Ethel Groce, Lady with a Mission, article in Maclean's, 1961 - page 1

Ethel Groce was featured in an article (over 4 pages) in the Canadian publication, Maclean's, April 22, 1961

THE LADY WITH A MISSION

 

For twenty-two years, a Canadian named Ethel Groce has fought ignorance and native healers to bring the Gospel and medical care to the boat people of Hong Kong.

 

With an American couple, Bill and Marilyn Kinkade, she lives and works aboard a houseboat at Yaumati.  

 

Miss Groce and the Kinkades work for the Oriental Boat Missions, a non-denominational, non-profit mission organized in Illinois in 1909 to take Christianity and medical help to the boat people of the Far East.

 

The boat people, called the Shui-jen or Tanka, have for centuries been sea gypsies ostracized by their neighbors on land. 

 

Like other Chinese, the Tanka are traditionally Buddhist or Taoist, but many have turned Christian in order to avail themselves of Miss Groce's free medical service.

 

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Date picture taken
1961