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Used in CM 7-32-5. Caption: Pete Neufeld, a unit member, waits to take a patient down the elevator in the Princess Elizabeth Hospital. Taken Aug. 1959.

Photo of a lake, Pelican Lake? near which the Man. Sanitorium was located. Reeds is the water in the foreground.

Two post card photos (professionally done) of all the buildings of the Man. Sanitorium, on the hillside, surrounded by trees & in one photo with a lake (Pelican Lake?) in the foreground. There was an MCC VS unit working here.

Two photos (2nd one measures 17.5x12.5) show Carl Kauffman from Haven, Kansas supervising a special feeding program for the hungry patients who came to the Nha Trang Hospital where he served with MCC as as all-around handyman an medical assistant at the Nhatrang Evangelical Clinic. The refugees, men, women and children, stand around him waiting their turn to receive food. Carl died on Sept. 12, 1967, on his way to the US after a 3 year term with MCC in Hong Kong and Vietnam. See CM 15-38-1 for a photo of him at work in 1966, taken by Frank H. Epp.

Negatives, 2. Three photos showing the men working in the shop at the Menno Home doing woodworking. 2 photos show a similar group of men from different angles, the 3rd, is a close up of 2 shown at right in the top neg. The young man with his head down in one of the photos, may be Dwight Bond, the Voluntary Service worker & shop asst. See CM 16-49-6.

Building of the Man. School at P.la P. where an MCC VS unit worked. Note on back:"Examination building. Here patients were examined & most of the times transfered to with M. or N. buildings."

Building of the Man. School at P.la P. where MCC had a VS unit. Note on back:"N. Building. Usually patients that came into this building stayed for a long period of time. Some up to 30-40 yrs."

Group photo of the nurses in their uniforms that did VS work at the Manitoba Sanitorium, Ninette, Man. Same women as in 1994-14.1286 where 7 of the 9 women were attending the VS retreat at Clear Lake.

Buildings of the Man. School in Portage la Prairie, for the mentally handicapped; a VS unit worked there. Note on back:"Main building. The largest building on the grounds. Held about 900 patients." See CM2-29-8, 2-34-7, 4-2-4

Man. School at P.la P. where MCC had a VS unit. Note on back:"Monument on hospital grounds." It consists of stones piled as high as the lowest trees.

A nurse at the Man. Sanitorium is taking the pulse of a patient who is wearing a big Mexican hat. The name Erna is written on the top. Dates from late '40's? See 1994-14.1303f.

Used in CM 4-34-4. Group of 10 young people doing VS in London, Ont. Taken by Albert Dueck? John Krahn, Man. (2nd from left, back), unit leader; Elaine Franz (extreme right, front), co-leader. See CM 4-29-5 for other names.

Negative also & 9x9 photo. Used in CM 4-5-1. Peter Harder (Abbotsford, B.C.) works on MCC portable meat canner in Hesston, co-dir. of the program. 1st in a series that continues to 1994-14.2326; taken by Frank Epp while in US?

Women & men seated at dinner. John Coffman is at the table which faces the camera, near the head table; Peter J. Dyck is at the far table also facing the camera. See back of photo for names. Possibly part of a celebration for the Children's Mobile Kitchen.

Mrs. Johnny Dirks and her husband (see 1994-14.1445) worked in Akron, Pa. 4 months in VS. She is shown working with clothing in the Ephrata Clothing Center where she worked 4 days a week (1 day a week she did hosting.)