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“...concluded in the same way. . ;
The first officers were then elected and were :
Chairman of Committee.'. W. D. Mudditt.
Hon. Treasurer : E. S. Elliston,
Hon. Girls' Secretary : Lily Parry.
Hon. Boys' Secretary : A. B. Randle. •
The. next Committee meeting was held on May 6th, 1908, by kind invitation of Miss Elliston (the Treasurer’s aunt) at her, flat at 56, Chancery Lane, and for some time afterwards this venue was used. At this meeting a skeleton constitution was drawn up and the name “ Chefoo Schools Association ” was adopted. The Officers of the Association, to be elected annually, were :
President, Vice President, Chairman of
Committee, Treasurer, Joint Secretaries, and a committee'of five.
The subscription for the first year was to be 2/6. It was also agreed to publish a magazine thrice yearly to be named Chefoo.
Contacts were gradually made with Canada and China and thus the Association began to grow. So it passed through many difficulties, both administrative and financial, with many...”
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“...Nellie Wilson, H. W. Hunt, A. B. Randle and myself, and the affairs of the Association
once more ‘‘got going”, and have continued with increasing success ever since. *
It was not until July 1922 that Howard Joyce first became a member of the Committee and there is no need for me to remind members of the tremendous debt we all owe to his past and present (and we shall owe to his future) untiring zeal in the cause of all old Chefusians.
There is no doubt that under the good hand of God, the Chefoo Schools’ Association owes its inception to the invitations sent out by Mr. Marcus Wood for a “ get together ” on January i6th, 1908.
High Street.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The C;I.M. have kindly lent us the block of the Rev. W. H. Aldis and have also given permission to reproduce the double page map by Mr. S. G. Martin of the C.I.M. Com* pound, Chefoo.
COVER
The Editor wishes to apologise to the Treasurer and to all those who strained their eyes on the small print of the dark covers of the.last issue. This was...”
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“...work among the Chinese.
Hence a considerable number were appointed to this School for a limited time, e'.g., to relieve some teacher who was ill or away on furlough, and when released, they were, not unnaturally, glad to resume \ that work for which they came to China. This accounts for the long list of those who have served on the Stafl^ though some, "who came pro tern, continued as permanent riiembers. Others came to China for this special work.
Another feature was the isolation from other schools and the general social life which surrounds similar institutions in the homelands. Apart from players in the British Community in the Port there were no teams for competitive matches or athletic sports. There were no concerts, theatrical or cinema entertainments or lectures on subjects of interest, which the scholars could attend. Many of. the scholars, especially in the early days, had never seen a railway or omnibus, circus or zoo, kitchen range or gas jet, British coins or fire engines, or...”
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“...the home for Sunday dinner, and two more for Sunday supper. Not a few of our number look back with fond memories upon these delightful occasions, especially when we were new to Canadian ways and feeling far from our own homes. In those years, Dana Brownlee was one of the cheeriest and liveliest of our Chefoo group, despite despite constant suffering from haemophilia, until he passed into the life that is fuller and richer.
Throughout the years, Mr. and Mrs.
Brownlee’s interest in the Chefoo Schools’ Association never flagged, and often the spacious Mission Home offered hospitality at a reunion.
But we were never thought of by them simply as members of a group ; they knew
us as individuals. Scattered over Ontario are many Chefusians whom Mr. Brownlee placed in their first jobs, and not a few have continued right on from that day with the same firms. Some can even remember his kindly supervision over their first frenzied financial efforts, and how for them he smoothed over the transition...”
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“...later learned was a granddaughter of the Emperor of Ethiopia, and so possibly linked with the incident related in Acts 8. 26 on. GRACE HOGG is still in the Q.A.I.M.N.S. and is now stationed at Waringfield Military Hospital, Moita, Go; Down, DAVID HOGG now has a post under the Canadian Government.
NORA and DIXIE HOSTE have a flat in Kensington. Dixie is on the staff of the B.B.C. and edits the news for the China Overseas Broadcast. In the spring he gave one of the Travel Talks on China in the Schools’ Broadcast Programme.
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“...this house are not so big as at ‘ Greystones ’. I always read the magazine from cover to cover and delight to know what is happening to. the various folks whose acquaintance we made at those Summer Reunions. If any Old Chefusian ever finds him—or herself in this neighbourhood, we shall always ^e pleased to see them”.
PETER MURRAY is nearing the end of his course at Glasgow B.T.I. and is finding the time all too short. They have a weekly prayer-meeting for China, and often remember the Chefoo Schools^ Last September, he was down, at a Youth Conference at the C.I.M. and met many old Chefoo friends there. TINA has left China for Australia,, and her husband hopes to get a job in Tasmania. Tina would be glad to contact any Old Chefusians around her way.
KATHARINE PAILING is now
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“...Chefoo Schools Association
Presidents : ,
Mr. F. McCarthy. Rev. P. A. Bruce.
Vice-Presidents :
Miss L. Blackmore Mr. H. G. Judd
Miss I. A. Craig Mr. J. B. Martin
And the Headmaster of the Chefoo School :
Mr. S. Houghton.
GENERAL COMMITTEE
(Acting also as the Committee for Great Britain Branch'). Chairman :
Mr. W. D. Mudditt,
Monkswood, Forest Way. Woodford Green, Essex.
General Secretary :
Mr. D. Barlino,
Red Dormers, The Crescent, Horley, Surrey.
Treasurer:
Mr. H. F. Joyce,
Brook Cottage, Scrase Bridge, Haywards Heath, Sussex.
Editor :
Mr. J. S. Hirst,
13, Laurier Road, London, N.W.5.
News Editor:
Miss I. King,
C.A.W.G., Clarence Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Secretary for Great Britain Branch ;
Miss E. Preedy,
“ Norbury ”, 24, Woodlands Road, Redl.i'1, Surrey.
Mr. J. S. Green. Miss D. Rouse.
Mr. C. Fairclough. Miss G. Bobby.
NORTH AMERICA BRANCH.
Chairman :
Professor L. Carrington Goodrich,
640 West 238th Street, New York City, U.S.A.
Secretary :
Miss Margaret Bunting,
382, Cleveland Avenue...”
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