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“...Newsletter. No. 21.
JUNE, 1938
Chefoo Schools Great Britain
Association X Branch.
SECRETARY’S NOTES.
Here we are again ! and where Old Chefusians gather we can always add—“ All good friends and jolly good company.” This is indeed a “ Reunion ” number, and it will be with real interest that our members will read of how Old Chefusians in other parts of the world have been getting together. Mr. Bruce has certainly had his fair share of these gatherings during his furlough, and no doubt all “ older ” Old Chefusians have been glad to hear from him personally some details of modern Chefoo.
Our new joint Editors are to be congratulated on this issue. We hope that their success will be repeated for our next number, which will be December. News and other items for publication should reach them by November 5th.
Our Committee. The members co-opted to our Branch Committee for 1938 to represent the younger Old Chefusians arc Evelyn Williamson and David Parry.
Address Book for 1938. This was published...”
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“...Term should continue until December 7th, and that the Schools would have only one month’s holiday. Those who lived near Chefoo were able to go home for Christmas. The long holiday was postponed to the end of the Spring Term, which began on January 4th, and closed on March 15th. This arrangement suited those who hoped to be able to travel home in the Spring. As the weather is generally too cold for regular sports’ training in February, it was decided that the longer races would be run off in the Spring Term and all other events take place at the beginning of the Summer Term. Those who remained in Chefoo at least would be able to train in the holidays. Because of the snow, hockey was impossible during the first part of the term, so training for the Long Run, and later the Mile and the Half, usefully occupied “ compulsory ” times.
When the winter holidays came, there were forty-odd boys and the same number of girls in the two big schools. It was a new experience for some to stay at Chefoo for...”
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“...wakened in the middle of the night by shots. The Japanese retaliated next day by dropping a few bombs, one of which fell to the south, behind Vineyard Hill. Outside the Compound Gate two Japanese marines are always on duty beside a barbed wire barrier, inspecting Chinese as they make their way to and from the outlying districts. On the Compound itself, our peace is undisturbed, and for this we are most thankful.”
Changes on the Staff.
Mr. Bruce is to be the Principal of the Boys’ and Girls’ Schools. Since Miss Rice is leaving, Miss Broomhall is to be Acting Vice-Principal until Miss Pyle’s return. Messrs. Fleischmann, Grant and Warren have recently been working in the Business Department, as Mr. and Mrs. Richardson have left for New Zealand.
We extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Duncan on his engagement to Miss Alcie Lachlan, an Old Chefusian. Mr. Duncan intends to leave for England sometime this year. Changes in the Curriculum.
At the beginning of the year, in January, it was...”
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“...Bruce gave a short history of the Chefoo Schools for the last five years or so, interspersed with questions, especially from “ the boys.” Among those present were the following :—
Mrs. G. Findlay Andrew; Mervyn Andrew ; Bruce Clinton ; John Voss Olsson ; H. Malcolm Forbes; Mrs. Rist; Stanley Rist; Edna Rist; Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Coulthard; Josephine Coulthard; May Gilmer; Mrs. K. M. Xaftel (nee Fishe) ; Marjorie Tull : Lorna Whitelaw; Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Mildon (Ivy Gonder) ; Alan Brock ; Mary Ririe ; Mrs. Rowe (nee Marian Fishe) ;
Mrs. Wesley Heard (n^e Gwen Parry) ; Ernest Grainger ; Gardiner Taylor; Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Taylor ; Kenneth Taylor ; Marion Taylor ; Walter Tyler ; Eleanor Gonder : Mary Xicoll; Rachel Nicoll; Sidney Best; Muriel Clark ; Mrs. and Mrs. Harold Warren : David Hanna ; Muriel Evans ; Ruth Bevis; Eunice Bevis Coles; Mildred Oldfield Millar ; Arthur Parry ; Mr. and Mrs. Averell Robinson ; Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Gonder ; Brian McCarthy.
On January 26th, Mr. Bruce was...”
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“...among the berry-pickers.
W. D. Mudditt, our Chairman, is to be congratulated on becoming a grandfather ! His daughter, Mrs. Humphreys, had a little son, born on March 15th.
Howard Joyce has plenty to do in his work at the C.S.S.M. In addition to his duties in the office as Secretary for the Camps and Seaside Missions and as Accountant to the Mission, his work generally takes him away during the school holidays. Last Christmas he was again responsible for organizing the large Varsities and Public Schools Camps Swiss Winter Sports Parties— this time comprising over 220 people. This kept him pretty busy, but he was able to enjoy some good games of ice hockey and a swim each day in the hot swimming baths—the latter being a special feature of Leukerbad, where the parties go.
At Easter he was Commodore of the V.P.S.C. Walrus Cruise on the Norfolk Broads. There were eleven yachts in the Fleet, and they had some grand sailing. He kept up his early morning bathe—sometimes with ice on the decks—and had...”
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“...CHEFOO SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION.
Presidents :
Mr. & Mrs. F. McCarthy.
Vice-Presidents :
Miss L. Blackmore. Mr. F. H. Rhodes.
Mr. D. E. Hoste. Mr. H. G. Judd.
Rev. W. H. Aldis.
And the Principals of the Chefoo Schools :
Miss M. Pyle' (Girls' School).
Miss A. Carr (Prep. School).
Mr. P. A. Bruce (Boys' School).
GREAT BRITAIN BRANCH COMMITTEE.
Chairman :
Mr. W. D. Mudditt,
Glendower, Grove Road, S. Woodford, London, E. 18.
Hon. Secretary :
Mr. H. F. Joyce,
Gwynear, 9, Hurst View Road, S. Croydon. (Cro. 5270).
Hon. Treasurer :
Mr. B. Burnett,
59, Lenmore Avenue, Grays, Essex.
Joint Editors :
Miss D. W. Kirk,
Cathay, 205, Great North Way, Hendon. London, N.W. 4. (Hen. 8329.)
Mr. T. J. Hirst,
2, Canonbury Park North, London, N. 1.
Miss F. King.
Miss G. Briscoe.
Miss E. Williamson.
. Mr. A.
Assist. Secretary :
Mr. W. P. Olesen.
Mr. J. M. Slimmon. Mr. J. S. Green. Mr. C. Fairclough. Parry.
Scottish Secretary :
Mr. C. W. Fleischmann,
56, George Square, Edinburgh.
China Secretary :
Miss E. M. Broomhall...”
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