of Health. Four people (2 seated & having lunch), one man standing & all 3 men looking towards a young woman. In a laboratory? Young man at left is possible a conscientious objector in service. Cf. 1994-14.2337.

Two photos very similar to one used in Bull., SSCM, May 31, 1963, p.4. Group discussion on WWII alternative service, led by panel at front: E.J.. Swalm, J. B. Martin, H.H. Epp, Cornelius Baerg, Enos Bearinger, Pete Neufeld, Fred Cressman. Negs for these 2 photos and 7 negs show additional views of the group.

Negatives Only, 3. Negative #4? used in CM 16-27-1. Group photo of men at "Forstei" Reunion at Camp Assiniboia in Springstein, Man. See CM for names. Nearly 100 people shared experiences from their Alternative Service in Russia in forestry camps (Forstei) & with the Red Cross (Sanitaeter). See related neg. in 2001-14.389-391.

Used in CM 4-7-7. 8 members of the I-W Unit baseball team, dressed in their uniforms.

Used in CM 4-7-6. Members of the I-W Unit in Colorado sit on rocks having their morning devotions on a retreat.

Used in CM 4-7-7. Mixed choir of the First Mennonite Church in Denver. This church was the center of activities for members of the I-W Unit in Denver.

Negatives Only, 4. Paraticipants at the Alternative Service Reunion at Camp Assiniboia (Springstein, Man.) are gathered in front of one end of a building, the dining hall? Related to 2001-14.391. In neg. #9 only 2 people are in front of the building making it more visible.

Used in CM 4-7-6. Various newspapers that gave (unexpected) national publicity to the story of Mennonite young men who volunteered as guinea pigs in an experiment with atomic radiated foods.

Used in CM 4-7-6. Rev. Paul Holdeman, dir. of the I-W Unit in Denver & area pastor, sits at his desk. He helped make this "picture-story" possible when Frank Epp travelled in the US in Jan. Series continues to 1994-14.2336.