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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 11 Nov 1981, p. 11

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The photographs of Peter Gerhard Rem- pel. a Russian Mennon- ite who emigrated to book ccmplled by two local teachers. John Rompel. grand- son of the deceased photographer, and teacher at Conrad Gre- bel College and Paul Tiessen of the college's Department of English co-edited the lOA-page Entitled "Forever Summer. Forever Sun- day," the book deals almost entirely with Mennonites in Russia from [Mi-1917. During that period, Peter Rempel worked as a studio photographer in the Ukraine before fleeing the country in 1923 in the aftermath of revolution. Rare photos published years of use, recalls life in the Ukraine leading-up to and fol- lowing the revolution as "forever summer, forever Sunday.“ Tiessen said " of the " photographs lea- tured in the book are taken from a collection of more than no photo- graphic plates John Rempel brought with him to Waterloo in 1925, after living in Saskatchewan for two years. The remaining 23 photos are taken from other Mennonite pm tographers living in the Ukraine during the same period. The 23 are used entirely in the the reader diHerqtrtt methods and styles used by photographers from surrounding vil- Rempel‘s photo- graphs portray a class of people described by Tiesseo as “upwardly mobile." hues, “can: said. "The' photographs reflect the golden use of Russian Mennonite culture which came to an end with the revolu- tion." Tiessen said most of the studio subjects in Rempel's photographs have solemn and serious looks and dress in Victorian style cloth- ing. BetththeNemtaryof State and the Guano Arts Council helped (and the book. Ind " cording to Tlessen. "made it possible to sell a - hook for 817.5." with .50 copies in print tor the ttest edition. Tiessen and John Rempel have worked on “Forever Summer, The public Is invited to View a tum about Edgar Cayee, the well- Imown American psy- chic. on Nov. 17 from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Brett haupt Centre, Room The film, shown free intormaiion, M7824 It possible to “It may sound kind 329.06 hook for of crazy, but we did It with 050 copies mostly as I community t tor the ttest service," said Tinsel). who figures neither one sen and John of them will recleve ( have worked much money from the lever Summer, project. Film on psychic Forever Sunday." since 1975 on what Mn cells "ei-ii- ug. the German word for “tree will." of charge. will be fol- lowed by a lecture by Janet Banks on dream interpretation. The event is being sponsored by the A350 ciation for Research and Enigittenment. For WATERLOO CNROOMCLE. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER It, ttOt - PAGE " omratwoattqo-ttt-rtt.the-mlewtd p-tt-tteettettymtrctttttt. uvm-(emw) dua-tstatt-t-ot-atr-t Wamumwopomoumocohuo TtmHtuLeKttttk-uter_tttrmttmtetttettmttu-0 TutortrtqWypr_ooaitittora -EtfEMtMatrANDBATu'tttA" quantum -t%ttetnDuALMttNt0uPTur0F -F0uRt5TuiTSt.AtttePERaR0up .-tt0Bqtttq0GrT'tAMCtALC006TNACTS Byegitc?i1,, Half 'ti-tDet-ttRet-titerates,-" .-t-008ETWOANrtTMREE -MFMMFNE(OMUW) 8mnltCt--t.rtatu-ooqtancttor 884-2 1 "

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