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<em>Junior Messenger</em>, was a children's paper of the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] which began publication as a biweekly on 1 January 1939, changed to a weekly and enlarged to 8 pages in 1943. It further enlarged to 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches in 1951. In 1956 it was enlarged to 9 x 12 inches. It was printed by the [[Mennonite Press (Newton, Kansas, USA) |Mennonite Press]], [[North Newton (Kansas, USA)|North Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]] for the Board of Education and Publication and was an official organ of the General Conference Mennonite Church. Editors have been Mrs. H. J. Andres, Mrs. T. A. van der Smissen, Mrs. Helena (Arnold) Regier, Mrs. Henry Funk, and Griselda Shelley. The circulation of the paper was approximately 4,000 during the 1950s. <em>Junior messenger</em> was combined with the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church's]] <em>Words of cheer</em> in 1971 to become <em>On the Line</em>. | <em>Junior Messenger</em>, was a children's paper of the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] which began publication as a biweekly on 1 January 1939, changed to a weekly and enlarged to 8 pages in 1943. It further enlarged to 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches in 1951. In 1956 it was enlarged to 9 x 12 inches. It was printed by the [[Mennonite Press (Newton, Kansas, USA) |Mennonite Press]], [[North Newton (Kansas, USA)|North Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]] for the Board of Education and Publication and was an official organ of the General Conference Mennonite Church. Editors have been Mrs. H. J. Andres, Mrs. T. A. van der Smissen, Mrs. Helena (Arnold) Regier, Mrs. Henry Funk, and Griselda Shelley. The circulation of the paper was approximately 4,000 during the 1950s. <em>Junior messenger</em> was combined with the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church's]] <em>Words of cheer</em> in 1971 to become <em>On the Line</em>. | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:19, 11 June 2014
Junior Messenger, was a children's paper of the General Conference Mennonite Church which began publication as a biweekly on 1 January 1939, changed to a weekly and enlarged to 8 pages in 1943. It further enlarged to 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches in 1951. In 1956 it was enlarged to 9 x 12 inches. It was printed by the Mennonite Press, North Newton, Kansas for the Board of Education and Publication and was an official organ of the General Conference Mennonite Church. Editors have been Mrs. H. J. Andres, Mrs. T. A. van der Smissen, Mrs. Helena (Arnold) Regier, Mrs. Henry Funk, and Griselda Shelley. The circulation of the paper was approximately 4,000 during the 1950s. Junior messenger was combined with the Mennonite Church's Words of cheer in 1971 to become On the Line.
| Author(s) | Willard Claassen |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Claassen, Willard. "Junior Messenger (Periodical)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Junior_Messenger_(Periodical)&oldid=123116.
APA style
Claassen, Willard. (1957). Junior Messenger (Periodical). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Junior_Messenger_(Periodical)&oldid=123116.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 128. All rights reserved.
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