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tv a dayfoot rims ifom the ktadnfc ol dr a r a letter u wrlnted be- frotn a jortoer georgetown y rev arthur paytoot a onl- 1 church mtosionary to dune i the aon ol mr and mrs c b jytoovwho- now make their home pjak bay jb aim enwheajtf fiiarry jiayfoot ot town- vv b now a year old bui the it ebfttalifrnrltt be ol inlarae uf meeds here niw tag itutur tobe able to ttint u- t utkatthbib mr bay- tw 6ton hajm wpwiyi tiftdt 9 1i mf ii m- rivin f an ever canaitlan j jswlruj euteehuah china um lbear lyiends- fiirrott one ot you came a letter yesterday remarking thai t ejreuhu latter wail dated oct hth and addlnr fl uh preenme it yon have written other elreu lar letters ataee that date and that i i- have leen removed trotn the liett perhaps now j can be reinstated jtxm me aay that letter trots any one at june are roost welcome but teat anyone else be under the aad impression that for lack ol thai they have been drooped from ttellst i confess that there have been no intervening letter so i am at last stirred to take time although still labouring at the- foot of a mountain ol worle to write again the long silence will be explained though not excused by aome- indication of the work of the hut year and a half in november 1947 geolt smith our predecessor her as district missionary andtp took atrip ardund the rural districts of the two presbyteries which arc in our charge u you hove a good map you con find fowling or fow- chow and chunghslcn chung- chow on the yangtse river be tween chungking and wanhsien i in the fowling djstrict there are four churches besides fowling it- aelf and in the chunghslen area there are five altogether widely eeattered and with no roads except footpaths to connect them it took the best part of he month to visit all but one of these places in y future letter i will try to describe each place and the various chin- ese workers and their work after returning from this itin erating trip the fowling mission aries the smiths mackenzies just arrived and still doing lan- guagc study alter retugcijing from honan miss macintosh and our selves prepared for christmas and the visit of the delegation from the home church rev d h galla gher ol the overseas mission board dr astbury and dr fer guson representing education and medicine respectively visited us just before christinas and mrs taylor of the womens missionary society just after new years- we were glad of their fellowship and the opportunity to discuss with them the problems of our work early injanuary 1948 the smiths left tor canada on furlough and soon afterward bessie and 1 and now the most powerful truck engine chevrolet ever offered you the torquemaster ho engine chevrolet pu here they are the toughest trucks uw thttloughest jobs and powered by the new 110 hp torqucmasicr engine most powerful chevrolet truck engine over built and for light and mediumduty hauling two more powerpacked chevrolet valvc-in- liimil engines thriftmastcr ai2 hp and loadmastcra husky kit hp all three engines 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summer school at which the -at- kates lrom the home church were tendance was almost jo- more there to consult with us for some i than we could adequately handle obscure reason i was elected to norman was back on the job fpr the mission executive which meant i the last half of the school which two further trips a couple i i i i ol was tour weeks lonk he and 1 led kitchener upholstery you can have your cheaterfielel auite reuphohteied and com pletely rebuilt for aa low as 8900 one week service telephone 643 georgetown howard graff j real estate businclss broker investments insurance of all kinds phone 392 mid street -4- residence 176j weeks each timej to cheniitu dur- inu last year hi may and sep tember afur my short trip iii february to one of the district churches tor evangelistic meetings came the doparture to canada ol miss mac intosh nurse in the hospital here there was no one to replace her and her retirement lett the treas- urershin ot the hospital in iny hands it was several mnjitlis november in tad beloru we were able too get even a competent chinese bookkeeper meanwhile in addition to the church work 1 had lo lo bookkeeping ami muin- tain contacts witiiout which the hospital could hardly continue lo do nciud work tu make il worse 1 ihiic was only- one chinese iloclor we are short of ciiiik-m- as well ie missionary personnel i jbh bed hospital with an outpatient itlinic riiiikinij up to 40 o 5u pat- hi i is u day some administrative iliustions which dr cliao had not i time ion also tell to inc then we happened lugeln uranl limn the china ueliel fund of two billion dull- yes 1x11101111111 chinese currency to help build a muuh- vucded imildliib for the huspltal doni be surprised this was worth only sruooi american that add ed a bulldlhg project to the job r irttcnrtl and nituiu in june came more itinerating trfps andjrom the second trip 1 arrived bqck in fowling to hear that norman macv kenzte had taken ick and left tor chungking he had boo prapahng for our summr school something like a young paoplet camp minus the place to swim and with four clam dally in the bible church a course based on a translation ol the united church catechism and also a few classes in the leadinc of worship and duties of a minis- ter several of the youni men at i the school are preparing for the i ministry and will have lo take i student charlies as wo would call them l before entering theological i college after the school and a few days netting hospital alfalrs in shape 1 finally hot to the chungking i hills out of this semitropical i summer heat fur a couple of l weeks before the scptemuci exec-t- nlive nieeting in chengtu while riliriiiiig nun the laller in a fel-v- lwnlisllnal s station wagon we luoke ihe universal joint on llu imnih mad and 1 spirit 3 diy wauliiiij the car by tlu ruadside ivilile he luuhlilked lu chungking i lo gel the new paill that 1 may iy was the must iwtious three rtiiy- 1 1iae sjent ill chinil titer a brief trip lu fowling iriiii chiilinkiiiil wliilc llessle was awaiting the arrival of opr first livv 1 leturned there in time for uils event catherine marie was hoin on oct 7lh in the canadian mission hospital chungking ev erything went well- and by the the prudential imuvm ao wary indrviduol b hunt ik0 oi his own ms inturanos naimb the dollar guide itkitaosyioryoutoklaniaw fawjtonca dollars you and your famfty wl naad lo sb how tw oouafc ouu wotw cau wilfred h hilus tfuklmiont 6mw main street geoiuvetown the frudential msuaancs comraht or tttr mmllk cpzncm1 loianotlmcalir ifinerailng votlonal mrs j e masrwell ptaj- lc- ing the piano jcannlne hump mrs ilarrls ad mrs- maxwau witra winners ot contests conducted by jl tne mrs c bllizard next rridajriy lid 1 were holh away the piililical situation in china i aim- crlllcal for a lime we were iveiy unsettled thmmh imtilly life went on much as alsual uy i lime the annual meeting of the i mission were held in january things had cooled ofr and we have 1 setlleil back again to business as cven usual in another letter l willi meeting will be held in the school esquesing womens institute haldi a quilting meeting at mrs h p uiwsons home wednesday atta 17th we wort- itsidy to come home lo fbwllng again cathie is now a healthy 15pound baby with a very t nice laugh and a hiaty crv lnte in october miss cfaham our wms workcv returned from furlough giving me welcome nllat fro mresponsibllity tor kee her work going we now have itvs adults and three children in the mtaslonary eroup here tjurtng kovember when norman wa meeting on thursday was a have- room to say more about this sm which is a subject in itself quilting at the home of mrs meanwhile greetings to all mtss alice davles spent yours sincerely weekend wlttrtvelotives in i arlhir dayfoot wins qvtw in lucky draw the aypa meeting was held fhday in the school mrs bob harris read the scripture and two hymns were lynf during the de- ju j tord a next sunday churhc servlea st johns will be at 730 pia sunday school at 2 pjn the machine agel moscow a street called ball t avenue -vtir- n