Paturatte, La (Bernese Jura, Switzerland)
La Paturatte, in the Bernese Jura, Switzerland. Here in the fields is found a Mennonite school, founded in 1900 by Elder Samuel Gerber of the Sonnenberg congregation. In 1955 the school room was remodeled. It was a private school, run without state aid; the number of children was 16 in 1956 and the teacher was Samuel Gerber.
Bibliography
Der Mennonit IX (1956): No. 7, 105.
Mennonitisches Jahrbuch (Newton, 1952): 5-11.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 125. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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