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JUNE
1967...”
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“...CHEFOO SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION
President:
REV. P. A. BRUCE
Vice-Presidents:
BISHOP F. HOUGHTON MR. H. F. JOYCE
MR. W.D.MUDDITT
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NORTH AMERICA BRANCH
Chairman: PROFESSOR L. CARRINGTON GOODRICH, 640 West 28th Street,
New York City, U. S. A.
Secretaries: MISS MARGARET BUNTING (News and Magazine) 126 Lawton Boulevard,
Toronto, Ont. , Canada
MR. WILLIAM TYLER (Membership) C. I. M. , 1058 Avenue Road, Toronto. Treasurer: MR. WALTER TYLER, 346 Byng Avenue, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada.
Chairman of Toronto Branch: MR. VIVIAN GONDER, 199 Upper Canada Drive,
Willowdale, Ontario, Canada.
IN MEMORIAM
MRS. EMILY CLINTON
1878 - 1966
Bom Emily Bailer in London, England, in the year 1878, Mrs. Clinton was the daughter of the unusually gifted C. I. M. Missionary F. W, Bailer, described by Mr. Broomhall as "that Master of the pencil". For decades his Chinese Grammar was the standard work for neophytes arriving in China.
At the time of her passing in July 1966, Mrs. Clinton was the oldest "Old Girl"...”
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“...ANNE BURGESS sent us the following newspaper account of the first Reunion to be held in Victoria, B. C. in August 1966:
(?) CHEFOOIANS REUNION
Ever heard of a Chefooian? Maybe if you lived in China the right number of years ago you will be able to come up with the answer.
Chefoo in North China was a select British boarding school a number of years ago. And the first reunion ever to be held in Victoria took place the other night at the Empress Hotel.
It was all started by Mr. Kenneth Taylor, who has recently retired as finance minister and special advisor to the Privy Council, who was coming from the east for a one-day conference at Banff.
Before coming west he wrote to Miss Anne Burgess, a former school friend from Chefoo to say that he planned a one-day visit to Victoria and how about getting some Chefooians together.
So that is what happened and there was some pretty lively and interesting talk around the dinner table as many of these people have travelled extensively.
Other old friends...”
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“...Helen, left here they were en route to Hamilton where he will take the post as professor of economics at McMaster University.
NEW ZEALAND BRANCH
Chairman: MR. FRANK RICHARDSON, 11 Quebec Road, Milford, Auckland, N. Secretary and Treasurer: MRS. MARY HOWIE (nee PREEDY), 4 Crescent Road, Epsom
Auckland.
DAVID BEARD is still in the Child Welfare Division Wellington. His 2 sons are now at Primary School.
MAYBETH CONWAY was married to Ian Roberts last December. Both teach Science at Hamilton High Schools.
DR. HOYTE recently visited New Zealand and enjoyed staying with his daughter MARY ( BROUGHTON) and RUPERT on their respective farms and meeting his grandchildren. He paid a fleeting visit and stayed one night with the HOWIE family in Auckland before flying to Singapore to visit ELIZABETH (Goldsmith) and family who are in charge of the O. M. F. language school this session.
HOWIE news: DAVID is an architect, lives in Auckland, is married and has 2 children. Mark is 3 and Brenda is lj. IVAN graduated...”
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“...also on furlough at present and soon the family will enjoy being together again
EDNA PARNHAM (NEE CLARKE)'S eldest daughter Anne is now at the Hamilton Teachers' Training College.
FRANK RICHARDSON had a Christmas card from ELIA PARADISSIS last year. Mr. Paradissis was a silk merchant (Greek) in Chefoo and the family lived in a large house overlooking the 'Rocks'. He died last year. ATHENE the sister had polio in Chefoo and was crippled. She is much better and can now walk with leg supports.
MARY STUBBS (NEE KIRK) gives news of her family - DAVID is a doctor in general practice in Birmingham and GORDON lives with him and works in a factory there. JOY and her doctor husband and family are happily settled in Canada, where Michael is in general practice. Mary's own large family are all doing well and gaining honours in the scholastic world.'
DR. KATE YOUNG is a medical missionary in the mountains of Nepal. Last September the King of Nepal visited his people in the western region where Kate...”
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REUNION: SYDNEY, NOVEMBER 1966
All arrangements were made to meet at the Nanking Cafe for a 'Chefoo Chow' The Sec. arrived early to give the order ... and found the place was dismantled.'
What could I do? Chefoo Guide training came to the fore. Another cafe, several streets away was contacted, a room reserved and a rough sketch labelled C. S. A. stuck to the old cafe's grimy window. Result ... a jolly crowd enjoyed chow and chatter in the Mandarin Cafe.
Those present: JOHN and Pat CAMERON and Robert, JEAN GARDINER,
REV. A. G MRS. (JO SODERSTROM) HAYMAN, DAVID & ROSLYN HAYMAN, FRANCES (HAYMAN) SCULLY, DR. RAY HOLLINGS, JACK PALMER, ELEANOR STURT, MR. J. YORKSTON, PAUL DAVIES, JOHN ROBINSON, FAITH LEDGARD.
TOM BINKS is now the Pastor of the Parramatta Baptist Church. We extend our sympathy to Tom and the other members of the Binks family at the home call of their Mother who assisted in the Prep School for a time.
FLORENCE (ALDERSON) BARNES was seriously injured in a car accident in January...”
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“...7.
came to Victoria for the Church of Christ Federal Conference. Fortunately he
was in Melbourne for the Chefoo Reunion.
JOHN HERBERT and his wife Marjorie have just spent a month in Perth,
W. Australia.
FAITH (HUTTON) LEDGARD received a surprise on opening a parcel from Rev. A. Hayman to find the old Prep School banner "Remember Jesus Christ" which hung in the hall for so many years.
JEAN LYONS is kept very busy in her own practice as a Chartered Secretary.
In her spare time she teaches Personnel Management at the Bendige Technical College.
MARY MATHEWS hopes to have her long service leave in 1967. She plans to be in America in July and in England in August. As she looks forward to her leave she is also hoping to contact many old Chefoo friends. ARTHUR MATHEWS and his wive are at present in Singapore in charge of the language school for the OMF, They plan to return to America via Australia in May 1967.
RUTH METCALFE is on furlough at present and is helping at the Retired Workers' home...”
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“...Leonards with our son-in-law and daughter, Stuart and Jean Goodwin.
News of the Cranstons: THOMAS CRANSTON was one of the first pupils at Chefoo. During the war he was interned in Shanghai. He died last year at the home of his son in Banbury. LILY and later her two daughters and son were all at Chefoo. MARION was killed in an air crash in Africa. MARJORIE still lives in Edinburgh.
IAN lives in Newcastle and is a well known figure with his guide dog as gaining his C. A. cost him his eyesight. WILLIE was killed in the first World War. HERBERT, who won a holiday for the school after winning the Royal Humane Society's medal for saving a pupil's life from drowning has also died. EDITH lives in New Zealand as do her daughters, Elspeth and Jean. The writer of the letter, another sister mentions her gratitude for the training and discipline received at Chefoo.
ED GLAZIER writes: Our big news for 1966 was the arrival of Karen Lynn on May 15. She was eagerly welcomed by Ruth Helen, 6 and Ronald Harvey...”
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“...both in Mission work, one in Korea and the other in S. America. JACK had also met Dr. Derek Martin whose father was in the C. I. M. and whose brother GORDON was on the Staff at Chefoo.
MORE FROM N. AMERICA
HENRY LUCE
Let us now praise famous men. Heresy in this egalitarian age with its cult of the average? But heresy or not, there is something refreshing about a man who was not average. With so much adulation given to the lowest common denominators in this day of the very common man, how pleasant now and again to find greatness. Rather nice, too, to see it in Chefoo ranks. The New York Times has trumpeted. Time, Life, Fortune, Architectural Forum, House and Home, and Sports Illustrated, Luce creations all, have each told his story. Journalists from all over the world have added their tributes. Comes the turn of Chefoo with two personal postscripts to the HENRY LUCE saga from two contemporary Chefusians. (N. Am. Secy. HMB)...”
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“...himself and what he stood for. "
Extracts from replies of Mrs. Luce to CARRINGTON GOODRICH and also to VIVIAN GONDER (on behalf of the Toronto Branch) "I wish that I could write more than this brief note to send my heartfelt thanks for your wire. Chefoo was always a vivid memory to HARRY, and the many friends he made there occupied a special niche in his heart. It is a source of great comfort to know how many have shared in spirit in my grievous loss. I hope you will be able in due time to give my thanks and good wishes to all the members of the Chefoo Schools Association for whom your kind message spoke. "
....."Memories of China and of Chefoo always had a special place in Mr. Luce's
heart and therefore messages such as yours are especially welcome. The outpouring of affectionate admiration for my dear husband has been both staggering and deeply gratifying. These and the 'happy memories' you mention, are indeed a source of great solace at this grievous time. "...”
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