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It was K.H. Neufeld of Winkler, Manitoba, who came to D.W. Friesen & Sons in the early 1950s, asking whether we wouldn't consider publishing an English-language paper that would serve every branch of Mennonites in Canada.
K.H. had a print shop, but his real love was music. He travelled across western Canada conducting choirs and organizing workshops.
Perhaps it was his acquaintanceship with various Mennonites that sparked his vision for a paper that would be a link and an inspiration for the many branches of our people.
My father, D. W. Friesen, who died in 1951, also had a strong ecumenical outlook. My two brothers and I had, we hope, inherited some of his vision.
Having decided to go ahead with K.H's proposal, we scouted around for someone to translate this dream into reality. Someone suggested Frank Epp.
We thought Frank was a bit young, and had a dreamy look about him, not only due to the fact that he was about to get married. He didn't accept immediately. He later told us he had...