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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated December 11, 1961 reads, "George Pilley, 7632 Shoup Ave., Canoga Park, building commission member, stands as the Rev. Robert Weirbach, 7515 Jordan Ave., Canoga Park; Stanley McKee, 5045 Calvin Ave., Tarzana; and Ansel Breniman, 22027 Wyandotte St., Canoga Park, chairman of the board of trustees, watch the first spade of dirt turn for a new Methodist Church building at the corner of Maynard street and Sherman Way in Canoga Park."
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