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“...President: REV. P. A. BRUCE Vice-Presidents: BISHOP F. HOUGHTON MR. H. F. JOYCE MR. W. D. MUDDITT MR. CARRINGTON GOODRICH MISS E. M. BROOMHALL A A* ******** A*#:*^* IN MEMORIAM George Findlay Andrew Edna Burkwall Hallin Ford Miss M. Pyle Mrs. Arthur Taylor Lillian Tomkinson Miss Eveline Wallis To the families and friends of each of the above the Association extends sympathy. GEORGE FINDLAY ANDREW (1887-1971) O.B.E. George Andrew attended the Chefoo Schools in the last century. While serving as a missionary in North West China, George did a great work in famine relief, in one of China’s serious periodic famines. He was on the Boys' School Staff from 1925-1927. He spent most of his life in China and other parts of Asia. In his later years, before he retired 12 years ago in Saska- 1...”
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“...toon, his knowledge of Asia was put to work in the shipping business (Butterfield and Swire), in the British Embassy in Chungking, in the United Nations' International Refuge Organization in Shanghai, and by education departments in Hong Kong and Malaya. EDNA BURKWALL (in Chefoo 1911-1919) Edna Burkwall died in Kansas City, Mo. in September 1970. Only a few months earlier that year she had had a very happy visit with VERNA CROFTS in Palatka, Florida. HALLIN FORD (1899-1971) Those of us who were in Chefoo in the pre-Memorial Hall days remember often gazing (during Sunday services.') on the 'Oxford Honours' boards. In the First Class Honours List for the 'Senior Oxfords' in 1915 was the name of HALLIN FORD. From an obituary in the Victoria Daily Times headed 'Veteran Airman Dies' we learn of his varied accomplishments and interests after he left Chefoo.He served in the British Army in World War I, and for the duration of World War II with the Canadian Forces first in the Pacific Command and...”
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“...subjects were basic and her teaching mostly in the lower school. She came straight from Teacher Training College and made quite a sensation with her short gym tunic which she wore when teaching "drill". About three or four years after she went to Chefoo, her fiance was drowned in the Yangtse while saving the life of a Chinese man. The way MISS PYLE accepted this very great sorrow made its mark on the girls, and it was probably from that time she became "wedded" to Chefoo. The tendency in looking back is to think of Chefoo as a quiet place, but MISS PYLE’S years there were punctuated with the Revolution (1911-12), the overnight changes in local government under one war lord or another, with sporadic shooting and shouting (late 20’s), the filling up of Chefoo with missionaries from up-country in the first Communist threat (1927), the gradual invasion and take-over of N.E. China by the Japanese (1938-42) culminating in three years of internment at Temple Hill and Weihsien. Through all this the impression...”
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“...forget hearing two boy sopranos, who'd been trained by Mrs. Taylor singing on the B.S. Exhibition Day 'Where the Bee Sucks...'? Later one of these small boys, HENRY GUINNESS, became her son-in-law, and the other, VIVIAN GONDER, is Chairman of the Toronto Branch of the Chefoo Schools Association. Mrs. Taylor's gifts were not only in music. Even to those with little mathematical bent she got across some meaning to certain Algebraical formulas (or 'formulae'?). And she had poetic gifts too. 'Parent Comes to Chefoo' came from her pen. (Younger 'Chefusians' see the December 1967 CHEFOO magazine) After leaving CHEFOO and China in the late 1920’s Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Taylor served for many years on the Home Staff of the CIM in Glasgow. After Mr. Taylor's death MRS. TAYLOR made her home at first with her son COWELL in the U.S.A., later with MARY and HENRY GUINNESS who also were for several years CIM-OMF 4...”
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“...her life. LILLIAN TOMKINSON Though born in England, LILY's earliest memories were of her home in Ninghai (Mowping), then San Lane in Chefoo and after 1939 England. Each generation of Chefusians became known to LILY and DAISY through reunions and the Chefoo magazines, though for the last few years, a fractured hip with lameness after long stays in hospital prevented her from attending reunions. Life was not easy. First DAISY had to find ways of earning a living without leaving LILY. Then when living in one room, LILY rose wonderfully to the need. She cared for DAISY and proved unexpectedly able to cope. Later AMY WILSON found a place for the sisters in her Kendal home in Tunbridge Wells. DAISY had always heard that after she died LILY would be "put into a home and forgotten", but first friends found her a private home, from which she was able to visit her Chefoo friends, which she so much enjoyed. Then she was received into an ’Eventide Home' run by the Salvation Army. After a long, happy stay...”
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“...IRENE on the death of Mrs. King's sister, Miss Eva Wallis. MISS WALLIS spent nearly forty years in China working mostly in Honan and Anhwei. During the evacuation of 1927 MISS WALLIS came to Chefoo where she spent two years. While there, she taught Music in both the Boys' School and the Girls' School. MISS WALLIS was "called Home" on August 21, 1971. ************************************ NEWS FROM THE CURRENT CHEFOO SCHOOLS We have received 'Thank You' letters for the money gifts sent by the North American Branch to the Schools. MISS CYNTHIA GOODALL, on the Staff of the 100 pupil 'Chefoo' in Malaysia wrote that their gift was used to buy books and equipment for the School Library. We are sorry that space does not allow us to quote verbatim the delightful joint letter from the 12 pupils of the Chefoo School in Baguio (Philippines), where MARY NICOLL teaches, thanking us for the Lego set which they bought with the money we sent. 'Foundation Day' 1971 KARI (TORJESEN) MALCOLM was holidaying...”
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“...After much buzzing and conversation, MARGARET DICKSON on the staff of the present Chefoo School in Japan, showed us slides, bringing us to-to-date with the Chefoo School of today. Several Chefusians from other continents were present including GRACE (TAYLOR) HARRIS from Toronto and MARGIE (HOWIE) LLOYD and her husband from New Zealand. MISS PYLE had greatly looked forward to coming to the Reunion, but on arrival was not feeling well enough to join us, so one at a time, those of us who wished, were able to spend a few minutes with her. Little did we know that this was to be her last outing, for three days later she went to be with her Lord Whom she had served so faithfully. Yes, another Reunion had taken place. What makes us come each year? The common bond of Chefoo with all its precious memories and its opportunities to renew old friendships and forge new links. May there be many more. D.A.S. Those present at the Reunion z PETER BAZIRE, GRACE J. HARRIS, MARY A. BRUCE (nee CRANSTON), DORIS...”
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“...GREAT BRITAIN NEWS FROM MAXWELL HOUSE:- This has been a year of changes for us all. MR. & MRS GAUSSEN retired at the beginning of August after 19 years as house-parents and having under their care during that time 62 children. REV. ROY AND MARY DOREY have come from work with Dr. Barnados’ Children's Homes. We have a new bunch of younger children and the place is livelier than ever. As a farewell to the GAUSSENS we held a 'Kuling-Chefoo-Maxwell House' week-end when 44 boys and girls plus families came. It was a time of fun and laughter As one person was heard to remark - "You would never know7 that some of us had not met before or that we had been away for so long. We are just one family all rolled into one." It culminated in 'This is Your Life depicting (??) the GAUSSENS through the years. There had been no time for rehearsal and it was so amusing and impromptu that there was no chance for sadness. Those present included ANNE AND HELEN LEA, CHRISTOPHER ROWE, JOHN, JEAN AND ELIZABETH PEARCE...”
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“...there was a West China picnic at which we met several old friends of the United Church of Canada Mission. Of our children, our oldest died while at the Prep in March 1935 at the age of 8. MARY who was at Chefoo at school from 1934 to 1940 is now MRS. M. GEE. Her husband is vicar of Brimscombe near Strood. They have four children, the youngest, half Jamaican, is adopted. BETH who was in Chefoo from the age of 1 to 4 is now a doctor in the school Health Service in Toronto. She is married to MR. W. G. LEACH and they have two small children. JOHN who was born in Chefoo is now Sales Manager of the Precious Metals & Metallurgical Division of Johnson Matthey and Mallory in Toronto. He was married in 1959, the same year as MARY, and he has two daughters and a son. MARGARET, who was also born in Chefoo, is now a missionary with the South American Missionary Society and a Headmistress of the St. Paul's School Vina Del Mar in Chile. The earthquake in July,7.5 on the Richter-scale, did so much damage that...”
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“...have to be demolished. The school which had about 230 children is now carrying on in two shifts using all available accommodation: the first shift ffom 8 to 1:30, and the second from 1:45 to 6:30 - very exhausting physically and nervously. Our youngest son BERTIE has no direct connections with Chefoo. While we were in Toronto, my wife flew down to the States to take part in the 50th reunion of her class at Vassar. I have recently been trying, with but moderate success, to relearn my Chinese and help one or two students by showing them my photos of China. I get great pleasure out of it, though as we left China in 1944, and I didn’t try to keep up my Chinese while in Wiltshire, I have forgotten much of what I once knew. But it is great fun trying to learn it again, even if having reached threescore years and ten one’s memory is not very good. There is the added problem of getting used to the abbreviated characters which are now standard for anything published on the mainland. But getting...”
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“...SYLVIA (BLACK) HALPERN is interested in pottery and she, with other potters run the 'POTTERS' COTTAGE'. Their exhibits are displayed and visitors are encouraged to buy. MARJORIE (BLACK) STEVENSON lives in the same area as SYLVIA, in Melbourne. ALAN BOXER is a lecturer in Economics at Melbourne University and is leaving in December 1971 for overseas for a year's study leave. Some of the period will be spent in London. ALAN is a keen art collector. CAROL BUDGE - who attended the Cameron Highlands 'Chefoo' - is doing second last year at Teacher's College. JACK BURGESS had a visit from BEA (SIBLEY) ANDERS and her husband (from the U.S.A.). JACK drove them to Healesville Sanctuary where they saw the animals peculiar to Australia. IRENE (BURGESS) MITCHELL still enjoys 'Timbertops' where her husband is Headmaster. They have bought a farm for their retirement. KEITH BUTLER - 45 Weybride St., Surrey Hills, Victoria 3127 - and his wife VAL have three daughters. He 14...”
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“...Highlands ’Chefoo' 1954-1956) is a woolclasser. He married Felicity Eagles in May 1971. JIM CUNNINGHAM lives in Sydney with his wife and 3 daughters. He is a partner in an Engineering firm specializing in providing electrical services for new buildings., such as the QANTAS building in Sydney. JIM has visited the U.K. and the U.S.A. in the last 2 years. PAUL DAVIES says he is now retired and no longer works for a living, but feels as fit as ever. His sister, KATHLEEN (MOORE) plans a visit to the U.S. and Canada in April 1972 and while in Toronto will stay with MARGARET BUNTING (126 Lawton Blvd., Toronto 7) RUTH (DRAFFIN) SEARLE - 3/27 Weir Street, Balwyn, Vic. 3103 lives with her son KEITH (in the Japan 'Chefoo' 1956-57) in a small compact unit, nursing full time at Frances Perry House, the intermediate floors of the Royal Women's Hospital. Son KEITH works for the County Court. Brother KEITH is coming over from Canada for a month's visit in December 1972. GWEN (SEARLE) RAE (Chefoo 1947-1953...”
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“...VERN DPAFFIN - 1926-1934 (70 Alexandra Street, Greenborough, Vic. 3088), who left Chefoo after 3rd Form, was surprised that JOE LIVERSIDGE when visiting Melbourne over 10 years ago did not remember VERN, though they were once in a four bed dorm together. VERN is a still photographer at Commonwealth Serum Laboratories. He recently supplied illustrations for an article in the Medical Journal on the blue ringed octopus, the bite of which can be fatal if not treated immediately . ELSIE EDGAR is still Matron of the Paton Memorial Hospital, Vila, New Hebrides. An extract from a recent letter: "Did you hear about our earthquake - force 7.4? I believe a lot of damage was done, not here, but in the other township in Santo. We haven't had a great big one for ages. We're right on the seismic line and you have only to fly over this island and see the terrible chasms and sheer sides of hills where the rest has fallen off, to know what is possible. Our little island is said to be the plug of an old volcano...”
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“...MR. CYRIL EDWARDS, their Father (Chefoo 1928-29) edits the Australian edition of East Asia Millions. ERIC EMBERY - 26 Booran Ave., Melbourne, Vic. 3150, has two children still at home, but several married, and he now has 8 grandchildren. Favourite pastimes are still tennis and touring on holiday whenever possible. Recently, during an Australian winter, he went to Cooma and relived Chefoo experiences by toboganning down snow slopes...'no hold up for nubs either'... DORIS EMBERY has a short furlough, but has now returned to Hong Kong for another term of service with the OMF. WYN, her sister, spent her holidays with DORIS and then returned to Taiwan, also with OMF. ALEC ENTWISTLE, who left Chefoo in 1917, now the last of the ENTWISTLES, is retired and busy with a variety of jobs. He has fully recovered from his illness of a few years ago. The highlight of each week is a visit from his 3-year-old granddaughter. JEAN GARDINER has been with the Leprosy Mission for the past 4 1/2 years, the last...”
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“...land Hostel in the U.S.A., and now the two younger boys are at the CHEFOO School in BAGUIO, Philippines. DAVID HAYMAN has been Field Director of the O.M.F. work in Japan and South Korea. He and his family ..five lively boys..will be home on furlough in Australia by the time this issue of the Chefoo magazine is in print. ANDREW HAYMAN'S younger daughter, MARION, caused concern when for some months she entirely lost her voice, but she has now recovered. FRANCES (HAYMAN) SCULLY is busy as private secretary to the Director of Religious Education in the Sydney Diocese, and is active in Sunday School work. BEN HAYMAN and his wife, NORMA, are enjoying their two adopted children. BEN has an important position with a leading Customs firm "I am sure" writes FAITH LEDGARD, "we would all like to extend our sympathy to JOSEPHINE (SODESTROM) HAYMAN and the family in the passing of their husband and father after a short illness. MR. HAYMAN had been retired for some years but was very fully occupied in...”
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“...enjoyed having GERALDINE and HANSARD staying with her in Perth last year. GERALDINE was on a lecture tour of Australia. MARY MATHEWS, 524 Burwood Road, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, has retired from the Education Department and is doing voluntary work with the Social Welfare Department. RUTH METCALF is Matron of the O.M.F. Retired Workers Home in Kew. FRANK MOORE is a teacher at Carey Baptist Grammar School for boys. His brother RAY is a Baptist minister. His father PERCY MOORE, ex-School Captain at Chefoo, is retired and lives at the O.M.F. Missionary Home in Kew, Victoria. We are sorry to hear of PERCY having suffered a stroke in late November (1971). JENNY (PEDERSON) LAMOND is busy in her work with remedial teaching. She often travels to country towns to give lectures and advice to parents of retarded children. 19...”
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“...is working with Scripture Union in Sydney. He quite often sees PRISCILLA (FISH) LUMSDEN who also lives in Sydney. PRISCILLA'S address is 79 Woronora Crescent, Como, N.S.W. 2226 SANDI ROBINSON (MR. JUSTICE ROBINSON) was appointed Judge of the Commonwealth Arbitration Commission in August 1970, after a successful career as the Employers' Advocate in the Industrial Court Jurisdiction. Soon after his appointment, a news-hound's interview with SANDI was published in a daily newspaper. His time at Chefoo was a prominent feature. PETER ROBINSON is a Secretary of a Transport Company. JOYCE (TRUDINGER) MacLEOD had visited Skye with her husband, a Presbyterian Minister, while on long service leave. DAME FLORA MacLEOD, aged 92, had invited them to a picnic to see the castle. JOYCE'S husband's father was MacLeod Chieftain in Victoria. They also visited Norlinger, the ancestral home of the TRUDINGERS in Germany. 20...”
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“...(WEBSTER) CORDEN had an evening for DORIS EMBERY'S Chefoo contemporaries when DORIS was on her short furlough in Australia. DORIS showed slides of Chefooites in England, and of her holiday (in 1970) with WYN in Taiwan. Those present were MARY MATHEWS, DORIS (ANDERSON) HOGARTH, RUTH (DRAFFIN) SEARLE, VERA (DRAFFIN) STOTT, DORIS (JAMIESON) NORMAN, CHRISTINE (PORTEOUS) CALCUTT, SYLVIA (BLACK) HALPERN, MARJORIE (BLACK) STEVENSON, CONNIE (WEBSTER) CORDEN and KITTY (WATERS) EDGAR. Yet another Chefoo Reunion was held in CONNIE'S home in November 1971, when 22 were present (but we have no record yet of who they were). PETER ROBINSON writes on Nov. 8th, "I attended a Chefoo Reunion at CONNIE (WEBSTER) CORDEN'S last Friday evening, 5th November, with the express purpose of finding out why there is so seldom any Australian news in the Chefoo magazine." S' I CHEFOO SONGS PLEASE send us (1058 Avenue Road, Toronto 12, Ontario) if you can:- The MUSIC for Chefoo songs, the words of which have appeared in former...”
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“...not co-operate so we wandered around, then went to the Gonders' house. Their youngest daughter and her husband, recently married, kindly served us tea and we ate our sandwiches while looking out on the lake. The boat party returned and others came to the house, and while MRS. GONDER served tea, the typical Chefoo chin-wagging (or was it gas-bagging at Chefoo?) began in earnest. ELSA LOGAN kept us in stitches as she recalled old and even new-to-us stories of our school days. DR. HUGH COULTHARD produced some very ancient photos of Chefoo boys, from China days. Pointing to a boy in one of the groups, a 'girl' present remarked "He was spifflicatingly handsome, wasn't he? The hero of all us girls." We identified most of them I believe and heard of daring deeds (which the staff may have thought devilish) perpetrated by one or another. 23...”
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“...together; also the good food especially as it was preceded by the giving of thanks led by VIVIAN GONDER in the words of "Lord of all power and might, Who art the Author and Giver of all good things ..." Everyone appeared to enjoy the get-together, and it was remarked that it had been a satisfying day. Conversation on the return trip was not quite so animated - guess we were healthily tired. Some joined in singing the great hymns memorized at Chefoo which over the years have become real in our experience. So we sped home along the highway, happy in the Chefoo bond which we trust will never be broken. Our very real thanks go to VIVIAN and DORIS GONDER, BILL TYLER and ISABEL TAYLOR for all the ’behind the scene' work involved in planning this day for us. E.C.W. Chefusians present were:- MARGARET BUNTING, HUGH COULTHARD, ’TI-TI’ COULTHARD, LILY (GRAINGER) FRIER, VIVIAN GONDER, MRS. HANNA, BRUCE HANNA, GRACE (TAYLOR) HARRIS, JESSIE JENNINGS, CLARENCE LAGERQUIST, CONRAD LAGERQUIST, EVELYN (LAGERQUIST)...”