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Bert Friesen with a shovel

Photograph of project manager Bert Friesen with an unidentified man. Friesen is holding the TJC ground-breaking shovel. The image is labelled "junior housing," but this is likely the ground-breaking ceremony for the Fraser Hall addition.

Ceremonial Shovel.

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.”

Framed cover of the Evangelical Beacon bulletin announcing the sod-turning event for Trinity Junior College.

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.

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