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“...for us, always at hand, at our right hand, so that we should not be moved by Satan and his wiles. Let us then remember Him and put our whole trust in Him, and “ In Him ” share in His victory over Satan and sin.
If I mistake not, these things were brought constantly to our notice in the Chefoo Schools and will continue to be so as long as they exist and wherever they may be situated.
Let us praise Him for all that is past and trust Him for all that is to come.
P. A. Bruce {President of the Association)....”
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“...From Our Branch Chairmen
Dear Members of the C.S.A.
A Jubilee is an occasion for rejoicing, and so it is with our own Association—the C.S.A. As we reflect on the fifty years of our existence—not many can cover the whole period !— we can indeed thank God for the many O.C’s whose devotion and loyalty to their old schools have kept our Association alive. With members scattered all over the world, very few of whom could ever re-visit their “ Alma Mater ”, the maintenance of the C.S.A. has always presented special problems, but, in spite of several critical periods, the Association is still very much alive to-day.
However, our rejoicings cannot help being tinged with a certain measure of sorrow. Tragic circumstances in China, to many of us the land of our birth, have brought about the end of our beloved schools at Chefoo, and thus the very source from which we used to draw new members no longer exists. Nevertheless, the spirit of Chefoo still lives on in the hearts of many O.C’s: to them the...”
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“...Secretary: Miss L. Parry.
At a Committee Meeting on May 6th,
1908, it was resolved that the Association be called “ The Chefoo Schools Association ”, and this has remained unaltered throughout the fifty years. Officers were to be elected annually and the subscription for the first year was fixed at 2/6 per member.
The first issue of our magazine Chefoo was made at the end of 1908, with H. W. Hunt as Editor, and his firm as printers. Originally there were three issues annually,
but this was subsequently reduced to two, as this was found to be more satisfactory from every point of view.
The Association gradually grew until there are now branches in North America, Australia and New Zealand. The branch in China automatically closed when that country became Communist and the school buildings were commandeered.
During the war between 1915 and 1918 committee meetings lapsed somewhat, but the Association was kept alive and resumed its activities early in 1919, reunions being re-commenced on January...”
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“...others, a deep debt of gratitude for preventing the Chefoo Schools Association from becoming extinct.
At the Emergency Committee Meeting it was found that the finances of the Association were in a perilous condition, and the pre-war Treasurer having resigned, the Hon. Secretary undertook to obtain the books of Account and prepare a statement of the exact position, so that the Official Committee could give it close consideration. This took a long time to put together and it was not until October 16th, 1945, that the figures could be presented. Vigorous methods were then adopted and it is a cause of thankfulness to God that the Chefoo Schools Association has continued satisfactorily ever since.
I have refrained from mentioning names, except those of the first Committee members, but there are special people to whom the Association owes a very great deal.
It is impossible to predict what the future
holds for the Association; certainly, it looks as though there will be no “ old boys and girls...”
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“...just finished a course of air training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and about June 1, he will be transferred to Texas for flight training.
ELIZABETH (DIRK) COOPER has a son Alec, born September 1957.
Of the COULTHARD family, JOSEPHINE writes: “ In September 1957 my brother HAROLD and his wife paid us a visit in Toronto for a month. This was his second visit in the last three years after a lapse of twenty-four years. In June 1958 HUGH expects to visit the United Kingdom on a Canadian Tuberculosis Association Overseas Scholarship. This will enable him to visit many of the tuberculosis centres and to attend the British Commonwealth Conference in July; this scholarship is awarded annually in rotation to the ten provinces, so HUGH considers himself lucky (and brainy, Ed.) not only to have his expenses paid on an unexpected trip to England, but also to have three months’ leave of absence from the Toronto Hospital for Tuberculosis. While in Great Britain he hopes to look up any of his old friends from...”
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“...formation of the C.S.A. How it has grown since that small beginning ! ”
JOAN BROCK is still working in Auckland in a library which supplies books to schools in and around Auckland. She and her mother live together. LAWRENCE is still on the staff of the Medical School in Dunedin.
GORDON AND MAY CONWAY live at Hamilton, where Gordon works for the Waikato Electric Power Board. He is kept very busy in Christian work in connection with the Baptist Church. He is also Chairman of the Hamilton Missionary Association and of the local branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society. MAY is in charge of a very keen Crusader Group of 100 girls at the Hamilton Girls’ High School, where her daughter, MAYBETH, is a pupil. Recently FREDA BATTS {nee CONWAY) had letters from her old school friends, DOROTHY and CONTIE STARK.
NORAH EDWARDS is still on the staff of the Diocesan Girls’ School in Kowloon.
MRS. FUNNELL, writing recently says: “ We have been enjoying country life and are occupying a brand new modern vicarage...”
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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 D. Rouse,
36, Grovelands Road, London, N.13.
News Editor :
Miss J. Bruce,
Merry Hampton, Broad Oak, Brenchley, 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. Pearce 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...”
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