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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 *******************
IN MEMORIAM
GORDON WILBERFORCE AVISON slept his way into the presence of his Lord so peacefully on May 20, that there could be no grieving. There was a comforting memorial service in the church. The pastor told us about the witness of the life of a church member. DICK BAIRD told of GORDON'S missionary connections - the childhood in Korea, the Chefoo days, the Y. M. C. A. work in Kwang-ju; Mr. Daulton, member of the Santa Rosa Y. M. C. A. Board told about the growth of the local Y. M. C. A and GORDON'S work therein. In GORDON'S life no man was a stranger. It is amazing how wide was his circle of friends, here in Santa Rosa where he lived the last seven years, but also in Georgia, in the places where his children live, and Korea.
GORDON was one of the first 750 members of the U. S. Army Air Corps, enlisting in 1917. He always loved Chefoo, and spoke...”
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“...January 1968. Those of us who were at the Girls' School in Chefoo during 1922 and 1923 will remember her with warm affection as our Headmistress for about a year, particularly those of us who were nearing the end of our schooldays at that time. We were sometimes referred to as "the giants" as many of us were extra tall, and being very high spirited withal had been the despair of the Staff who thought with misgiving of our coming leadership.
MRS. CARR in her quiet and dignified way won our absolute loyalty with her complete trust in our potential for good. She had too the gift of ignoring her disability of deafness and easily won the respect of all with her sense of humour combined with the highest ideals.
Many who did not know her at school will remember her at the Reigate Summer Reunions. Our sympathy is with AILSA, MORRIS and EULA at this time.
CONSTANCE STARK
IN MEMORIAM
MRS. HELEN GARWOOD (nee DIX) taught at the Girls' School, Chefoo from 1912 to 1920. Some of her former pupils have kept...”
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“...during a grim period when we were cut off from the rest of the world.
M. PYLE
IN MEMORIAM
RUSSELL GRIFFITH ("BUSS") was a Chefooite by birth, as well as by education. His parents, who were members of the Canadian Presbyterian Mission in Honan, were temporarily in Chefoo following the Boxer uprising. In 1914 Russell returned to take an active part in the life and sports of the Boys'School, being a champion jumper, sprinter and tennis player. A well-remembered event was the Cake Match Final in 1918 when Russell's team played against "Chesh" Dryer's and won. The two were great friends, and now both have passed on, within a few months of each other.
On coming to Toronto in 1918, Russell matriculated from University of Toronto Schools and enrolled as a medical student at the University. This career was cut short by his father's sudden death in China, and Russell went into business. For some years he was with the firm of Clarkson and Gordon, Chartered Accountants, and in 1929 he married Beatrice...”
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“...he became executive secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Mink Breeders Association and won top prizes at live shows across Canada and the U. S. A. Since 1965 he has been managing director and this involved much work and travelling on both sides of the Atlantic. Recently he has been looking forward to retiring in order to enjoy some relaxation with Beatrice at their lovely home in Nississanga, near Toronto. That is the spot where the Griffiths entertained a large group of Chefoosians as they returned from Niagara Falls on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the C. S. A.
Russell's kindliness, good humour and ready wit won him many friends, and he will be greatly missed. He was very fond of people. Our deepest sympathy is extended to his widow, Beatrice, and to his sister Irene of London, Ontario.
H. S. C.
IN MEMORIAM
IDA PRUITT writes: "My brother, DUDLEY MC CONNELL PRUITT, known to all as Mac, who was in the Chefoo school probably from 1908 to 1914, died on June 27, 1967. "
IN MEMORIAM...”
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TORONTO CHEFOO REUNION
The annual Toronto winter reunion was held towards the end of February in our usual spacious hang out, China House. There was a near record turn out, approaching 100. Unlike the young, homogenous Calgary crowd who report for the first time in this issue, we varied in age from our guests, the "present Chefusians" of Country Acres, (the "Chefoo" hostel for Canada) to old time Chefusians senior even to this secretary. This do-it-yourself job is due to the secretary having carefully asked someone to write up the reunion, but who was it? Another mea culpa. Food, friends, and the usual do-you-remember's were up to standard. VIVIAN GONDER, our Toronto chairman, outlined plans for what has become an annual summer picnic, just a little a la Chefoo. Do you remember the Easter holidays when in order to empty the schools for spring cleaning, we were all sent off on long tramps, or the weaklings by mule litter, to picnic at the wistaria covered Bamboo Temple (Chefoo), or the...”
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“...CALGARY REUNION
March 2, 1968 marked rather an exciting event for a good number of Chefooites. The first official Chefoo reunion in Alberta was held in the spacious basement of the lovely Meller home in Calgary. Amid much laughter and excited chatter with old friends we sat down to a wonderful meal of steaming Chinese food served on two long tables. Mrs. Bromley, Mrs. Hallgren and Mrs. Meller had worked selflessly to make this evening the success it turned out to be. Credit must also go to Mr. Meller who acted as coolie - willingly running and fetching at the ladies' command.'
After the food had vanished and we had reminisced and re-reminisced we sang a few choruses. During the singing our talented and efficient master of ceremonies, ERNIE BROMLEY, went furtively about his business telling each Chefooite in turn what his part in the program to follow would be. Someone from each Chefoo school represented at the reunion then gave a report on the school as he remembered it. Half-forgotten memories...”
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“...staff Three Hills
TREVOR DOUGLAS - High school Three Hills
HEATHER DOUGLAS - High school, Three Hills
CAROL JESPERSON - Bible school, Three Hills
LINDA JESPERSON - Bible school, Three Hills
JENNIFER DUNN - Bible school,
Three Hills
FLORLI ZWEIFL - On furlough from Chefoo school, Malaysia
GRACE COOK - Bible school,
Three Hills
JOHN COOK - Bible school,
Three Hills
Mr. KNIGHTS - Ambassadors for Christ in Toronto
Mr. KNIGHTS gave a very challenging message about the 'Three Would-Be Disciples' in Luke 9. He reminded us that no matter what our natural temperament was like, if we commit ourselves totally to Christ, He could turn our lives into something that would be useful and glorifying to Him.
It was unanimously agreed that this Chefoo reunion should become an annual affair. DORTHY HALLGREN, JACK BROMLEY and MARGARET LOCKHART were appointed to arrange another reunion during 1969.
Just before the group broke up to play various games and chat informally, LINDA and CAROL JESPERSON sang a lovely duet...”
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“...research into their production, and has a truly horrifying expert knowledge of everything about them. I am sure he would be delighted to answer questions. Personally I am going to humbly ask him just what variety and when and where I should plant in my most amateur little garden. CONRAD has quite definitely the deepest and most serious knowledge of his hobby of anyone I have ever heard of,
Chefoo, or any other. A second string hobby of his, and more ordinary, is chess. CONRAD was at one time president of the Toronto Chess Club, and very nearly a professional. The chess hobby, as one may gather, started at Chefoo, but not gladioli. Remember the individual little garden plots, that uniformly produced only radishes? I wonder if CONRAD sneaked in a gladiolus. The moral of all this is, there must be other esoteric hobbies among the rest of us. LET US HAVE SOME FOR THE NEXT NUMBER, with your news item. I'll produce the second.
Personally, mine is hand weaving, I haven't bought a Christmas or a wedding...”
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“...of the book China - The Surprising Country by Myra Roper. Mr. ANDREW agrees with it on the whole, with from his wide experience a dash of scepticism here and there. Suite 4, Patricia Hotel, 345 Second Ave. N. , Saskatoon, Sask.
RICHARD H. BAIRD writes: "My brother WILLIAM M. BAIRD, jr.
(Chefoo from 1909) has left Florida and is now living at Topeka Presbyterian Manor,
471 W. Sixth Street, Topeka, Kansas 66606. I am still "chugging along" in the San Francisco Travel Office of our Mission Board. Enclosed please find my dues for 1968 and thank you for the most interesting magazine which 1 greatly enjoy. A very minor correction - in your paragraph on p. 7 of the December '67 issue, you give my years at Chefoo as 1908 - 1911. Actually I was there from 1910 - 1913. "
The S. O. S. for the address of CHARLES BUTLAND (TOBY major), in the last issue, has drawn replies. The old Mag. is a pretty good way to get addresses. VICTOR LOGAN writes: "Please tell STANLEY OLSEN that I too want to know where...”
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“...(TOBY major). Younger brother BERTRAM was kind enough to give me CHARLES'S address, so I dropped him a line and gave him up-to-date news of some Chefusians in our era. He was extremely interested, as he had almost lost touch completely with Chefoo affairs. After leaving Chefoo in 1917, he joined the Asiatic Petroleum Co in China, and was with this firm for 21 years. He left China in 1938 when war appeared imminent and internment in a Japanese prison-camp loomed up as a probability. They came to Wisconsin, U. S. A., bought a big farm, and raised children who have now grown up. CHARLES says that theirs has been a contented and happy life and he expects to stay where he is despite advancing years. He says further that he often looks back on his Chefoo school days and thinks how much he owes to them, mentioning especially FRANK McCARTHY, Principal at that time, and EBENEZER MURRAY, a distinguished M. A. and master in the Boys' School CHARLES says that he would be glad to hear from or about...”
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“...Wapato,
Wash, where he is a doctor: "I was happy to receive the issue of the Chefusian with news of many of my former class mates. I wonder if a letter from DON FISH was a result of the Chefusian articled intend to correspond with him and also with DAVID CLARKE. It is interesting to realize what a small world we are living in; also it is amazing how many graduates go into professional work, due, I am sure to our tremendous background in Chefoo. As I see my children raised in contemporary schools, I wish that they could have an education such as we had in Chefoo. "
From DAVID CLARKE: "We all went to England last summer and our girls met their cousins, aunts, and uncles for the first time that they can remember....”
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“...church in Burma. "
VERNA CROFTS: change of address from 3333 Washington Blvd, Chicago to Illinois to 1509 Twigg Street Palatka, Florida 3 077.
From JENNIFER DUNN, also written at the Calgary Reunion: " I am a junior at Prairie Bible Institute. My younger brother, DAVID, is in grade eleven in Seattle Washington. He is staying with the Walter Jespersens attending Bellevere Christian School. "
Miss RUTH ELLIOTT formerly on the staff in West China (Kiating), Kalimpong(India), Kuling, and the first "Chefoo" in the Philippines writes: "This private Baptist school in Charleston S. C. is growing and developing well. My second graders are writing original and most humourous little stories with attractive illustrations. Fun. My sister is not well, has been in the hospital but is home now, though still unable to teach. She will be out for the rest of the school year. Thanks for the wonderful mag. with so much news. I read every word. Keep it up. " (Thanks, secy. )
DONALD FISH, in a letter to BILL TYLER:...”
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“...had not seen since Chefoo days (1941). Our almost-newDodge crew-cab (four door pickup) performed excellently with plenty of room inside for the five of us, and room in the back for our tent, suitcases, camp gear, etc. My boy is almost 16, and the girls are 9|, 12 and 14 - all very helpful along the way. Herewith some of the Chefusians we met. At Waynesville, N. C. we stayed with my indirectly related aunt, DOROTHEA FOUCAR (school nurse) and Mrs. RUTH THOMAS, one of the house-mothers at Chefoo). Washington, D. C. we put in a call to ALVIN DESTERHAFT's home and talked to his wife, GRACE WOODBERRY DESTERHAFT, as he was with some boys from his church in Vienna, Va. We also saw the senior KIDDERs who had recently returned from attending their son HAROLD'S funeral in Connecticut. Baltimore, Md. we talked briefly with their son, PAUL, in a downtown parking lot on the way to Fort McHenry. At Philadelphia, Pa. , I introduced the children to one of the real old timers of Chefoo, H. E. V. ANDREWS and...”
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“...station with him, on Temple Hill, Chefoo.
Our three sons, ROBERT, CHARLES and GEORGE attended the C. I. M. school in Chefoo. ROBERT is not living now. CHARLES is principal of an elementary school in Arkansas, and teaches in that school. They have four children. Our son GEORGE has a business position in Bloomington. He is assistant Sunday School superintendent in the Presbyterian church we all attend. They have six children, all in school. My wife and I have retired, but have kept active in Christian work among Chinese and other overseas students at Indiana University here. There are around 900 full time international students at Indiana University, of which number over 140 are Chinese. There are also some Chinese professors and staff members at the university. We carry on Bible classes for Chinese students, have personal chats with overseas students and arrange Christian meetings and conferences for them.
I have been adviser for the Chinese Student Association . Thus we feel God has given...”
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“...the C. I. M. schools in Chefoo for a time. ESTHER and HARRIET married physicians, and RUTH is a nurse, a specialist for elderly folks. ESTHER and her husband, Dr. Brewer were missionaries in Chefoo, where he was a surgeon at Temple Hill Hospital.
From the JOYCE family, ROB (son of RAYMOND) writes: "After graduate, with a B. A. in English Literature from the University of Saskatchewan in 1961, attending Toronto Bible College, and obtaining an M. A. in Islamic Studies from the University of Toronto in 1966, I am now completing my second year in a Ph. D. program from the University of Toronto. My wife and I are very much enjoying our stay in France, here on the shores of the blue Mediterranean, while I pursue my thesis research at the University of Aix-Marseille (Aix-en-Provence) on the history of an Algerian tribe, the Oled Sidi Cheikh in the 19th century. We would be delighted to have a visit from any Chefusians passing here on their way to the Riviera.' We miss the Chefoo meetings and ...”
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“...and well, is in Ottawa, lecturing in cartography at the university, two children. JOY COOPER (nee KIRK) lives nearby.
Her brother, DAVID, visited them this summer from England. Another brother
GORDON is in England. Her brother ALAN adds: After 3| years in Sydney, Australia, we returned to Victoria, where I entered into partnership with an old friend to open an architectural office. We have been in business for three years and have kept busy ever since we started. Our work consists mainly of schools and residential buildings. We have been active at home in renovating a 70 year old house on a lovely piece of property here and are beginning to see the end of the heavy work, with only decorating and normal maintenance to think of. We now have five children, a dog, a cat, a canary and a sailboat on which we all went cruising last summer." Address: 1 51 Tattersall Drive, Victoria, B. C. Canada.
ROSEMARY ADENEY LUMM writes from Nurses' Christian Fellowship,
P. O. Box 2094, Manila, Philippines:...”
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“...drowning accident. Since 1965 I have been with the O. M. F. so will be home in furlough in '69 and happy to see any old classmates and friends. I enjoy very much the contacts here with the students. So far there are I. V. C. F. groups in only four schools, but the students are learning to take the initiative in their meetings, retreats etc., andit is good to see a slow but real work of the Holy Spirit in their lives. "
From BARBARA MONSM4 (nee HARLE, 6217 Park Road McLean, Virginia 22101 (suburb of Washington): "Both my parents are now dead. My mother, EDNA SMITH HARLE died in 1960 and my father in 1964. My sister BETTY is now in Harlow, Essex, England. Mrs. JOHN ACTON she is now . A friend of mine here is interested in writing a book on Chefoo. He started enquiries in a vague way and finds one contact leads to another and it's now become an obsession with him.
Would anyone having old histories and/or pictures and anecdotes mind our borrowing them? Re all this has anyone any idea where to...”
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“...21.
does this kind of thing with the vague idea of spreading culture. The opening night brought a minor Chefoo reunion. Present were VIVIAN and Mrs. GONDER, HUGH and Mrs. COULTHARD, BILL TYLER, Mrs. AVERELL ROBINSON and her son Brian and MARGARET BUNTING. The pictures were much admired and a little bird busily whispered about some interesting sales.
KATHLEEN PHILIPPS writes: "I am working as a staff nurse in the Los Angeles County General Hospital after being a public health nurse for the Los Angeles County Health department for over two years. My sister, ELIZABETH, is married and living near Vancouver, B. C. My brother, GORDON and my mother are in Longview, Texas, while GORDON is attending Le Toumeau College there. "
Extracts from a letter from BOLLING REYNOLDS to CARRINGTON GOODRICH tells of a trip to the Far East. "This time we sailed from New York to London (Queen Elizabeth), from there by Japan Air Lines to Anchorage, to Tokyo, to Seoul,to Kyoto, to Honolulu and home. Quite a trip...”
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“...as a high school teacher in the Australian school system, married and is at present living in the U. S. Darien, Conn. Bill Graham her husband is an engineer with I. B. M. and is now gaining experience overseas. CATHERINE and Bill have four lovely girls and one boy. Their address is 11 Silver Lakes Drive, Darien,
Conn. 06 0.
FRED WHITTLESEY Morgantown West Virginia U. S. A. writes: Have only seen my sister and brothers, no other Chefusians. Must say that there was an error in "Parent Comes to Chefoo" - the last stanza 'Oxfords are forgotten',...”
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“...under the O. M. F. Will be in Toronto for April and sail from San Francisco May 3 for the Philippines, where I shall be hostess at the O. M. F. Vacation Home in Naguio City for the first year. "
Past and present in Ivyland, Pa. the American "Chefoo" from MAYBETH JUDD GRAY. "The family you once knew is here no longer except for special vacations and visits and then never all at the same time. Our first high school graduate married a little over a year ago, and is making her home a haven for lonely and confused young people . She and her husband A1 MORAN are a wonderful couple. RUTH TOLIVER has been married for almost two years, and is happily settled in Tennessee. Her two brothers are continuing to cover themselves with scholastic glory in various schools, and SYLVIA the second in the family is training as a lab technician in a big hospital near us. KATHY is the only one left of that family here, and she is deep in college entrance exams, books, catalogs and dreams, a sure sign that this is...”
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