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“...Vice-Presidents:
MISS E. M. BROOMHALL MR. H. F. JOYCE
MR. CARRINGTON GOODRICH MR. W. D. MUDDITT
IN MEMORIAM
REV. P. A. BRUCE, Headmaster of the Chefoo School, 1930-1945, and then President of the Chefoo Schools Association, was ’promoted to Glory' on May 15, 1973. The December 1973 issue of the magazine will have a fitting tribute to him.
The Association extends sympathy to his family and friends and to the family and friends of the following:
GRACE (ANDREWS) BABCOCK
MRS. J. 0. FRASER
RACHEL (MILLER) MARRIOT
MISS BEATRICE RIDGE
MISS G. M. UNWIN
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“...IN MEMORIAM
GRACE (ANDREWS) BABCOCK
Her sister DR. EDITH ANDREWS (Chefoo 1933-1938) wrote: "On Jan. 14, 1973, after a brief illness, GRACE (ANDREWS) BABCOCK (Chefoo prior to 1926) died following cancer surgery. Although grateful that she did not have a lengthy illness, her death came as quick a shock. EGBERT (Chefoo 1916-1927), his wife, and my other sister HENRIETTA, all were home on leave, but had not been able to see GRACE as she became critically ill so rapidly."
MRS. J. 0. FRASER
"Perhaps there is not a very large number of Chefu-sians who remember MRS. FRASER in the classroom at Chefoo, where she taught for a short period before the internment of 1942-1945. But some will recall the little one-roomed house in the Weihsien compound where she lived near the coal dust "main" street that led to the gates closed to us until August 1945 Do you remember scrubbing sheets with her in the Wei hsien laundry?! For those who knew and loved her well, ROXIE FRASER’S death on December 28th, 1972 has...”
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“...reasons to go to China herself as a missionary she served many years in the offices of the CIM at Newington Green, as secretary to Mr. J. B. Martin and later the Rev. Norman Pateman, whose duties included helping Chefoo boys and girls, when they first came to Britain, in any way possible. Mr. Pateman writes of how MISS RIDGE herself took the liveliest personal interest in each one of these young Chefusians, an interest which she maintained to the end. She became a member of the Chefoo Schools Association.
MISS G. M. UNWIN (1878-1972)
Those of us who were pupils in the Prep School while MISS UNWIN was on the Staff (1909-1915) have the happiest memories of her as a teacher. (For some of us these have been revived through seeing her ’Transition Work Reports’ book, which is now in the Chefoo 'Archives').. ROBERT LOOSLEY writes of MISS UNWIN as a skilful, understanding nurse, "Once, while I was in an isolation ward with some exotic disease (I was in a coma for more than a week) I was under MISS UNWIN'S...”
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“...an eye on those ’two old ladies’- I needed to do so, for they attempted excursions that could have daunted the courage of people half their age. They accepted my colleague and me (candidates for service with the OMF) as younger workers for whom they should have a special concern - thus a friendship developed which was surely of the Lord. ... After that one seven year term of service in Chefoo, MISS UNWIN remained in England for family reasons and taught school in Wantage, probably in the small local school of which her father had been the Headmaster. Later she made a home for her former principal at Chefoo - MISS BLACKMORE (of slipper fame!) and soon after MISS BLACKMORE’s death MISS UNWIN came to Cornford House where she quickly adapted to communal living, always ready alike for menial tasks and taking her turn at the piano. Beneath her quiet demeanour was a keen sense of humour - there was often a twinkle in her eye. (How those of us who were not in Britain loved receiving her letters...”
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“...working in the garden and in general maintenance with my own and friends’ houses, and also at the Church organizing working bees etc.
MRS. BEATRICE LACK - Staff - B.S. 1939-1945 - Retired - went to England May through August 1972.. Stayed with HENRY - visited HANSARD - Went to Tunbridge Wells and saw dear 'PA' BRUCE and MISS BROOMHALL -Met DORIS EMBERY in Hong Kong.
(PETER ROBINSON writes of MRS. LACK's book called 'In Simple Trust': "There is a good deal about the last few months of the original Chefoo Schools before the internment in it... Others may be interested in reading it.. Perhaps there are other pub-
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“...lications on Chefoo and we could start up a lending library ...")
HERBERT McINTYRE (1912-1924) - was a missionary with the CIM 1931-1939, has been in Baptist Ministry in Queensland since 1943, retiring December 31st, 1972 to live at 34 Wellington St., Manly, Queensland 4179. He would welcome correspondence with old school mates.
RUTH METCALF (1930-1941) - is the Supervisor of the O.M.F. Retired Workers Home 'Cherith' (in Melbourne)
AMY (MRS. PERCY) MOORE - I have a single unit (bedsitter and kitchen) at the O.M.F. Melbourne and use it as a base, but spend time visiting RAY, ALAN and FRANK and families and have opportunities for leading Bible study groups. My daughter DOROTHY and her husband David Stephens and their two little girls came out from England for three months visit in 1972 and I expect to go to England in May 1973 for a return visit.
The main feature of the Reunion in Melbourne on Oct. 13, 1972 was a slide-show of the Cameron Highlands (Malaysia) 'Chefoo’ by Mr. David Parker...”
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“...suggested that we divide into two groups in order to make tape recordings of impressions of life in Che-foo.
One group included people from 1901 (MRS. FRANK PARRY) to those who left in about 1920. The other one consisted of those who were in Chefoo at a later date.
We older ones, led by HOWARD JOYCE, had a somewhat hilarious time reminiscencing. He reminded us of the bands of War Arrows and J.R.s (Jolly Rogers). How thrilled we girls were if on our daily walk we came upon these factions hiding in ambush and making war on each other. In fact some of us had been pressed into sewing the emblems on their flags.
The bubonic plague in 1910-1911 was remembered when the Southerners couldn’t return to school and had lessons in the Shanghai Compound. Those left in Chefoo for the holidays had tales to tell of how only the servants had been allowed out on the streets wearing masks. One small girl on passing the "Eau de Cologne Valley" for the first time, and not having heard of the silkworn industry, was...”
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“...made at the Reunion are being sent, as requested, to Canada where they are making a collection of Chefoo History to join the archives. So the contributions of GORDON MARTIN and INA LUCIA about boating picnics and MARGARET WELLER’s memories of winter holidays, sledging, "Hoggie-doggies" and the traditional walk to 3rd Beach after Christmas dinner will have been preserved.
DORIS EMBERY then showed us colourful slides of life in Hongkong and of Chefusians she had met on her travels.
As is our custom at our reunions, we sang together the 23rd Psalm and that lovely collect "Lord of all Power and Might who art the Author and Giver of all good things". We all agreed how well the staff had emphasized the truth of the G.S. motto "Fons Sapientiae Verbum Dei" at our Sunday services. How important too they felt it to widen our interests by those Monday evening lectures and concerts.
A very pleasant get-together was concluded by a delicious tea of home-made cakes provided by JEAN PEARCE and GILLIAN...”
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“...NEWS FROM GREAT BRITAIN
CONNIE ALLEN (nee Greening) (Chefoo 1913-1919) and her husband are now retired from work overseas with the English Baptist Mission and live at 40 Knighton Church Road, Leicester. Her husband has charge of a small Church in the Leicester District. Their two daughters are married and live in the same area; the husband of one is an Anglican clergyman and will be moving shortly to the Diocese of Worcester.
JANET GREENING still lives in Lyndhurst. One of Eleanor's (GREENING) daughters is married to a Frenchman, the headmaster of a school in Rouen, and she has four bi-lingual children.
MALI (WILLIAMSON) BROWNE (Chefoo 1919-27) writes from 16, Bridgefield Road, Sutton, Surrey. During 1972 her husband Stanley had, as usual, been on several trips but twice MALI had been able to travel with him. She says: "Most of Stanley's trips are concerned with leprosy - advising governments and voluntary agencies, conducting seminars, lecturing to doctors and medical students, preaching"...”
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“...tour ended with a Mission to students and staff at C.M.C., Vellore. She continues: "Over in Canada in July at the International Conference of Christian Physicians we stayed with VIVIAN GONDER and his wife at Canadian Keswick - and again talked of Chefoo.
My husband is now President of I.C.C.P. for three years." More news from MALI is that MRS. ELSE (JACOBSEN) HARDING from Ellison Bay, Wisconsin was over in England in October and stayed for a week with MALI'S sister MRS. EVELYN (WILLIAMSON) EBDON (Chefoo 1930-1936) at Sutton, Surrey, She also visited JEAN (LANDSBOROUGH) LEARNER.
ELSPETH (WILLS) CHRISTOPHER and her husband have been in Salford 7 years. (96 Doveleys Road, Salford M6 8QW). He is minister of a Congregational Church near the Docks. It is a busy and interesting life as he is also Hospital Chaplain and Chaplain in Salford University. ELSPETH and her sister FREDA SHIPWAY visited MAY HARDING one day when FREDA was staying with her. JANET GREENING was another visitor. ELSPETH's family...”
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“...Neil has been accepted with the Civil Service to work in the Scottish office. George and Margaret have two children, a girl and a boy but, unfortunately, live too far away for their grandparents to have them around!
MONICA PRIESTMAN (Sandals, Mayfield, Sussex) writes of meeting MARJORIE TULL from Toronto last summer.
It was possible for BEA and DOROTHY STARK, MARJORIE and MONICA to meet at Cornford House, Pembury where Miss LILLIAN FLETCHER is the Matron. MISS FLETCHER was at the Hospital at Chefoo for several years. It was a most enjoyable meeting! MARJORIE stayed with the STARKS in Tunbridge Wells.
MRS. ROBERTSON of 160 Forest Road, Loughton, Essex tells us that her older daughter, KATHERINE has recently changed her job and is working in Melbourne.
Last September JENNY (LIDDELL) SOMERVELL (46 Kirk-brae, Edinburgh EH16 6HT) spent 3 weeks in Rumania where her daughter, Rosemary, is secretary to the British ambassador in Bucharest - ’a large city', writes JENNY, ’with some main broad tree-lined...”
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“...home for a visit this year. His older daughter has just qualified as a doctor and the younger is train ing as a nurse after gaining her B.Sc.
MARY WELLER enjoys her work as School Nurse at Nanae Chefoo School and her letters are full of amusing anecdotes about missionary kids. She has had encouragement in her contacts with Japanese nurses and patients at the local Sanatorium. MARGARET WELLER still cares for OMF retired workers at Cornford House, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4Q5. So she meets lots of Chefusians who come to see their parents.
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“...Park Dr., Toronto, Ontario, M4H 1L7.
WANTED: Audio-Visual Material
for Chefoo 'Archives'
VISUAL - Please send us any duplicate (or unwanted) school pictures (photographs) giving date and names if possible. We are planning to make 4 loose-leaf Albums, one each for the 'P.S.', 'G.S.', and 'B.S.', and another for the Post-World-War-II Chefoo's.
AUDIO - (i.e. Tape-recordings of Chefoo reminiscences)
JOE DUNLAP and others in New York City have already done some work on this.. We've begun a 'tape' library here (1058 Avenue Road, Toronto), with a recording sent us from England after the January 1973 Reunion. On one side are reminiscences of the 30's by a group of that era. On the 2nd side AGNES CLARKE and MARJORY BROOMHALL record, in lively fashion, much earlier memories, and then MARJORY gives a resume of later 'Chefoo' History up to the present. We are glad to have a copy of the cassette tape made for the 'Kuling-Chefoo' reunion in Melbourne (June
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“...1972) ..
So send us - (Chefoo Schools Association, 1058 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5N 2C6) - as well as those pictures - a recording of your Chefoo reminiscences, either in a group, or in dialogue, or monologue!
BEN ADAMS (1910-1914)- 523 Cresap St., Apt. 3, Lakeland, Fla. 33803 - Congratulations to BEN and his wife Phyllis on their Golden Wedding anniversary May 26, 1973.
ARTHUR B. ALLEN & DOROTHEA (FOUCAR) ALLEN (1903 -1915) -"Last summer we took our annual trip north to visit our folks in Ontario. We were sorry not to be able to fit in the Toronto Chefoo Reunion. The focal point, however, was to visit our daughter, ROSALINE (Ruling 1948-1951), her husband Fred STOEHR and their first-born, Annette Marie, in their home at 1597 Cherrylawn, Windsor, 21, Ontario. Recently we enjoyed a short visit from JIM HARRISON (Chefoo c. 1937-1945) and family as they were on their way from Oregon to visit their folks here in the East, some in Lancaster, Pa. His sister MARGERY (HARRISON) JACKSON...”
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“...Philadelphia, Pa. 19144 - "Dad at 95 is still keen at dominoes and Mother at almost 93 keeps remarkably well." (Those who attended Chefoo School in the 30's will remember MR. AND MRS. ANDREWS on the School Staff, MR. ANDREWS as Secretary for the Schools, and MRS. ANDREWS as teacher.)
RICHARD H. BAIRD (1910-1913) - 2918 B Regent St., Berkeley, California 94705 - "I am continuing as manager of the Berkeley Presbyterian Missionary Homes in which I am now living. At present we have missionaries - of many different boards - from Korea, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong. ... This year we spent a very interesting evening with JOHN CROFTS and his wife who came from Chicago to visit relatives. About a month ago we had a perfectly fascinating evening with ALFRED CROFTS and his wife. ALFRED showed pictures of his recent trip to China including some actually of Chefoo."
ROSEMARY BAKER (1927-1937) - 1154 Islington Ave., Toronto, Ont. M8Z 4G5) - "My nephew Brian (FAITH's son) was married in...”
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“...memorable of all were visits with Chefoo friends, including a special Reunion of 14 : (MARGARET BUNTING, AILSA CARR, DORIS BRISCOE, DORIS EMBERY, KATHIE (JUDD) LYALL, ELVA (COOK) NICHOLSON, ARTHUR AND Yvonne PARRY, JEAN PEARCE, MRS. AVERELL ROBINSON, OLIVE AND DORIS ROUSE, DOROTHY (KIRK) WALDRAM) at a Chinese Restaurant, "in Buckingham Palace Road, no less", says MARGARET. "Our score was not too bad, guessing who was who 40 years on.. Then there were overnight stays first with AILSA CARR, my classmate all through Ruling Prep, and Chefoo G.S. days in her beautiful apartment in Tunbridge Wells, and later with OLIVE GRIFFITH on the Dorset coast, together with a visit to Stone-henge, which had had no. 1 priority on my sightseeing list, and I was right.. Of course London itself from kippers for breakfast to Liberty's for shopping (Yes, I bought a dress length and have made it up) plus history and literature at every corner is an unbelievable thrill - but Chefoo adds spice to it all. We're going...”
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“...spare time we can give her -and then some. ... About other Chefusians, DAVID TOLIVER recently started an Ivyland alumni newsletter (and thanks to a copy we have of this we are able to contact other Ivyland-Chefoo 'alumni' - Ed.)
CHARLES E. CRAPUCHETTES (1947-1951) - P.0. Box 86, Soldotna, Alaska 99669 - "I am currently directing the Inspirational segment of KSRM radio here in Soldotna, Alaska. How about assembling a composite picture of Chefusians? Have each send in a (family) picture. You have them printed in booklet form and tell us what they cost. Most will want one.
Confucius says, 'One picture ......'
ALFRED CROFTS (1909-1919) - 2424 East Iliff St., Denver, Col. 80210 - has been asked to speak on various occasions of his trip to China in March 1972 (See JULY 1972 issue of Chefoo mag.). Following the lecture there is usually a lively question period. ALFRED has recently had a cataract operation.
JOHN CROFTS (1909-1916) - 9520 South Hamilton, Chicago, Illinois 60643 - "We visited my...”
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“...knew so many years ago through the Chefoo magazine. The BOOTH family has had a good year. My brother WILLARD is at 1806 Ash-wood Ave., Nashville, Tenn. 37203; my sister, ALICE (Mrs. E. H. BURR, Jr.) at 9435 Leo Road, Lot 48,
Fort Wayne, Indiana; and my younger sister ROBERTA (Mrs. Donald H. PRICE) at 11703 E. Pilgrim Way, Whittier, California 90601. .. I myself keep busy and happy with my teaching as a Math. Resource teacher at one of the elementary schools in Roanoke. ... Any time any Chefusians get down this way, I'd be glad if they'd stop by for a good chat, and visit. We're real close to the Blue Ridge Parkway."
MISS E. RUTH ELLIOTT (Staff 1943-1956) - 1729 Pinckney Pk. Drive, Charleston, S.C. 29407 - "I'm still enjoying teaching in a private school in Charleston. ... During Christmas vacation while visiting my brother near Wheaton, the CARLBURGS (917 N. West St., Wheaton, Illinois 60187) invited me to a birthday dinner in honour of HERB. (Chefoo 1940-1947) complete with presents and...”
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“...(Chefoo 1942-1947) is home on furlough in Texas from the Philippines where he is with the Missionary Aviation Fellowship. GORDON (1945-1951) is a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy, stationed in California It was a joy to have a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jeffrey and to hear news of their children. BETTY (VANDER ELS) lives with her doctor husband and 4 children in Shaftsbury, Vt. BOB is with the Latin America Mission in Florida. BARBARA YOST and her husband are in the Chicago area, and JOHN is an architect also living in Chicago. ... I saw my niece VIRGINIA (CROSSETT) MORRIS (c. 1943-1947) returning from a visit to her sister MARGARET (CROSSETT) McKAY in New Jersey.
MURIEL EVANS (1915-1926) - Apt. 802, 40 DeLisle Ave., Toronto, Ontario M4V 1S6 - "Marjorie (KEN’s widow) and I both visited England in the summer of 1972.
On my part it was a visit with my three sisters there - GLADYS, HILDA and NORA. In October 1972 we had a wonderful visit from ELOISE (GLASS) CAUTHEN, when she was in Toronto...”
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“...bring much joy to our home."
DORIS A. FREY (1952-1955) - 406 Stevenson Lane, Towson, Md. 21204 - I am a graduate nurse. Last
summer I spent a month in France caring for 3 children of Wycliffe Bible Translators while their parents studied French in the Univ. of Besan^on in preparation for work in Cameroun, West Africa. Before seeing them off to that continent we shared a beautiful week in Geneva and then I went on to Zurich to be with the MAYER family (ROLF, HEINZ, MARTIN and BEAT were all at Chefoo in Malaysia). ROLF is artistic and in the architectural field. HEINZ is an electrician. MARTIN’s ability is in carpentry. BEAT is still in High School. .. MARGIE (ROCKNESS) and her husband JIM TOOP are in Edinburgh, Scotland. JIM is finishing work on his M.D. with particular emphasis on genetics. MARG. recently began a new job - as organizer and director of clinics for several doctors. Last summer MARG. and JIM visited MARGIE’s family in the States. Occasionally I hear from CAROL (FAULKNER) HULL...”
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