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“...RIRIE TTAROLD RIRIE was born in January, 1900, and arrived at Chefoo in the year 1907, one year before the writer. We were a normal pair of scruffy kids as we made our way through Prep School. Both our parents were in the China Inland Mission, stationed inland hundreds of miles up the Yangtze River. Thus it was too far for us to go home for the winter holidays, which we spent mostly in Chefoo, toboganning, snowball fighting, etc. Throughout our Boys’ School years we studied together under the same teachers—Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy (Principal and wife), Mr. E. Murray (Shinter), Mr. Taylor (drill master), Mr. Lea, Mr. Harris, Mr. Malcolm, Mr. Alty and others. As we grew older, we severally made a place on the soccer, cricket, hockey, tennis and swimming teams and rowing crews, engaged in the numerous battles between the Jolly Rovers and the War Arrows, roamed the hills and beaches together, and otherwise lived the life of healthy Chefoo boy teenagers, finally passing our Oxford exams in 1916 and...”
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“...Turning on the Hot Air By Kenneth Funnell TN the pre-sputnik, pre-spaceman days A when I was at Chefoo, every properly brought up small boy wanted at some time or another to become an engine driver. I have often wondered how many ever used to achieve their ambition. Very, very few, I imagine. I dare say if you were to conduct a poll among engine drivers, most of them would tell you that when they were young what they wanted to be was something quite different—income tax inspectors perhaps, or butchers or even stockbrokers. z\t all events, as far as I was concerned, the idea of making a career of broadcasting never entered my head until a long time after I had left Chefoo. Not, in fact, until after the war, when I followed my mother and father and sister out to New Zealand. I presented myself to the Public Service authorities to see what they could offer me by way of a job. Of the various Government Departments mentioned, one was Broadcasting. All at once I knew that that’s what was for...”
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“...hospitality of so many generous people. Every day was crammed with interest, so it would be quite impossible for me to recount, in this short article, everything that happened. In fact, my schedule was so full that it was only with difficulty that I managed to see members of my own family, and one or two of my old Ghefoo friends. This was disappointing, for it is forty years since I left Chefoo, and I should have loved to call on many former schoolmates and teachers. It so happened that, while I was in London, I was able to have dinner one evening with Hugh Faers, who used to live next door to us in Chefoo. We went for a walk afterwards in Regent’s Park, and happened upon a production of The Taming of the Shrew, which was delightfully done in a sylvan setting with adept use of trees and shrubbery for backdrop and wings, and we were able to hear all the lines well. Although I had not been in London since 1915, I remembered the city well enough to feel at home and well oriented from the time...”
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“...Wells; and although I had a one day bus trip to see the King Edward VII Sanatorium at Midhurst in Surrey, I was unable to call on either Howard Joyce or Mrs. FI. A. H. Lea. However, during a two day visit to Professor Croften at Edinburgh, I was entertained by Jenny Somerville (once Liddell), a great friend of my sister Josephine’s, who introduced me to her husband, Dr. Charles Somerville and her two charming daughters, Rosemary and Joan. We had a “ high tea ”, during which we exchanged all the Chefoo scandal we could possibly think up, and after which I was taken for a drive through Edinburgh, around Arthur's Seat, and out to the Forth Bridge which looked lovely in the evening sunshine. Next we visited Rachel Morrison and her red headed family, George, Dorothy and Neil, and we 6...”
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“...level of their real needs, with that quality of urgent obedience to God which is adequate to bridge divisions and bring rebirth to crumbling civilizations. Who is sufficient for these things ? God means us to be and can make us so. Then after visiting Greenfield Village “ where American history comes to life ”, back to Canada for a few more days with Elisabeth; then to Toronto where we had a heart-warming welcome from Rouses, Harrises, Seamans, Tylers (Bill was Captain of Boats when I started at Chefoo in 1929: he navigated us round the sights of Toronto about 11 p.m.), Fishes, Bells; and we heard news of so many we did not see. Thence to Ottawa, lovely city, and to Montreal where we boarded the plane —an excellent economy flight with adequate food and almost adequate space for my length of limb; and we flew back to England. Every stage of our journey from Mackinac to Bristol was marked by God-given encounters in which we were able to give and receive. 1...”
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“...C.S.A. MAGAZINE This is “ Chefoo School ” fJUR bunch of twenty-six lively, happy healthy youngsters would all like to introduce themselves. Here they are: A group from the States: Mary Sue and Rachel Carlson, Dannie and Ruthie Heimbach, John Faulkener and Keith Hatton. Across the border into Canada we have Lois Knights and David Dunn. From the Old Country come Humphrey Clarke, Marian Anderson, Jocelyn Orr, Mary Rose Toop, Ruthie Murray, Joyce Longley, Ruth Metcalfe and Miriam Day. Two Swiss boys, Rolf and Heinz Mayer, and one from South Africa, David Houliston, and last of all, from “ down under ”: Colin Tarrant, David Duncan, Carol Budge, Judy Lumgden from Australia, and three New Zealanders, Bronwyn, Lynette and Graham Hogarth. Quite a League of Nations ! Their ages run from five to ten. They can stay here until almost twelve years old. Would you like to meet the staff ? Margaret Dickson teaches the older group. She has had much experience from Kuling and Bangkok days, when the school...”
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“...hillsides; the roads are very winding and narrow, but good. You will pass through rubber plantations and many of the higher slopes are covered with tea plantations. The last village you pass through is Tanah Rata (where we buy all our foodstuffs for the school. It even has a Singapore Cold Storage Store, and we buy frozen meats from Australia and New Zealand ! not like China days). Still climbing, the bus passes the beautiful Another Little Chefoo Tributary VOUR genial and courteous new Secre-A tary has honoured me by asking for a contribution to the Chefoo Magazine. Whilst I am happy to say Australia is my adopted country, it has not yet adopted me. You see, so far I have been unable to fulfil the minimum requirements which would qualify me to obtain the old age pension. However, in time this disability will disappear. Time is indeed a great healer. But to the matter in hand. As I mused upon a possible “ tributary” , over my wireless came the strains of Schubert’s charming Fifth Symphony....”
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“...England is ten minutes distant from the other place.) Education was provided through Jack’s good offices. The older boys, now fourteen years old, were admitted to Purley County Grammar School for Boys, while Artie, now nine, daily climbed the 198 steps of “Jacob’s Ladder” to Church Hill and attended the Chaldon Road School. Thus the family tradition of at least some British schooling was kept intact; my father attended the Aberdeen Grammar School for a few years in the ’90’s, I had my innings at Chefoo, now the torch was back in Europe. . . . The older boys had been warned to wear subdued clothing to school which, they were informed, was a sign of British restraint. After a few days of classes they assured us that according to the evidence restraint was characteristic only of the clothes of English boys. . . . They found themselves taking sciences and maths earlier than they would have had them at home, but they 14...”
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“...fascinating research can be. But though the Morris quest occupied most of my time it did not pre-empt all of it. In January I was glad to accompany Jack Weller to the Chefoo chow and reunion, and was glad to make up in this way for the meeting I missed in 1946 when the United States Army decided that my presence was necessary in a chilly camp near Southampton rather than in the comfortable quarters in Bedford Way. It was pleasant to see former schoolmates such as Fuhmei Preedy, Olive Rouse, and Doris Embery; to meet others who knew Chefoo both before and after my time; and to participate in all the activities of the reunion. . . . During our stay in England we saw May Harding several times as she was teaching in Caterham. . . . Twice I enjoyed warm hospitality at the home of Arthur Parry when I went there to look over the Chefoo archives of Dr. Judd. Arthur and I sorted note-books, student lists, photographs and other records that threw search-lights into the silent past. Since a trip to the...”
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“...fifty years ago. Next, of course, came the lovely Lake Country where we regretted the boxing off of the falls of Lodore and enjoyed the drive around Derwent Water. Then over the misty moors to the Bronte home with the memories of its talented inmates, down to Rochdale to the birthplace of Co-operative, tea in Wilmslow with a friend of my months at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1945 and the family he has acquired since then, and then dinner in Didsbury. Some of you who remember Chefoo in the mid-twenties may recall Captain Fred Borer, of the Salvation Army, and his family. Since they lived on Temple Hill we knew them well. After thirty years we had so much to talk about that we sat up well beyond midnight filling in the time gap. The next day in two cars the Borers and we drove via Knutsford to Chester, where we ate a pleasant picnic lunch beside the smiling Dee. After seeing something of the town and bidding farewell to the Borers, we drove off to Wales. In Conway the boys...”
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“...F. and D. A. Reynolds, Olive and Doris Rouse, Freda Shipway, Bea and Dorothy Stark, R. D. Temple, Jim and Kenneth Toop, Margaret Williamson. Auckland, New Zealand September, 1958 The reunion this year was held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Howie, Epsom, on September 13th, at 7.30 p.m. There were twenty-one present. After folks had assembled, our evening began with a “ Chefoo ” game arranged by Stan Conway. It took us some minutes to recollect familiar places and scenes of Chefoo days. This was followed by the “ Ruling ” film kindly screened for us by Brian Michell. This was much enjoyed. There were several scenes showing Chefoo in the days when we were there, a few showing the scars of the Japanese war and the rest were of the life and activities of the schools in that picturesque mountain resort ofKiangsi, China. We were brought again to realize the importance of the early Christian influences and training of the children in our C.I.M. schools and hostels. We were very much privileged in...”
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“...sick leave is not taking her finals in October as planned, but in February. She is hoping to start midwifery at Shoreham, Sussex, next May. During the summer CHRISTOPHER FAIRCLOUGH spent a short holiday in Jugoslavia and went by ship down the Dalmatian coast from Rijeka, almost to the Albanian border. “ We called in at various ports, including Split, Dubrovnik and Kotor (in Montenegro), at the head of a remarkable fiord seventeen miles long. Of course we had plenty of swimming, reminiscent of Chefoo days. On the way-home we visited Bled, the well-known holiday resort, and climbed the highest mountain in Jugoslavia, Triglav, from the top of which are magnificent views as far as Venice and the Adriatic.” CATHERINE FRASER and her American co-worker are now in charge of a big students’ hostel in Java, which has just been built. They are still busy with lectures, and love the work and the people....”
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“...to one or more of the four People’s Services broadcast from the church last Christmastide. It has been a special joy this year to have the family circle completed by MARY’S presence while on furlough from Japan.” NORTH AMERICA Toronto Chefoo Weddings This summer has seen a spate of weddings among Chefusians in Toronto. On June 14th (boat-race day, as the bridegroom informed us he had been taught to call it) MARY BELL was married to Mr. Elmore Boomer. There were many Chefusians taking part in the ceremony, as well as many attending as guests. BILL TYLER performed the marriage ceremony. MARY’S two sisters, RUTH NYQUIST and DOROTHEA, were among her attendants. KENNETH BELL was one of the ushers. And at the reception, the waiting on tables was done by Chefoo girls, AGNES, EDITH and GRACE BELL, DORIS and GRACE SEAMAN, MARJORY WINDSOR, RHONA QUELCH and MAIDA HARRIS. MARY and her husband, who is a Baptist minister, are now living in Collingwood, Ontario. Then on August 23rd, MAIDA HARRIS was married...”
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“...summer of extension work for the school in the Eastern States and Ontario, travelling as pianist for a school quartet. I shall be looking forward to hearing again from old school pals in the next issue of the Chefoo magazine.” From the Wheaton Hostel comes an account of a reunion combined with news of Chefusians in the American middle west: “ The first reunion of the Wheaton Chefusians for the 1958-59 school year saw about twenty young people at the Mission Hostel on Sunday evening. Between hymns sung from Golden Bells we introduced ourselves and got acquainted with some newcomers. “ CAROL PREEDY has joined her sister GRACE at Wheaton College. CAROL graduated this spring from Culter Academy in Los Angeles, where she edited the year book during her senior year. GRACE PREEDY, our Chefoo pianist, is finishing college this year as a Christian education major. BETTY BAEHR enters the college as a freshman from New Jersey this fall. BETTY and her parents were in Formosa after China closed. About...”
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“...Vancouver back to England. He had dinner with MARY RIRIE and then spent the evening at MARION TAYLOR’S house, where a few Chefusians had collected to meet him —those that were not out of town for the summer holidays: GARDINER TAYLOR, CONRAD LAGERQUIST and his wife, LILY (GRAINGER) FRIER, GRACE (TAYLOR) HARRIS. The usual Chefoo reminiscences veered towards food, and KENNETH threw out the suggestion that, considering everything, the food in Chefoo was quite good as compared with that in public schools in England. MARY RIRIE heartily disagreed about the quality of Chefoo food and GRACE HARRIS remarked, “ You were always finicky, Mary.” Kenneth had had little contact with Chefoo for years, but he had met DORA SIBLEY in British Columbia, and she had put him on the track of Chefusians in Toronto. MARGARET BUNTING on a “ semiwestern ” trip—“ I found it difficult to explain why a “ western trip ” should end in Regina, Saskatchewan, of all places; well, mostly cash, partly friends, partly time, and...”
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“...remember KATHRYN and MAYBETH in both the original Ruling and Chefoo, and the present generation will know MAYBETH in charge of the hostel at Philadelphia, and KATHRYN in the candidates’ training home in London. JOHN KAUDERER writes: “ LENA and Bill are down in Florida taking in the sunshine. This is a regular custom with them. For me it would be a brand new experience. I find everyone seems to take a Florida winter vacation except the Kauderers. For the past weeks I have been hospitalized at St. Luke’s and its Convalescent Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was a new experience, a different world entirely. Everyone becomes so nice to you. When you are good and sick, you don’t care at all. You have no energy to fight with, but when you think you are better and the doctor says that you have four to six weeks more to go, it does no good to fight. One day while there, I heard a voice behind me. It was Mrs. Charles H. Corbett of Chefoo, who had recognized me. In a way we are part of the same...”
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“...Press'), thus relieving MR. and MRS. JOHN ROBINSON for furlough to Australia. AVERIL has nearly completed her first year at Dunedin University, studying for the B.A. ALASTAIR and GAVIN are at the Gore High School Hostel.” Linnet herself is teaching at Gore School until the end of the year EDNA PARNHAM (nee CLARKE) and family are now living at Mosgiel, Otago, about ten miles from Dunedin. She writes: “ For those of you who may wonder what we are doing here may I give some autobiography ? I was at Chefoo from 1927 to 1936, and I think the only one from my form over here. I trained as a teacher and taught till I was married in 1948 to a civil engineer who is a train enthusiast. After several moves from one job to another, ever in search of better pay to support a wife and growing...”
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“...Chefoo Schools Association President: Rev. P. A. Bruce Vice-Presidents: Bishop F. Houghton Mr. H. G. Judd Mrs. L. Clinton Mr. J. B. Martin Miss I. A. Craig Mr. W. D. Mudditt Miss D. Trudinger GENERAL COMMITTEE (Acting also as the Committee for Great Britain Branch). Chairman: Mr. H. F. Joyce, Brook Cottage, Scrase Bridge, Haywards Heath, Sussex. General Secretary: Mr. A. R. Parry, 8i, Burnham Way, London, W. 13. Treasurer: Mr. D. F. Parry, 107, Southdown Avenue, London, W.7. Editor: Miss U. Rouse, , 36, Grovelands Road, London, N.13. News Editor: Miss J. Pearce, c/o Maxwell House, Chislehurst, Kent. Secretary for Great Britain Branch: Miss E. Preedy, “ Norbury,” 24, Woodlands Road, Redhill, Surrey. Miss E. M. Broomhall Mr. T. P. Welch Miss M. Hoyte Miss J. Bruce Mr. J. H. Liversidge NORTH AMERICA BRANCH Chairman: Professor L. Carrington Goodrich, 640, West 238th Street, New York City, U.S.A. Secretaries: Miss Margaret Bunting (News and Magazine) 126, Lawton Boulevard, Toronto, Ont., Canada...”