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Two photos from the 8th Mennonite World Conference opening ceremonies on Sunday evening July 23, held in the Zuidhal (South Hall?) of the International Congress Centre in Amsterdam and attended by 4,000 people. On stage the Dutch choir and orchestra perform a cantata compiled from the words of Menno Simons with music written by a Dutch Mennonite. Only the soloist, near the piano at right, dressed in black, was not Mennonite. The stage, with a cross visible in the middle, was flanked on either side by banners showing the theme of the conference, "The Witness of the Holy Spirit," in English and in Dutch.

A group of men rehearsing in the choir loft, conductor has back to camera. In the same church as the discussion group in 1998-14.78? See 1998-14.72 for exterior of this church. Part of the annual meeting of the GC Council of Boards in Newton, Kan. where 4 Mennonite weeklies were represented?

A formal photograph of four generations of Teichroeb men. Left to right: Abram G. Teichroeb (1884-1969), Abe Teichroeb (1932-2017), A.A. Teichroeb (1907-1991), Melvin Teichroeb (child seated on armrest).

Formal photo. Used in the CM 3-31-4 with art. about his 2 book on Mennonite Martyrs (Vol. 1, 1950; Vol.2, 1954). He was the former pastor of the Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church, living in retirement in Clearbrook.

Formal photo. Used in the CM 3-7-3 with art. about their farewell when they left for India.

Negatives also (2). Used in CM 12-25-1. Henry Brucks (right), MB pastor at Yarrow bids farewell to A.A. Wiens (left), long-time sec. treas. of the B.C. Inter-Mennonite Relief Com. & director of the west coast clothing depot at Yarrow

Negative also. A.A. Wiens at his desk in 1964, 1 yr. before his retirement. Used in CM 13-24-1 when he died. He was director of the West Coast MCC (Canada) Material Aid Center in Yarrow, B.C. for nearly 20 years. Cf.1994-14.1124f

Used in CM 13-6-1. A. A. Wiens is reading & sorting the correspondence of B.B. Janz that will be used for a book.

Negative also. A.A. Wiens working at his desk. Used in the CM 3-43-6 with art. "Portrait of a Pioneer" about his work as sec. of the B.C. provincial relief com. He was highly regarded by government immigration officials.

Used in CM 17-3-1. Caption: "A beautifully carved second story of an old house in Frunze which unfortunately may soon have to give way to prefabricated and quickly erected modern apartment blocks." See 1994-14.1774.

Used in CM 9-7-8 with feature art. & other photos on the work of the Canadian Mennonite Relief Committee. A Bedouin boy, 1 1/2 or more years old, stands beside a tent roughly made from sack cloth.

Negative also; 2 copies of neg. Used in CM 6-6-4. A blind Korean man weaves a basket of bamboo, a skill he has learned in the workshop in the Village of Heavenly Light (Chun Kwan Li) where most of the people were blind.

Used in CM 19-1-1. Caption: A body is carried from a rice paddy in the Ganges River delta of East Pakistan. Thousands perished in the cyclon-tidal wave which swept the area in Nov. 1970, the worst disaster of the 20th century. This photograph is possibly related to Mennonite Central Committee work in East Pakistan.

Used in CM 7-44-7. One of the boys at the Ailsa Craig Boys Farm is shown with the pet goat which he is responsible for.

A boy is sitting on a rock with his dog, on the family farm in Saskatchewan (Northwest).