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“...IAN GRANT 27 Little Ave Barrie, ON L4N4M7 (705) 726-9677 THE CHEFOO MAGAZINE WINTER 1998/99...”
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“...THE CHEFOO MAGAZINE [Est. 1908] Published once a year by the CHEFOO SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION Edited By Dorothy Cox 34 Pirie Road West Bergholt Colchester Essex UK CO6 3TA THECHEFOOSCHOOLS (Founded in 1880) Chefoo was established by the China Inland Mission at Chefoo (Yantai) in Northern China to provide an education for the children ot missionaries and the business and diplomatic communities. In 1951 the school left China to relocate in South East Asia. One Chetoo Schools is currently operating as a junior school in Malaysia under the Overseas Missionary Fellowship. CHEFOO SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION (Founded in 1908) To operate as an association for all former scholars and past and present members of the staffs of the Chefoo Schools. To sustain interest amongst its members in matters concerning the Schools and in one another To afford means whereby its members are kept in touch with each other and with the Schools. To promote friendly relationship between all persons in any way connected with the Schools...”
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“...INDEX page From the Editor 2 Education in the Market Place - Andrew Jackman 2 By Many Water - Conclusion - Gene (Sinton) John 6 Boys Clothes in Chefoo - Bill Sinton 11 Chefoo School Japan - Judith Spear 13 Reunions 16 Present Day Chefoo 19 Weihsien - Natasha (Somova) Petersen 23 Keeping in Touch with Robbie & Margaret Toop 29 Embracing Her Saviour from WWII 31 Reply to Old Chefusians in HM & Allied Forces in World War II 33 I was a White Chinese - Christmas Hols (Part 1) - David Clarke 34 Chefoo Malaysia Diary (Part 2 ) - William Goble 36 News of Old Chefusians 40 In Memoriam and Obituaries 57 The Chefoo Magazine ♦ Winter 1998/9 page 1...”
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“...touch with me at 2, Cluny Road, Singapore 259570 or by e-mail on ihq-dmo@omf.net Andrew Jackman Background OMF has a long and proud tradition of caring for its members, their children and also for retired members. Where possible this care and concern has been extended to members of other like-minded organisations as well. Each aspect of the spectrum of care we provide is seen as contributing to our Mission Purpose “TO GLORIFY GOD BYTHE URGENT EVANGELIZATION OF EAST ASIA’S MILLIONS” page 2 The Chefoo Magazine ♦ Winter 1998/9...”
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“... care is available we have never felt it necessary to provide it all ourselves although we do when there is no local service. The Fellowship has a wide range of partnership arrangements through which care is provided for members and their children. The OMF tradition in education was started in Chefoo, China where the children of CIM missionaries were educated. Since then much has changed: ■ Many different nationalities. ■ Higher member expectation of personal choice. ■ Many different and more stringent demands of homeside education systems, especially for entry into tertiary education. ■ Development of many different options in the “education industry” in secular society. Present provision Chefoo School in Malaysia is the only school which is run by OMF. The schools used by members of the Fellowship in East Asia are many and varied including:- Faith Academy PH Morrison Academy TW CAJ JP Hebron School India CMIS TH German School SG Swiss School SG There are a plethora of local elementary...”
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“...language and culture support programmes as homesides find it difficult to find suitable people to staff them. In exploring the possibility of a more intensive Asian programme or even an Asian scnooling option, we need to bear in mind the difficulties felt by Asian staff working in an essentially western environment. What of the future? For Chefoo? The Chefoo team are very willing to respond to any reasonable suggestion although many “red herrings” have been pursued in the past. Sophisticated Asian education packages are not possible in an English language school. General support programmes based on our current experience are very viable page 4 The Chefoo Magazine ♦ Winter 1998/9...”
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“...values of CIM I OMF culture. School is the primary culture for a child and school friendships -Chefoo, Faith, Morrison, Dean Close, CAJ, etc. - often last a lifetime. We want our children to grow up to be well educated, have well rounded personalities, love the Lord and be out and out for Him. Our aim must be to have a system which educates all our children properly, where parents are able to choose from an informed position and where specific provision is addressed to specific needs as they arise within the Fellowship. The Chefoo Schools have set a high standard and we must follow in their noble tradition. The future of Chefoo School, Malaysia will not be without it’s problems but by prayer the Lord’s grace we will continue to provide the education our children need. To the Glory of His Name. Andrew Jackman Director for Management Operations Chefoo Co-ordinator 17th November 1998 The Chefoo Magazine ♦ Winter 1998/9 page 5...”
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“...Their parents were in Chefoo at this time. Mrs. Richardson was an invalid, and Mr. Richardson, who was one of the kindest people imaginable, looked after the business department, the shop etc. on the compound. Mother felt that the least we could do was to give them a little bit of a holiday with us. Mr. Hunter, an old veteran missionary, was taking some young men to some unevangelised tribes up in North West China. The only book they had in their language, which was Kirgize, was one in French, so my friend Eieanor Ford and I were put to translate this book. Every morning she and I would settle down, with our dictionaries and with what little French we knew, to get this grammar book organised. I must say we quite enjoyed it. We went to the Bubbling Well Park again to watch the rugger and visit the shops, including the chocolate shop. I think it was while we were there that I saw my first ‘talkie’ film, ‘ Scot of the Antarctic’, a new experience for us. page 6 The Chefoo Magazine ♦ Winter 1998/9...”
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“...First of all they tried digging it out. Then the other destroyers would rush round and round the bay making waves to try and wash it off. But nothing was successful until the spring tides came, and with a hauser there were able to pull it back to sea. I remember we felt a little narked about the ships because when the British ships came the whole school was invited to go on board for tea and to be shown round. But when the American ships were in, it was only the Americans who were invited. The Chefoo Magazine ♦ Winter 1998/9 page 7...”
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“...That Armistice Day was my last in Chefoo, (the first had been in 1924).This time a few of us guides were invited onto one of the ships for the actual ceremony. We had a short service, and then a bugler played the Last Post. It was really very solemn, although afterwards the captain apologised that the bugler was only just learning and not actually terribly good! After a struggle, through the ministry of Dr. Dickson I had become a follower of Christ. It was customary for those who professed their allegiance to Jesus Christ to be baptised, and that year I was baptised in the sea. Two teachers, Kristeen Macnair and Marjorie Broomhall, supported me, and it was certainly a very moving event. In the evening we had communion and George Findlay Andrew was the speaker. (I mentioned him before as doing refugee work, and as later being a Consul). He said, “You have been baptised today have the same right to come to Christ’s table as those of us who have been coming to it for many years”. I felt it...”
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“...have read recently that baby towers were made with a high ledge, and a pit inside. A man would bring his unwanted daughter, reach up and put her on the ledge, and then go away. The next man would place his daughter on the ledge, and in doing so would push the previous child into the pit. In this way no-one ever killed his own child. It was very snowy, and we went some way further on. We ate our sandwiches, and what else I forget. We gazed at the fantastic view that we had from the hills behind Chefoo, towards the Bluff, Lighthouse Island, the bay, the sandpit, settlement hill, and the school buildings below us on the beach. We were very thirsty as we returned, and I tried eating clean snow. I learnt as so many people have, that it is even more thirst provoking than no drink at all. Gordon had brought up some oranges and gave them to us, and that was much more to the point. There was a bitter, bitter icy wind, and my face, lips and mouth were so numb that when we had some chocolate I could...”
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“...my parents, and being at home for a little while. Mother’s friend Adelaide, who had made me a layette as a baby, had arranged for me to go back and teach English at The Girls’ Mission School at Chengtu, which would pay for my fare and a little towards my keep. This was a really gracious provision as my parents could not possibly have afforded for me to go home. I was always sorry that Isabel and Robertson couldn’t manage it, but they did go to Pekin (Beijing) -a small compensation. page 10 The Chefoo Magazine ♦ Winter 1998/9...”
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“...BOYS CLOTHES IN CHEFOO Bill Sinton My sister, Gene, has written of the clothes the girls wore at Chefoo -1 thought I might complement her article with a reminiscence of what the boys wore. A photo of the family in Shanghai just before going to school shows me dressed in a v-necked sweater and serge shorts and knee length stockings. Others had jackets. As Shanghai has a much milder climate than Ohefoo - the shorts changed to knickerbockers on arrival at school. We also had an overcoat, school cap and woollen gloves or mittens joined by tape threaded through the sleeves of the overcoat so as not to lose them. You needed to be dressed warmly in winter especially in the Prep School where there was no central heating.The school rooms and corridors were draughty and the outside toilets froze solid in the winter. Winter clothes were a clear indicator of seniority. In the Boys’ School knickerbockers became Plus fours with the more Plus the better. Imagine my chagrin when I found myself back in...”
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“...junior boys were in white suits (shorts) and Panama hats. The senior boys had Vyella grey 2 piece suits which we felt looked very smart. Needless to say the Panamas were moulded in Trilbys and Pork Pies to impress the girls on the way to church. Our sporting gear was what might be expected in a hot climate for English type sports - cricket, rowing, tennis, athletics, soccer and hockey. For soccer the colours were red and white in alternate halves. I must refer to a form of footwear peculiar to Chefoo - namely ’keds’. We didn’t realise that this was an Americanism at the time, but they were the equivalent of what we Bristolians call Daps and others call plimsolls or tennis shoes. They were in khaki, with a rounded toe and thin rubber soles.They were lace-ups, with a piece of string sewn into the front of the upper for stiffening. We had white tennis shoes for tennis and sandals with crepe rubber soles for ordinary wear. I should mention that football, running and rowing shorts were made of...”
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“...CHEFOO SCHOOL JAPAN Judith Spear Chefoo School opened in Japan in December 1951 in Karuizawa, the beautiful mountain resort where the new CIM missionaries were doing their language study. Five years later it moved further north to the city of Sendai, but this was still only a temporary ’home’ until a site could be found nearer to the centre of where OMF were establishing their work, in Aomori and Hokkaido. At first a search was made for a place to rent, until an amazing gift of around £700 was received, which the donor insisted must be used to buy land and build a Chefoo School in Japan. God’s timing was perfect for just then this beautiful apple orchard and vineyard on the edge of the country town of Nanae was available, at a very reasonable price. Around 50 OMF missionaries gathered on 21 April 1964 ’under umbrellas but with spirits undampened’to share in the service of dedication, as Ernest Heimbach unveiled the foundation stone. Echoing the words on that stone, prayer was made that:-...”
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“... So it’s always a special joy to read words of testimony from past students, like the one who wrote to tell us, “The most important memory I have of Chefoo is the presence of God. I went to Chefoo knowing most of the children’s Bible stories but I came away from Chefoo knowing God." It has not only been the lives of so many of the children, however, that prayer that God would glorify Himself here has been answered. We have also had the privilege of seeing God reaching out through the witness of the school into the town of Nanae, with its 27,000 people. For years our faithful Japanese Christian helper, MissYamaguchi, (now living and witnessing in a residential home for senior citizens near here) held a Saturday afternoon Bible Club for the local Japanese children and has had the joy of seeing some of them turn to Christ. Through the Chefoo children’s Christmas Production for the local community, through English classes, friendships and individual Bible Studies we continued to reach out to...”
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“...Closing ceremony at Nanae Church, 2 July 1998 community. Many were non-Christians but a number of them were visibly moved as the 8 Chefoo children sang songs of thankfulness to God for their time at Chefoo and of assurance that 'God has a perfect plan for me - ana you.’ It was a joy to listen to Anne Friesen sharing about her experiences, not only of Chefoo School in Nanae. but also of teaching dur- ing Chefoo School’s earlier days in Karuizawa and Sendai - it was a clear reminder of God’s ongoing care for His children. Then, in the afternoon, around 60 of us - past and present staff and pupils with their parents and other OMF friends, gathered together for the 'Chefoo Family Thanksgiving Service'.This was a more informal time of praise and worsnip and of sharing testimonies about memories of what Chefoo School had meant to us. There was so much to thank our Heavenly Father for during 34 years here, as summed up in our closing hymn:- ’Lord of the years Your love has kept and guided, Urged...”
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“...to Hanzhong, Shaanxi with my mother, Amy Moore and sister, Dorothy Stephens. It was a Jubilee Year return for my mother as she had left there in 1948 with my father, Percy (Chefoo 1915-27) expecting to return but prevented from doing so by the Revolution. Mother is 90 years old now but was guided by a close reading of Leviticus chapter 25 to return to her inheritance. We found a flourishing church on the site of the old mission compound and we met many old friends. Following this I brought mother back to Australia, her home country, for one more visit. It seemed appropriate then to have a reunion whilst she was here. Twenty three of us met at the 'Rice Bowl’ for Saturday lunch. We were a mix of Chefusians, spouses and parents of Chefusuians and very special people who played a part in our upbringing. page 16 The Chefoo Magazine ♦ Winter 1998/9...”
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“...off... 40 years ago. And yet the reality is that we are all middle-aged now and in the process of retiring or thinking about it. The list is as follows:- Chefoo (Yentai): Peter Robinson, Paul Grant (+Shanghai and Kuiing), Ruth Searle (Draffin), Ruth Metcalf, Stewart Fraser, Elizabeth Bukka (Edwards) (-(-Shanghai and Kuiing), Paul Amos. Chefoo (Kiating/Kalimpong, Shanghai, Kuiing): Frank Moore, Frank Kitchen, Gwen Rae (Searle), Margaret Knight, Marian Holmes (Kitchen), David Simpkin, Keith Butler. Parents, Spouses and Children of Chefusians: Amy Moore, Marion Walden, Lilian Kitchen, Stewart Rae, Bill Johnstone, Angus Holmes, Marjorie Simpkin, Melinda Moore, Judy Grace (Kitchen). Frank Moore LONDON - Saturday 11 September 1998 A keen team of helpers was in place before 10.30 am and throughout the morning folk of many generations of ’Chefoo’ exchanged news and greetings from Edith Preedy (1921-32) to the most recent Pauline Dunn (Malaysia 1977-83). At 12 noon an eager gathering awaited the Chinese...”
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“...David Parry recounted his memories of Pre-War Chefoo by reading extracts from his ’Red Book’.These included the library, mock trial, musical evenings, school routine, food, ward-robe mistress inspection, tuck-shop, uniform changes, handmade shoes, fire alarm practise at night, mock elections and much, much more. Theo Welch talked of Chefoo at Weihsien and Temple Hill during the War He gave very moving accounts of events in the camp also hilarious ones but above all of trust in God and answers to prayer. Theo showed slides of the end of the War and some of later visits. John Miller (Chefoo Malaysia) gave a post-war report. He said that having heard the first tow speakers he realised afresh the heritage we have .The same faithful God F God’s faithfulness in finances A God’s faithfulness in providing authors I God’s faithfulness in raising up intercessors T God’s faithfulness in timing H God's faithfulness in harvesting We ended the meeting by giving glory to God in prayer and singing 'Great...”