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“...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 having with us for the evening, Miss Norah Edwards, from the Diocesan Girls’ School in Kowloon, who is at present home on leave in New Zealand. After the film, Norah gave us a very interesting and informative talk on her work in Kowloon and also of her recent visit to Peking. She very ably answered the many questions which we put to her.
After a brief business...”
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“...get married in early March.” Jean is due to take her Nursing Finals in February 1959, and would value prayers.
ELVA COOK is Schools Meals Organizer at Eastbourne and leads a very busy life. This last summer nearly all the school canteens had to be re-organized. This meant the planning of new premises and the ordering of large-scale equipment, as well as staffing problems. She runs the Junior Christian Endeavour at one of the local Baptist Churches.
ARTHUR COOK is at present a medical specialist in a Military Hospital in Northern Malaya. He is kept very busy and flies to Penang once a week for a clinic. He is just completing his three year far eastern tour, and although he has enjoyed some of his time out there, he finds the climate rather trying. He is now a Major.
WINIFRED COOK is at a Classifying School where girls come who are awaiting entry into Approved Schools. All of them have been in the Juvenile Courts, having committed various offences. They spend six weeks here, where each girl...”
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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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“...Michell (New Zealand Home Director of the C.I.M.), STAN CONWAY (Secretary of the Church), and Margaret’s father were heard. David and Margaret
are going to work in Rawang, N.W. Malaya.
NORAH EDWARDS. Norah is at present on leave from Kowloon, where she is on the staff of the Diocesan Girls’ School. She is responsible for all the music in the school, ranging from hymns to opera. There is a four-part choir consisting of girls and boys from the two diocesan schools. Norah herself has compiled the hymn-book now used in the six English speaking schools in the colony. At present a new seven-storey building is under construction and next year will be opened to admit one thousand girls, of which about twenty-five per cent will be boarders. The teaching is done in English and includes Arts, Science and Chinese. The majority of the children are Chinese, some are Eurasian, and a few are European. Most of the staff are from the homelands, the rest are local Chinese. The children are from Buddhist, Moslem...”
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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...”
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