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“...Newsletter No. 25 JULY, 1940 Chefoo Schools Great Britain Association X Branch. Editorial. This—the second Chefoo news-letter since the outbreak of war—is manifestly a “ war number.” The reduction in size, and the absence of new photographs, are both evidence of the paper rationing and the need for economy. The delay in publication—for July instead of for June—is another symptom of unsettled times. We have felt it right to limit ourselves almost exclusively to the giving of news, which is, after all, our main function at any time. And in the news columns the war is ubiquitous. There are few Old Chefusians, whether directly engaged in war service or not, whose lives have not been profoundly altered by events : events which move so swiftly that by the time our news reaches publication much of it must inevitably be out of date. Reliable information is often difficult to obtain in the first place ; and we appeal not only for our readers’ forbearance, but for their active help in obtaining recent...”
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“...Summer Reunion of some form or another, we feel, will be welcomed by some members in the London area. In order to avoid making elaborate arrangements in these uncertain days we propose to go to Chessington Zoo on Saturday afternoon, July 13th. Space forbids giving details of this attractive 'rendezvous, but full particulars can be obtained at any railway station near London. Suffice to say that there is plenty of fun to be had there, wet or fine, and we can have tea together and the tonic of a Chefoo Chat. The return fare from London, including admission and all amusements is 2/9, and tea (ad lib!) is I /6. Those intending to travel from London are asked to obtain their own tickets and meet at Waterloo Station, by the indicator near platform 4, at 2 p.m. It will be a help if all who hope to come, whether travelling from London or elsewhere, will let me know before the date so that arrangements can be made for our tea party. Address Book. Our members will appreciate our reasons for not producing...”
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“...have enjoyed reading of so many different types of life of which we knew little or nothing before. We have been reading them at O.M.S. and have found them extremely interesting. To our sorrow, the hockey season is almost over. The fad is to play form matches—the A division against the B division, the girls and boys playing together. We got a bad start at the beginning of the term because of the snow. But lately we have had great fun during the sunny weeks. The war in China seems far away here in Chefoo, except for the soldiers that we see in the streets. The prices for food and coal are high, but we have lacked nothing. We have been able to carry on without any disturbances all along. The summer before last there was a small battle behind the School one night on the “ Mule Road.” But beside that exciting little taste, we know nothing of the flavour of war here, except what we read. Again thanking you very much for the books, and with all good wishes to you in these times of strain. Yours sincerely...”
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“...My service in Chefoo fell at a time of great transition. Lasting signs of these changes may be seen in buildings and walls, and other changes took place in customs, traditions and routine. The Memorial Hall was nearly finished when I arrived ; for a term I knew the old style “ Children’s Service ” in the B.S. schoolroom and side-classrooms. The Compound was much more open then. On arrival I was delighted with the old willow-pattern fence up the main drive ; the boys’ gardens lay temptingly near that thoroughfare. San Lane had only an old wire fence to keep stray beasts out of the compound. So had the whole west side from the hospital to the B.S. As for the B.S. field, it had nothing to mark its southern edge, save a path, frequented by the Rouse and Nicholl families. In the Kaoliang season, balls had ready access to the depths of that forest. The B.S. shed had not yet the “ new classrooms ” over it. And on the other side of the Quad, the new bathrooms were still a very far distant future...”
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“...which knew not the good old white building. Once we were summoned to put out a fire in the bathroom there. More often minor collapses took place. The new Prep. School and the Co-education are of course the most striking modern monuments. Change has come. The old order has widely changed. But the prosperity of the schools has proved that change, if wisely made, may be a boon. To those who will never see Chefoo again, memory must serve, and succeeding generations of Chefusians see the place in strangely new guise. Buildings and landmarks may alter, but the spirit and the faith that built Chefoo still sustains it, and that is what matters. J.N.D....”
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“...Reunion. A Chefoo Reunion was held in Edinburgh on May 10th to welcome the Robertsons. There was a very good turn out of Chefusians and friends. After Chinese Chow, owing to the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Graham Brown, we spent a very pleasant evening at their home. Mr. Robertson showed us some slides of Chefoo, we sang the School Song and ended up with the 23rd Psalm. The following were present : Marjorie Anderson ; Olive Bolster ; Alexander Brown ; Grace Emslie ; Harold Emslie ; Bill Fleischmann ; Ian Finlay ; Mary Finlay ; Stanley Mair ; Farquhar Macrae ; Mr. and Mrs. Robertson and Katherine ; Molly and John Robertson ; Diana Soper ; Bobby Walker ; Dorothy Walker ; Elspeth and Grant Walker ; Ian and Terry Wright, and Helen Young. London Winter Reunion. Not for many years has Newington Green been so quiet on the afternoon of the second Saturday in January as it was this year ; but perhaps we shall be able to make up for it in days to come ! However, we had the Chinese Chow and Chefoo Chat part...”
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“...daughter Margaret. MISS AGNES CLARKE has left North China, where she has been working with the C.I.M. for over twenty years, and has gone to Szechuan to join the staff of a new Bible School which it is planned to open at Paoning in the autumn. DORIS ANDERSON is now in training at the C.I.M. MR. & MRS. J. J. COULTHARD have removed toWest Bournemouth and enjoy the beauties of the neighbourhood. Close bpside them reside the MISSES BAKER, who for seven years were Matron and Nurse respectively at the Chefoo (C.I.M.) Hospital. — At the C.I.M. Prayer Meeting contact is made with many old friends, and among them, quite recently, the REV. T. G. and MRS. WILLETT, who were Mr. Coulthard’s predecessors in the Secretariat of the C.I.M. School. HAROLD CROFT (Anti-Tank Regiment) is still in training in England as far as his relatives know. He has kept very fit on the whole during the winter ; some of his exercise consisted in cross-country running, in which he was a winner on one occasion. Harold has also...”
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“...Cadet C. L. Graham. He is in training for the Royal Armoured Corps. Jean has left hospital and is living at home. She and her husband hope to make their home at Keswick when the war is over. MAY HARDING is still teaching at Wadhurst, where she has been for three years. HELEN HEAL went to school in Devon after leaving Chefoo. She has just finished a commercial course at the Gregg School, Ealing, and has started work as a shorthand-typist. She enjoys it very much. DAVID was evacuated to Devon, but has now returned to London. GRACE JARVIS, after leaving Chefoo, went to school in Scarborough. Then she took up nursing. She was married at Easter to Mr. Reid-Williams, also of Chefoo. Their home is in Sunbury. EVE JOHN is at the Blind School at Chorley Wood. FERN KING has started nursing at the Royal Free Hospital. DAWN KING is majoring in History at Royal Holloway College. She has very good times with the Christian Union. RAYMOND KING is now a lieutenant in the R.A.M.C., and is with a Field Ambulance...”
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“...subsidiary company in Australia. He enjoys his new work and has been very busy on the Company’s annual accounts. He has joined the “ Specials ” in Croydon and the supplementary Fire Service. He and his wife have adopted a little boy, Michael, aged five, to keep Peter company. DR. HANSARD LACK was married in October last to Janet Doreen Steele (whose parents are at Foochow, in the English Presbyterian Mission). Dr. Lack is now in practice with Dr. Hillier (once school doctor in Chefoo) at Boscastle, North Cornwall. Another Chefoo wedding, which took place last September, was that of MURIEL EMBERY and ROBERT LAPPER, in Ealing. Yet another, in January, was the wedding of DAVID MANN to Joyce Wilson, at Tooting Congregational Church. Theodore Hirst had the honour of being best man. David is now Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant in the Queen's Royal East Surreys. (Our congratulations to these and other couples.) HAROLD LEDGARD, who is in the R.A.M.C., has had exciting times following up patrols five...”
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“...MOORE graduated from Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, in January with a B.A. degree, and is now working in Washington, D.C. MIRIAM MOORE is a Freshman at Baylor University, Waco, Texas. MYRTLE LUDBROOK is taking a course at Shaw's Business Schools, Toronto. MR. and MRS. R. BAZIRE, members of the School Staff in Chefoo, have recently spent several months in Toronto. Mrs. Bazire has been attending classes at the Central Technical School, Toronto, in order to get up-to-date ideas on art and craft work, and has also been taking instruction from one of the prominent leaders of School orchestras in Toronto. Mrs. Bazire started a very small orchestra in the Schools at Chefoo and is anxious to increase the number of instruments in the orchestra. (Incidentally, here is an opportunity for a Chefusian who feels in a generous mood—Mrs. Bazire would like to purchase some instruments (which would belong to the Schools) for the “ orchestra.” Quite good instruments can be picked up for a song on Fukien...”
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“...the staff of the Alfred Hospital. IAN YORKSTON is in military camp, as his age group has been called up for compulsory training. GORDON YORKSTON is working in a bank in Sydney. PERCY MOORE, with his wife and three sons, is inWestern Australia on furlough. At Easter, a party of Chefusians rented a house at the beach and had a magnificent holiday. Those present were : Kitty Waters, Mary Mathews, Doris Embery, ConnieWebster, Ruth Porteous, Alf Pike and John Robinson. They did everything in true Chefoo style, consumed an astonishing amount of peanut-butter and were sun-burned to a nice shade of scarlet. JOHN ROBINSON is working in the electrical department of Melbourne’s largest store. PETER and JAMES are still at school. MISS DORA TRUDINGER is home on furlough and met a number of Chefusians in the various ports. NEW ZEALAND. A Letter from Harry Sturt which came by the New Zealand—Australia—England through air mail service inaugural flight. 16/4/40. Dear Mr. Joyce, I received your C.S.A. mags...”
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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. Rev. W. H. Aldis. Mr. H. G. Judd. Miss E. Rice. And the Principals of the Chefoo Schools : Mr. P. A. Bruce (Boys’ and Girls' Schools'). Miss A. Carr (Prep. School). GREAT BRITAIN BRANCH COMMITTEE. Chairman : Mr. W. D. Mudditt, Monkswood, Forest Way, Woodford Green, Essex. Hon. Secretary : Mr. H. F. Joyce, Gwynear, 9 Hurst View Road, S. Croydon. Hon. Treasurer : Mr. B. B. Burnett, 59 Lenmore Avenue, Grays, Essex. Editor : Mr. J. G. Weller, 14 Lichfield Road, Kew Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, News Editor : Miss Mary Weller, Llanfair, High Trees Road, Reigate, Surrey. Mr. D. Barling. Miss G. Briscoe. Mr. J. S. Green. Mr. T. J. Hirst. Miss W. G. Rouse. Mr. J. M. Slimmon. Mr. S. D. V. Weller. Miss E. J. Williamson. Scottish Secretary : Miss M. Findlay, c/o 72 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh, 9. China Secretaries : Miss E. M. Broomhall and Miss D. Foucar, C.I.M. Girls’...”