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“...Published by the Chefoo Schools Association The Chefoo Magazine 2012 FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE CSA China Tour, 2012 • An overview • Chefoo/Yantai • Temple Hill • Weihsien / Weifang • Shanghai • Guling / Lushan • Kiating / Leshan A Sixty Year Surprise: 25 George and Dick Kraft visit their parents mission station near the Tibetan border 8-32 George & Dick Kraft Kangding, western Sichuan province, near the Tibetan border Chefusians attend the 31 2012 Lushan Institute The Long March to avoid 35 the "Long March", by Norman Austin From Weihsien to 39 Shanghai's Pootung Camp, by Basil Scott Full Table of Contents 3 George Kraft attended the Chefoo School at Shanghai, and his brother Richard joined him at Kuling. Their parents had served as missionaries with the China Inland Mission in western Sichuan province. They were stationed in a small town of Kangding, half the distance between Chengdu and the Tibetan border. George and Dick joined the Chefoo Schools Association China tour this past July, which...”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine 2012 Page 2 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK Much of this issue of the Chefoo Magazine is devoted to the trip this past summer to China, sponsored by the Chefoo Schools Association. We visited all the sites of the Chefoo Schools in China, the first, and probably the last such trip, ever. A total of 26 people participated, with a core of 22 of us who took in the entire trip. Special thanks to Rob Joyce ('Francis' reverted to 'Rob' for this trip, the name he went by at Shanghai and Kuling), who teamed up with a superb China national guide, Eric Liu, to pack a lot into a fairly brief time, yet everything went very smoothly. Eric in turn selected a first rate team of local guides, most of whom are probably as good as one could get if visiting China. To top it off, the people who joined the tour were very cordial, patient, generous, and enthusiastic - you simply could not have put together a more amenable group if they had all been hand-picked, which they weren't. It was a wonderful tribute...”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 3 C.S.A. ARCHIVES If you have pictures or documents related to Chefoo Schools, please consider passing them on to central archival locations: • In the UK, Rebecca Mackenzie will assist you to place them in the CIM/OMF/CSA archive collection at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies. Telephone Rebecca in London at 00 44 (0) 7944 331393, or contact her by email at rebeccamackenzie @gmail.com • In Australia and New Zealand, contact Marjorie Keeble, who is exploring this with OMF. m.keeble@bigpond.com • In North America, Ian Grant will assist you to place your documents with the CIM/ OMF/CSA collection at the Billy Graham Archives at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. chefoo@rogers.com, or 1-705-726-9677 CONTENTS SPECIAL NOTE: Commencing in 2013 the Chefoo Magazine will be published in the Spring, rather than the Fall. So Look for it in late April or early May, not October. FEATURE STORIES SHORT STORIES BOOKS DEPARTMENTS CSA CHINA TOUR:...”
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“...Shensi, "God will take care of you, all through the day"; "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam;" and "Jesus bids us shine". Andrew Hazeland, Victoria, British Columbia Again my thanks and congratulations for bringing out another Chefoo Magazine and I add those that helped you. I am not sure you deserve a Guiness Award - started editing in 1881 and virtually ending in 1951 - still producing a magazine. I am almost blind and am writing this under a machine - I have the wrong type of macula. Will be 103 at the end of this month and still live at home because I have a wonderful Turkish care giver who has been with us for 11 years - she is pure gold! I come from a long lived family and survived the dreadful food that Mrs. 'X' devised (at the Chefoo School). I was very lucky to be at Chefoo. Ed: Ever the optimist, Andrew, at age 103, renewed his subscription for two more years. Marion (Kitchen) Holmes, Wheelers Hill, Australia I remember when we first arrived at Kuling in January 1948 the playing field was...”
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“...your own experience truly gladdened and encouraged my heart and helped me to picture our wonderful life in Kuling. Ruth (Bell) Nyquist, Illinois, USA What a wonderful opportunity (to return to the Chefoo School). I would love to be able to attend the Lushan Institute and/or the nostalgic Chefoo visits but.... Anyway, my husband Jim and I thoroughly enjoyed the Chefoo reunion luncheon and programme in Toronto. Though Bob McMullen was before my time, I remember his parents and sister, Betsy, well. I appreciated very much the opportunity to chat with him. Your good interview of Bob, prompting the engaging account of his China experiences was worth travelling 500+miles to hear! It was interesting to see Chefoo from a non-missionary perspective. (An account of this interview will appear in the 2013 Chefoo Magazine). Actually, we had already planned to drive up to see my siblings, who have all retired north of Toronto, to deliver the memoirs this spring. (Ed: Ruth is making reference to he recently...”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 6 in Thailand. Our two children, Sandra Joll (nee Roberts) and Martin Roberts both attended the Chefoo School in the Cameron Highlands. Ian was the Field Director for Thailand, then the first FD for the new Mekong Field. When we stepped down from the FD role we were asked to move to Kunming to work in member care for our members here. We have been in Kunming for nearly 8 years. (They are retiring and returning to New Zealand this Fall. Maybeth and Ian joined the CSA China trip this past July, visiting Yantai, Weifang, Shanghai, and Lushan. Ed.). Dr. Stanley Thompson, Iowa, USA Thanks for the note about the "Bell Book". I plan to get myself a copy - not just because I have a shelf of similar books, but because it reminds me of something that I have hardly ever thought of in the last 70 years! When I was about 9 years old there was a girl in the prep school in Chefoo (in my class, or in the class ahead) named Edith Bell, and, at an age when most little boys...”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 7 NEWS Donald Gibson (1934-1940), Victoria, BC, Canada I enjoy a pretty quiet way of life now, and relax over a book very often. Recently I was loaned a couple of books by Lois Pegg, former OMFer. One was "In Japan the Crickets Cry", the story of Steven Metcalf. I read that with great interest as I remember him as a kid at Chefoo. It left me feeling I have been a pretty apathetic Christian. The other was "China Road" by Bob Gifford, describing a journey from Shanghai to Kazakhstan. The author is a reporter, had spent years in Peking, and had enough Chinese to strike up interesting conversations with people he met on the way. I felt he honestly liked the Chinese, and that I would like him if I met him. Dr. Beth (Lutley) Leach, associate CSA member, whose father, brother and sister all attended the Chefoo School, from Mississauga, Ontario. A young couple from Nepal have been living with me since January 2012. Anandi and Rupesh were in sudden need of shelter...”
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“...village. Other former Kuling students Maybeth Roberts (nee Conway) and Averil Bennett (nee McIntosh) have also retired with their spouses, from a lifetime of missionary service in Thailand and China, and Thailand respectively. Before leaving China Maybeth (and husband Ian) were able to join the CSA tour in July 2012 - a wonderful trip down memory lane to the place of her birth and upbringing, amongst other places.! Chefoo Schools China Tour Map, 2012 The Account of this trip is covered on the following pages The trip commenced on arrivals at Beijing, then on to Yantai (Chefoo), to Weifang (Weihsien), Shanghai, Lushan (Kuling), and finally to Leshan (Jiading), near Chengdu. Atrip extension, participated in by 10 of the original group of 26, went to Xi'an, Dali and Lijiang in Yunnan province, Guilin, and back to Shanghai....”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 9 BACK TO SCHOOL! Visits to the Chefoo School Sites in China, Sponsored by the Chefoo Schools Association July 5-17, 2012 At Yantai, with the Prep School as background Left to Right: kneeling, Mavbeth (Conway) and Ian Roberts, Ian Grant, Henry Hallgren; Standing, first row, Susan Dobson, Bob Jeffery, Margery (Joyce) Palomino, Ann (Bob) Jeffery, Priss (John) Streeter, Grace (Glazier) Bryer, Delores, Jeff, Stan and Peter (with hat) Thompson, Chris (Mabel Andrews) Johnston, Anne Joyce, Sandra Grant. Standing, behind, Barbara (Jeffery) Goode (almost hidden behind Bob), Hakon Torjesen, Dick Kraft, Francis (Rob) Joyce, Linda Miller and John Jeffery, George Kraft, and John Streeter (between Chris and Anne). The following pages will feature descriptions and impressions of this tour by those who participated. The object will be to make those of you who did not join us to deeply wish you had....”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 10 AN OVERVIEW By Barbara (Jeffery) Goode Barbara was the only person in our tour group who attended Chefoo Schools in three, actually four locations, counting Kalimpong in India. She attended the Emergency school commencing in 1943 in Leshan, then referred to as Kiating, which was hurriedly moved to India in late 1944 when it was feared that Chongqing and Chengdu would fall to the Japanese. Following the War she attended school when it was temporarily opened in Shanghai at the Mission headquarters in 1946, and she followed the School to Kuling late in 1947 when a more 'permanent' site was acquired. Alas, she had to leave once again when the school at Kuling closed early in 1951. Barbara was delighted to make this Chefoo School voyage to the past, accompanied by her two brothers, Bob and John. Barbara was also one of the ten who took the ten day trip extension, which she includes here. Linda Miller and John Jeffery, Anne and Bob, and Barbara It was with great...”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 11 disease, not treated, often causes death and so my parents were contacted in Chengdu to come ASAP. Fortunately Dr Adolph came to town and recognized the disease and was able to treat it. We were not able to go in to the buildings as it now is a functioning hospital. While in Shanghai we enjoyed a tour of Holy Trinity cathedral where parents of a few of our party were married. After being used for army storage for many years, it is now being renovated and it is anticipated that services will be held there in the near future. We visited a rug factory, and Yuyuan Garden which is a beautiful garden with a wandering path through pools, bridges and gardens from entrance to exit along a street with many lovely shops. We visited the impressive Shanghai Museum where in one area there were displays of the many cultural groups all over China. We toured a silk factory where, starting from a display of the stages of the silk worm's life, we ended up with a store where...”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 12 around a courtyard, and walkways to the next set of rooms around another courtyard. We went to a park with three white pagodas, a Buddhist temple with many worshippers lighting incense and hanging ribbons on the trees, and bushes and railings around the courtyard. The next day, Sunday, we went to the church where (Francis) Rob Joyce's parents spent several years following the War. At the end of the service Rob was invited to the front, and with an interpreter he gave a greeting and told of the many good childhood memories he had of Dali. He gave a greeting from all of us who worshiped with them that morning. We also spent time walking down a market street that had many wonderful wares displayed, and we ate a delicious meal in a restaurant along this street, topped off with a birthday cake for John Streater, which we all enjoyed. In Dali we also enjoyed a boat ride on the Erhai Lake. The following day we travelled by bus from Dali to Lijiang, which is a...”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 13 YANTAI The Location of the Chefoo School, 1881-1942 How much of the 1942 Chefoo School exists today? Not a lot, really. Unfortunately we do not have a diagram of the school in 1942, so we will use this 1931 diagram instead. In the bottom left corner, just above Beach Road you see P.S., which is the Prep School. But this building was demolished and replaced by a new Prep School in 1933. It was moved a bit to the south (up the page). To the right in the diagram you see the Memorial Hall—it is still there. The small buildings above the Memorial Hall, and the one labeled 'c' and'd', or the Chinese Church and the Prayer Hall were removed to make way for the Co-educational building in 1934. This was where the students living at the Boys School (B.S.) and the Girls School (G.S.) attended classes. All that exists today is the Prep School, Memorial Hall, and the Co-ed building. The rest of the campus has been converted into a Navy compound, primarily residences...”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 14 CHEFOO SCHOOLS CHINA TOUR ~ 2012 A diagram of what remains of the Chefoo School in Yantai Our group photo was taken from this location (refer to page 9) Prep School S A E <-----> W ▼ N Internal Navy Base Road Memorial Hall Entrance to Propertyi 1 To Seaside, & Main City East-West Road This diagram is an approximation of the size and location of the three Chefoo School Buildings that currently exist at Yantai. This diagram is not drawn to scale. The photographs below and on the next 2 pages show these buildings and are identified by their North-South-East-West orientations. Co-ed building facing north-west Co-ed building, facing its east side...”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 15 CHEFOO SCHOOLS CHINA TOUR ~ 2012 Memorial Hall, looking from the south Inside Memorial Hall, now a retired Navy service men's center Facing the Prep School looking north Three 'wee' Prep School graduates, now, ahem, having reached age 80 and beyond: Stan Thompson, Chris (Mabel Andrews) Johnston, and Hakon Torjesen...”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 16 CHEFOO SCHOOLS CHINA TOUR ~ 2012 Prep School, upstairs hallway, looking east A main floor meeting room, Co-ed building Two plaques: on the left, attached to the Co-ed building, and on the right, attached to the Prep School building. The first was apparently discovered by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution, while the second, we speculate, was hidden by greenery. Co-ed building, from the west, beside the internal Navy road Facing north to the gap between the Co-ed building on the left, and Memorial Hall on the right. The clock tower is at the seaside....”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 17 CHEFOO SCHOOLS CHINA TOUR ~ 2012 TEMPLE HILL, YANTAI The Place of Internment, Stage Two, November 1942 to October 1943 Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, drawing the United States into the War, all Westerners other than Germans who resided in Japanese occupied China, were interned. Initially the Chefoo School remained at the school site, but by the Fall of 1942 the Japanese decided they needed this prime piece of property, so they moved the entire school to another location at Chefoo, known then and now as Temple Hill. At the top of Temple Hill is a historic Taoist temple, but surrounding the temple at a lower level there were a number of large homes that had been owned by Westerners. The Chefoo School, students, teachers and staff were crowded into four of these houses, and they remained there until November of 1943 when they were transferred to Weihsien. The boys were located in two houses, side by side, and the girls house...”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 18 CHEFOO SCHOOLS CHINA TOUR ~ 2012 WEIFANG Where the Chefoo School was interned, 1943-1945 V? Sentry Cover* and guard rvuM* ♦ outer tover* anti puepa A *ere Brien Thaapaori electrocuted during roll-call 0 Guard house vhere Japanese iutrendered on liberation Oar C ioot where Mjeaal and Tipton escaped Q »wre Salvation *rwy Bend practised each veea E Location of *Ohlte Clamant* Cadhange Bureau Prepared by B Joyce end 0.Michell.5.C.Martin,M.Cliff ,M.lock.P.Aaos As with the Chefoo School site at Yantai, most of the Weihsien Camp has been demolished, and much of it has been converted to a beautiful park. What does exist are the hospital (one wing of which has been removed), and two one floor buildings that were used for residences. Below is a diagram of the camp for your reference. In the lower left corner you will identify the hospital. The two one story residences showing directly beneath the church in the diagram still stand also. Between these buildings and...”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 19 CHEFOO SCHOOLS CHINA TOUR ~ 2012 Monument in front of the Weihsien hospital, established by the Weifang People's Government on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Camp. Eric Liddell Memorial Monument — we pause for a brief ceremony of remembrance and gratitude...”
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“...The Chefoo Magazine, 2012 Page 20 CHEFOO SCHOOLS CHINA TOUR ~ 2012 SHANGHAI The Location of the Chefoo School, 1946-47 At the conclusion of the War in 1945, after the Chefoo School was liberated from the Weihsien Concentration Camp, not to mention those in other internment camps such as Lungwha, Pootung, and Chapei in Shanghai, everyone longed to get back to Chefoo, fix up the buildings, and get on with living a normal school life. Alas, this was not going to be. Most buildings were in poor shape, and the staid old boys school building had been destroyed by fire. Furthermore, when the defeated Japanese left, the Communist forces of Mao quickly moved in behind them. They were not disposed to Westerners returning to North East China, so it was quite apparent that this coveted campus, established 65 years before, was no longer viable. For want of a suitable site the China Inland Mission had no choice but to temporarily re-establish the school at its China headquarters at 1531 Sinza Road in...”