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“...Chefoo Schools Association 1058 Avenue Road Toronto, Canada
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“...members is an Uncle of Carol Perry.
NEW ZEALAND BRANCH
Secretary-Treasurer
Mrs. Mary Howie
(nee Preedy)
4, Crescent Road,
Epsom, Auckland 3, N.Z.
CHEFOO SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION - NEW ZEALAND BRANCH
'News' for Magazine
Conway Family - Gordon and May now retired in Auckland keep happy and busy in the Lord's work. Some months ago we had a gathering in their home when some of the 'old China hands' heard impressions from some friends who had recently been in China. Their daughter Maybe th and Ian are with O.M.F. in Thailand - they with other parents are currently waiting for word regarding visas for their older children to attend Faith Academy in the Philippines.(Visitors visas were granted for the new term starting in July-Ed.)
Stan Conway (Chefoo 1925) writes - 'Since I have been representing the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in New Zealand for the last 10 years, my wife and I had the privilege of attending the Annual General Meetings held in Sydney during March. 1984 marks the 25th A...”
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“...present. Our second son is still in Lesotho but will, we hope, be back in Toronto by Christmas 1984. I had a week in Singapore presenting papers on the subject of cerebral palsy. Next week(end of Jan.) I leave to do some speaking in Quito Ecuador. My wife Elizabeth helped her Mother in England celebrate her 90th birthday last year.
Gladys(Tweddell)Gibson - 1948051. (307 N.E. 51st St., Seattle, WA 98105) sends us a bit of news on a C.S.A. Membership Form sent her in 1977, and is keen to join the Association. 'Married Gordon E. Gibson, Jan.1960. B.A. in Art 1964, from University of Washington. Son Roger born Feb.'66, Son Craig born -Nov.'67. Engineering technician with a consulting engineering firm since 1968.
Bryan Glqss: - 1928-34. (517 S. Willis, Stillwater
OK 74074)
had had to cancel his reservation to come to the Chefoo Centennial dinner in Toronto in June 1981 on account of illness. He writes at the end of Feb. 1984, 'I have recovered most of the ground I lost, but still am not able to push...”
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“...10-inch snow outside. Please come by if in this area. 'Phone (501)442-9884.
Margery(Joyce)Palomino - 1948-51. (Paseo Parodi Dpto 601 San Isidro, Lima 27, Peru)
Writes in . Christmas 1983 of her own and her family's varied experiences. Eduardo, Margery's husband was Purchasing Manager of Co-opop(Co~operacio Pop-ulaire), and in Nov., became Executive Director of ONAA, a branch of Co-opop responsible for distributing food products (donated and domestic) to needy areas of the country in close association with international relief agencies such as the World Food Program of the U.N. In spite of this promotion, with inflation being 120% Eduardo's salary has been halved in value, so it has been a year of belt-tightening for them all. Still, by combining business with pleasure they were able to make a couple of interesting and relatively inexpensive trips. The first was in June when they went to Cusco, taking in the famous Inti Kaymi Festival., a reenactment of Sacsa-huaman. After that were 12 hours...”
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“...deciding about further study for Tim. Gordon, also in Portland, wants to leave his cartography job and go back to the university, with the hope of eventually teaching Asian History. Our youngest, Alan, is still in college as a music major and working part time.
(All 4 children attended Chefoo School in the Camerons - Ed.)
Martha Philips - Staff - 1937-43. (11851 Highdale, #140A, Dallas, TX 75234) "I am planning a 2-month trip to the West Coast. Then 9 weeks teaching 'teens' at Bible Memory Association Camp, and the summer of 1984 will be gone I Then I'll have a month or more in upstate New York.
Jack Pote-Hunt - 1920-27. (944 Fresno Ave.Berkeley, CA 94707) Had lunch with Alfred Crofts last summer. He had slides of his last visit to Chefoo. Good
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“...thanks to our Lord. Now I am happy to be able to go with my brother Edward and a total of nineteen on another tour to China on May 10th., to see our city Chefoo, on an exciting trip again conducted for our Chefoo alumni and friends by Lotus Tours ;of New York City.
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IN MEMORIAM
Alfred Barham
Connie(Parry)Bats tone
David Fiddler
Allister Grosart
William Hunt
Ralph Pei 11
Mi ldre d(S tevens)Smith
Walter Tyler
Amy Wilson
TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF EACH OF THE ABOVE THE
ASSOCIATION EXTENDS SYMPATHY.
Alfred Barham - Chefoo - 1913-1920 - died in Vancouver on Dec.13th 1983 shortly after moving into a Veteran's Home there - his wife having died in October 1982. He was a printer most of his life, and also spent six years overseas in World War II.
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“...intellectual, an achiever above the ordinary". Following Allister's death, our Chairman of C.S.A., Toronto Branch, Vivian Gonder, received a letter from "Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada Limited" which reads in part - For many years, the late Senator Allister Grosart has been associated with CAPAC as Editor and Publisher of the "Canadian Composer" which has been dedicated, since its inception in the mid 1960's to promoting Canadian composers, lyric writers and publishers of music, and their contribution to Canada. Because of this close association the Board of Directors, Members and Management and Staff of CAPAC, are happy to forward the enclosed cheque payable to the Chefoo Schools Association, in the amount of $500.00 to be used in the furtherance of the work of the Association. In so doing we are acknowledging Allis ter's deep interests and roots in the Chefoo Schools, and we hope the enclosed will be of assistance to you .-We are all going to miss Allister's e...”
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“...University of Wisconsin and Rush Medical College of the University of Illinois.A fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, he was an ear, nose and throat specialist in private practice in Santa Barbara, CA from 1928 to World War II, when he volunteered in the U.S. Navy and served as a Commander in San Diego, Australia and the Philippines. He is survived by one sister, two daughters, 5 grandchildren and 7 greatgrandchildren. Since 1974 he had been actively interested in the Chefoo Schools Association, and he and his wife attended a summer Reunion in Toronto in June 1977, while on a trip to the Eastern States.
Ralph Pei 11: - who attended Chefoo School in the 1920's died in Britain in July 1983. He graduated in medicine at Edinburgh University in 1933, and had a distinguished career as a doctor and an air pilot. During World War II he saw service as senior and later principal medical officer in the Mediterranean, Middle East and South East Asia commands. In 1958 he decided to specialise...”
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“...she said, 57 years of married happiness. In 1976 she wrote of her family of two sons, two daughters, 13 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Her daughter in notifying us of her Mother's death said, "She still remembered her days at Chefoo School as some of her happiest."
Waltep Tyler: - Chefoo 1918-1928. passed away in Sunnybrook Hospital on Feb.15th 1984. He had been in a coma for several days following surgery for a brain cyst, and diabetic problems. Few were better know in our Toronto Association than was Walter.
He was so active on our Committee, was our Treasurer for 20 years, and 'sat at the receipt of custom', collecting Annual dues and ticket fees at each Reunion. He did it all so well, and meticulously, as he did everything. After Chefoo, Walter came to Toronto and joined the staff of the Bank of Toronto (later the Toronto-Dominion Bank), with whom he stayed until retirement. His special skills in accounting, however, did not end there. He gave an additional five years of service...”
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