Used in the CM 11-30-2. Bernie M. Thiessen, Man. Youth chairman of Winnipeg at left and Vernon Toews, Ont. Chairman of Leamington speaking at right, at a youth meeting during the 61st session of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada held in Altona in July.
Used in the CM 8-41-3. Eight members of the Altona Bergthaler Youth Fellowship who presented a farewell program to the youth group. All were attending Bible college in Winnipeg and one was a missionary Paxman the last year and a half. Right to left: Jim Reimer, Ken Buhr, Dolores Loewen, Martha Peters, Ken Braun, Shirley Sawatsky, Walter Braun, Bernie Thiessen.
Negs only, 2. In neg #4, used the CM, 5-36-1, they all look down. Additional neg, #5, shows them all looking up. Members of the Altona Mennonite Youth Fellowship in Altona, Manitoba at a farewell event. Leaving for the provincial normal school were Shirley Sawatzky (left) and Evelyn Friesen (right). Anne Falk (middle) was entering nurses' training in Winnipeg. Albert Braun (left) was returning to Bethel College for his senior year. Walter Braun, Bernie Thiessen and Gerald Loewen were entering the Canadian Mennonite Bible College in Winnipeg. See 2010-14.62 for a similar event held by this group in 1956
Negs only, 4. Negative #8 used in the CM 11-10-1. Youth leaders at the Man. Mennonite Youth Organization workshop (l-r): Helmut Harder, Canadian Mennonite Bible College instructor; Ted Klassen, Blumenort Mennonite Church; Marvin Dirks, J., General Conference Director of Youth Work; Bernie Thiessen, MMYO president; Abe Zacharias, Bethel Mennonite Church; Rudy Friesen, Schoenfeld Mennonite Church; Corney Enns, Springstein Mennonite Church. Additional similar neg., #7 and 2 negs, #9 and 10, with some of the same young men.