A new feature of the present issue ... is the extended
Index, wherein will be found the names and addresses
of the executive officers of the various Missions in
China.- Preface March 28, 1936
It could provide basic but important reference to find the links of some different mission workers who had continued their work in Hong Kong later in the 40s and 50s. Possibly some gwulo readers may find it useful for their research. Full text search is supported for it.
e.g. it covers at least in four parts :
Cheungchow, Hongkong : 2 persons named (p.21, in original's numbering)
Hongkong : from A.G. (Assemblies of God) to Y.W.C.A., total 16 organisations named, with persons related (p.22)
Kowloon, Hongkong : 15 persons named (p.22)
Shatin, Hongkong : 4 persons named (p. 23)
Comments
Paul Bartel, Ruth Lindstrom
For example, two persons in this 1936 directory continued to serve in Hong Kong in the 50s.
Paul H. Bartel
As of the 1936 directory, Rev. Bartel was in Lungtan (龍潭), Szechuan. It appears to be his home station since 1931 until he left Szechwan (Szechuan) for the last time Sept. 1949 and resided in Hong Kong by the end of 1940's (note 1).
Early years of the 40s, he got a master degree in Chinese Classics, after his retreat from China to US due to WWII.
He led a long life and achieved a lot even after retirement. More info on this link.
Ruth E. Lindstrom
Lindstrom went to China for mission four times. Her first mission field in 1920 was in Titao[1] (荻道), in the Kansu-Tibertan border area. Her location in Kansu was Kongchang (鞏昌), as the 1936 directory.
As it is said, she was one of few missionaries remaining in such borderline area during WWII until its end.
Even after retired, she continued to serve and plant new North Point church, helped to bring up young local church leaders generously.
notes
(*) Prayer Calendar and Directory (Jan. 1924); it seems to be on the southern part of Gangsu now;
it is not easy to imagine she reached for such a remote area even from today's viewpoint
(note 1)
Rev. Bartel found a small flat in Kowloon City and lived with wife Ina from Nov. 1949.
He wrote that Lungtan fallen Nov. 11, while Siushan^ Nov. 7, Sungtao~ Nov. 17 and Chengtu Dec. 27 in his autobiography. He also cited the province of Kwangtung fell Oct. 14.
^ in southeast Szechwan, likely related to the Miaos ~ in northeast Kweichow, south of Lungtan
Rev. Bartel had a chance to revisit all former three fields in his 7th return to China in Aug.1996.
Paul Bartel
In the early 1980s, our choir was invited to attend and to sing praises at a Sunday Service of a church in the Seattle area. There we met Rev. Paul Bartel, one of many great missionaries who are truly humble to people and faithful to his ministry in mainland China and later in Hong Kong.
Tung
some of Rev. Bartel's sermons and work from early 1950s
From the records, Bartel might have been in the work of the Kowloon Bible Conferences as early as 1951 and 1956. [1]
Rev. Bartel had been the speaker of the conference in 1967 and 1975 (he 'retired' 1970). The latter one is online, posted on 2024 (e.g. link). Text transcript available.
As old newspapers, the 1967 conference was also held on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon in turn, but with evening meetings started 6pm (during that unrest period).
There is simultaneous interpretation on the spot for his sermons, but English is not related. I think, all sermons are delivered in Mandarin, interpreted into Cantonese.
As the organisation's website, this conference originated in Canton and first started in Hong Kong in 1928 (related to Revs. Leo T. Chao, J.A. Jaffray, Philip Hinkey et al). Usually held during August.
Rev. Bartel had been one pioneer who started serving refugees in Rennie's Mills in 1950.
references
1. Wah Kiu Yat Po, 1951-8-1, p.8; Kung Sheung Daily, 1956-8-10, p.6
2. e.g. Hong Kong Annual Report 1956 : Chapter 10 on Housing (talks about the population and no. of immigrants then)
Social Welfare Departmental Report 1948-1954, p.26 para. 56 (about refugees in Rennie's Mills in 1951)