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Picking apples

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  Different Mennonite groups  have their own rules regarding acceptance of things in the Secular World, for example    the dress code has become more lenient since I first visited in 2006. This photo was taken in 2012.

Different Mennonite groups  have their own rules regarding acceptance of things in the Secular World, for example  the dress code has become more lenient since I first visited in 2006. This photo was taken in 2012.

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A young woman learns to sew a traditional Mennonite dress. The blue jeans the young woman wears is a glimpse of the reforms taking place within and around the Old Colony Mennonites. 

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Some Old Colony Mennonite adults believe that the benefit of dentures (no more dental pain) makes them a preferable alternative to maintaining one's own oral health. 

   
  
 
  
    
  
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The Local Dentist

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Within the colony setting self-trained midwives, chiropractors, massage therapists; herbalists, dentists and other unlicensed workers are accessed in times of need. 

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Picking apples

Different Mennonite groups  have their own rules regarding acceptance of things in the Secular World, for example  the dress code has become more lenient since I first visited in 2006. This photo was taken in 2012.

A young woman learns to sew a traditional Mennonite dress. The blue jeans the young woman wears is a glimpse of the reforms taking place within and around the Old Colony Mennonites. 

 

 

Some Old Colony Mennonite adults believe that the benefit of dentures (no more dental pain) makes them a preferable alternative to maintaining one's own oral health. 

The Local Dentist

 A one-room dentist office, approximately 450 x 450 sq. ft., the waiting room and patient dental chair share the same space. 

Within the colony setting self-trained midwives, chiropractors, massage therapists; herbalists, dentists and other unlicensed workers are accessed in times of need. 

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