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Photograph of a portion of the crowd attending the ground breaking ceremony for Trinity Junior College

“October 8, 1961, was an historic day at Langley. B.C., Canada, when Ev. Free Church leaders turned sod for the new Trinity Junior College to open in autumn, 1962.”
Source: Front cover of the Evangelical Beacon, November 21, 1961

Pictured: Harold P. Halleen, Moderator and Vice President, EFCA; in background, Reverend Dave Enarson, Superintendent, Canadian Pacific and Pacific Northwest Districts

"Slide is of Evanglical Free Church leaders turned sod for the new Trinity Junior College to open in autumn, 1962.

Pictured: Harold P. Halleen, Moderator and Vice President, EFCA; in background, Reverend Dave Enarson, Superintendent, Canadian Pacific and Pacific Northwest Districts"

Photograph of Calvin Hanson with shovel, turning the sod on October 9, 1961; cropped version of 1998-01-5080.

Photograph of the founding president Calvin Hanson holding a shovel as he participates in the first sod turning, October 8, 1961

Item is a ceremonial shovel with a silver-plated blade and collar with TJC welded on the surface of the blade. The letter “T” forms a cross and the letters are enclosed in a reverted triangle. The shaft is wooden. Stamped on the collar is “TAPER FORGED. WELLAND VALE 2 HEAT TREATED.”

Photograph of Perry Havens, with the Evangelical Free Church of America, breaking the sod for Trinity College in October of 1961

Slide of three women with a shovel, standing in front of David Enarson, at the podium. The three women are members of the WMS, which pledged $52,000 towards the construction of a chapel - library building, to be completed before the fall of 1962. Photograph was taken during the October 1961 groundbreaking ceremony. See pg. 36 of "On the Raw Edge of Faith"

Slide is of the founding president Calvin Hanson holding a shovel as he participates in the first sod turning, October 8, 1961.

Item is a framed cover of the Evangelical Beacon bulletin announcing the sod-turning event for Trinity Junior College. The cover features four black and white photographs of administrative individuals using the ceremonial shovel to turn the sod for the founding of Trinity Junior College in Langley, B.C. The photographs from left to right include Rev. Calvin B. Hanson, President-elect; Perry Havens, Vice president in charge of Business Administration; Harold P. Halleen, Moderator and vice president Ev. Free Church of America, in background, Rev. David Enarson, Superintendent Canadian Pacific and Pacific Northwest Districts; and the bottom right photograph is of Dr. Enoch E. Mattson, Registrar and Dean of Education. These photographs are imposed on top of another photograph of the crowd in a reddish hue. The bottom right cover text box reads: “A MEMORABLE DAY IN CANADA. October 8, 1961, was an historic day at Langley B.C., Canada, when Ev. Free Church leaders turned sod for the new Trinity Junior College to open in autumn, 1962. SEE PAGE THREE.” The wooden frame has a beveled edge with an inner golden lip. There are two mattes, the outer is cream, and the inner is burgundy.