Biola Family Circle parents whose children have been housed and edu cated at the Westervelt Home and Schools while they served across the seas will extend sympathies to Mrs. Westervelt and the staff who have suffered the loss by death of Mr. T. R. Westervelt on April 2d, at the age of 67. Easter Sunday was the first Easter celebrated without his ever- helpful and inspiring presence, and also his first Easter face to face with his blessed Lord. This Home is un dergoing changes in policy and loca tion and Mrs. Westervelt pleads for prayer that the present property and policy may be undertaken by a simi lar organization. Born To Kenneth L. and Mrs. Watters (Vivian Fusby ’40), a son, John Robert, Feb. 23d, in Mexico City. Please note new address: Apdo. 2492, Lima, Peru, S.A., where they are working in connection with the Sum mer Institute of Linguistics. To Joseph ’32 and Mrs. Beckett, a daughter, Mary Joan, Oct. 26th, 1946, at Jos, Nigeria, B.W.A. To Milton and Mrs. Warkentin (Clara Neufeld) both of the class of ’42, a daughter, Ann Elizabeth, Mar. 26th, at Mexico City, Mexico. To Jerome and Mrs. McGraw (Grace Hunt ’35), a daughter, Lois Ethel, April 27th, at Flagstaff, Ari zona, Box 453. To T.Sgt. and Mrs. Paul E. Norton (Margaret Chandler ’40), a son, Paul Edwin, Jr., May 14th at 2914 First St., Washington 20, D.C. To W. and Mrs. Jesperson (Helen G. Cope ’35), a daughter, Helen Carol, Jan. 5th at Stony Plain, Alta., Canada. Weddings John Nickel ’45, and Eleanor D. Cole, ’46 Dec. 12th, ’46, at Jos, Ni geria. These young people are work ing under the Sudan Interior Mis sion. Jack Lloyd Jones, and Wauneta Cline, June 7th, 1947, at Imperial, Calif., by Dr. Elmer Wilder, ’26, ’27.
hie Conference, advertised as A Glo rious New Home for Christian Con- erences located at Hume, Calif., in the High Sierras. The 1947 season opens June 21, and continues through the summer. The Board of Directors indicates the work is of an inter denominational character; many Bio la faculty members are on the staff of instructors. Further information may be obtained by addressing head quarters at Hume, Calif., or 2027 Kern St., Fresno, Calif. With the Lor£ Florence Fern Faust, 3031 Lan- franco St., Los Angeles, Calif., after a year’s illness, went in to see the King on June 19th. Miss Faust had served the Bible Institute of Los Angeles as a faithful and efficient cashier for nearly a quarter of a century. She was buried at her birth place, Rockford, Illinois. Biola Fam ily Circle extends sympathy to the bereaved relatives. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord . . . they rest from their labours; and their works do follow them” (Rev. 14:13). Mrs. Frank S. Chaplin (Ruth Hazel McCahan T9) served the Lord under the Bolivian Indian Mission from 1920 until 1943, when failing health necessitated her temporary retire ment. The recent missionary conference held by the Bible Institute and the Church of the Open Door found her frequently in the booth occupied by the B.I.M. where she was joyful and happy to meet many old friends and to inform callers of the work of the mission with which she and Mr. Chaplin had so long been connected. A happy event was her presence at the luncheon tendered visiting mis sionaries in the Biola Dining Room. This was her last public appearance for she suffered a cerebral hemor rhage Monday, April 28th, and went into the presence of the Lord on Tuesday, May 7th. Biola Family Circle extends sincere sympathy to Mr. Chaplin, who lives at 742 S. St. Louis St., Los Angeles, and other members of the family.
Bertel Pagard ’27, working under the Scandinavian Alliance Mission in Swaziland, S. Africa, since 1930, is home on his first furlough. He was the speaker on a number of occasions at the Annual Missionary Conference under the auspices of the Church of the Open Door and the Bible Insti tute. Mrs. Pagard remained in the east where the five children are at tending school. Bert has done a nota ble work in Swaziland, and, at the time of his leaving, was station man ager. Marjorie Nation-Key ’41, 6014 Sten- toft Ave., Philadelphia 38, Pa., is la boring for the Lord under the Bible Club movement in the City of Broth erly Love. Her husband, formerly a lieutenant in the U. S. service, is at tending the Bible Institute of Penn sylvania. She writes of short visits with Peggy Hall ’42, who works in a New York hospital, and with Vera Murdoch ’41, a medical missionary now serving in Africa. George '39 and Mrs. Kevorkian, after nine months spent in the lan guage school in Belgium, have ar rived at their station in the Congo. Glenn ’42, and Mrs. Lawrence (Dor othy McNabney ’42) concluded their studies, and, on the same plane, flew from France to Algiers, from which point they drove an English ambu lance, a gift to the Conservative Bap tist Mission for the work in the Con go, through the Sahara Desert to their station. Stored in the body of the huge ambulance was a 500-gallon drum of gasoline, their bedding, and food supplies for one month. No re marks on possible discomforts of this long trip were made, but doubtless there is great rejoicing that they have arrived safely at their destina tion. George has already preached in French, and is enjoying his'work for the Lord. The Educational Number of The Brethren Missionary Herald, an nounces the graduation of a number of former Bible Institute students from Grace Theological Seminary of which Alva J. McLain (formerly on the faculty of Biola) is president. Ruth Elizabeth Reddick is a candi date for the Christian Education Di ploma, and James G. Dixon, Jr., Lyle W. Marvin, and Norman J. Rich, Sr., are candidates for the Theological Diploma. Mr. Dixon has accepted the pastorate of the West Tenth Street Brethren Church at Ashland, Ohio. Walter A. and Mrs. Warkentin (Frances Hofer) are taking their closing examinations at Biola. With their two children, they have been living in Pasadena, and working with Walter’s uncle, H. K. Warkentin, pastor of Your Neighborhood Chapel. Walter is Vice-President and Pro gram Director of the Hume Lake Bi- AUGUST, 1947
Children at Igbaja, B. W. A., with Jimmy Crouch, son of Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Crouch In center.
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