Mennonite Archives of Ontario
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Epp, Frank H., 1929-1986
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Negatives also (5) including the one used in CM 5-26-1, 5-51-8 & 10-2-5. Five of the 40 men from MDS Man. at work cleaning up: Jacob D. Klassen, Levi Schellenberg, Jake Kliewer, Frank Derksen, John Martens.
Negatives only (3). One of 2 negs. with father & son, John F. Friesen & his son Andrew helping to restore the basement of the Lutheran Church was used in CM 5-26-5. One neg. shows the father, J.F. Friesen, only.
Used in CM 5-26-5. MDS Man. directors, Jake L. Loewen (left), the coordinator & Dave L. Friesen, fieldman (right), both from Morris, Man. who directed the volunteers.
Negatives only (4); # 8,9,10,11). Group photo of the volunteers from Morris, Grunthal & Steinbach, Man. who did MDS work in Fargo, N.D. A few were businessmen, the rest, farmers. Negative #10 was used in CM 5-26-5.
Used in CM 5-26-6. The cameraman from WDAY's TV station interviews 3 of the volunteers from MDS Man. who were helping in Fargo. At the far right is John F. Friesen & 2nd from left his son Andrew.
Negatives only (2). Volunteers in front of basement of the Lutheran Church being restored. In 1 neg. John F. Friesen? is followed by 2 men (& man in foreground rakes); in other neg. Dave L. Friesen stands with another director.
Negatives only (3). Negative #9 was used in CM 5-26-6. MDS Man. set up an office in the Fargo disaster headquarters. Here office director Mel Loewen (left) gives assignments to George Wiebe of Greenland & Ben Goossen of Morris.
Negatives only (2). Jake L. Loewen (left), coordinator of the MDS Man. work in Fargo & Mel Loewen (middle), office director, are consulting. A third man is at right.
Two of the MDS Man. men who were helping to clean up are walking away from a ruined house, possibly the one they were working on in 1994-14.1228. See latter for names of the men shown there. End of series on Fargo.
Mel Loewen, office director the the MDS Man. work in Fargo shows plans to another director (Dave L. Friesen?) & two young men in the office headquarters. Cf. 1994-14.1223 & 1222.
Used in CM 5-26-6. Four young men (left) who came from Steinbach to help in the MDS work, stand beside Coordinator, Jake L. Loewen (2nd from right) & Dave L. Friesen (far right). See CM for the names of the 4.